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- Chesapeake and Ohio Canal at Williamsport, Maryland, circa 1903 - President George Washington was devoted to improving the Potomac, the only river bisecting the Appalachian mountain barrier and an important trade route. Americans continued work on the waterway, completing the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal in 1850. In this Detroit Publishing Company photograph, a team of mules pulls a boat over one of the canal's aqueducts.
- circa 1903
- Collections - Artifact
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal at Williamsport, Maryland, circa 1903
President George Washington was devoted to improving the Potomac, the only river bisecting the Appalachian mountain barrier and an important trade route. Americans continued work on the waterway, completing the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal in 1850. In this Detroit Publishing Company photograph, a team of mules pulls a boat over one of the canal's aqueducts.
- Potomac River at Williamsport, Maryland, 1900-1906 - President George Washington was devoted to improving the Potomac, the only river bisecting the Appalachian mountain barrier and an important trade route. Americans have continued work on the waterway, constructing canals to allow for the passage of rafts and boats. This Detroit Publishing Company photograph shows the river, a lateral canal, and tracks connecting waterway to railway.
- 1900-1906
- Collections - Artifact
Potomac River at Williamsport, Maryland, 1900-1906
President George Washington was devoted to improving the Potomac, the only river bisecting the Appalachian mountain barrier and an important trade route. Americans have continued work on the waterway, constructing canals to allow for the passage of rafts and boats. This Detroit Publishing Company photograph shows the river, a lateral canal, and tracks connecting waterway to railway.
- Canal Boat on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal at Williamsport, Maryland, 1903 - President George Washington was devoted to improving the Potomac, the only river bisecting the Appalachian mountain barrier and an important trade route. Americans continued work on the waterway, completing the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal in 1850. In this Detroit Publishing Company photograph, a team of mules pulls a boat over one of the canal's aqueducts.
- 1903
- Collections - Artifact
Canal Boat on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal at Williamsport, Maryland, 1903
President George Washington was devoted to improving the Potomac, the only river bisecting the Appalachian mountain barrier and an important trade route. Americans continued work on the waterway, completing the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal in 1850. In this Detroit Publishing Company photograph, a team of mules pulls a boat over one of the canal's aqueducts.