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- IDNO:
- 032096
- Title:
- Chesapeake and Ohio Canal on Maryland Side of Potomac River
- Description:
- The C & O Canal ran parallel to the Potomac River, across from West Virginia.
- IDNO:
- 032097
- Title:
- Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, Georgetown Level Boats in Port Near Washington, D. C.
- Description:
- 'Scenic picture of the Chesapeake & Potomac Canal running from Cumberland, Maryland to Washington, D.C., a distance of 184 miles. It was constructed in 1840 in competition with the Consolidation Coal Company Rail Transportation. Later is was purchased by Consol and operation was canceled in 1924.'