Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Images

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Chesapeake and Ohio Canal (Source)

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Monocacy Aqueduct in 2023, where the ghost of a robber could allegedly be seen on moonless nights (Source)

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Recent view of the 9 mile level (between 33 and 34 miles) where the ghosts were reported to haunt. (Source)

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Model interior of a C&O Canal freight boat (Source)

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Children tethered to canal boat. This photo was probably taken in one of the Cumberland basins. (Source)

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A steamboat on the C&O Canal. Note the steering wheel and the smokestack on this boat (Source)

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Mules being fed. (Source)

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Mules pulling loaded boat. Note the scow moored on the right (berm) side. (Source)

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Repairs at Big Pool (Source)

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Culvert #30 lets Muddy Branch under the canal (Source)

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Remains of the inclined plane (Source)

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Paw Paw Tunnel (Source)

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An informal overflow. The towpath dips, allowing water to flow over it. Note the boards in the background for people to walk on. (Source)

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Boat at Big Slackwater (Source)

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Great Falls feeder culvert (no longer used) indicated by yellow arrow(14.08 mi), and Lock 18 (R). (Source)

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The canal in Georgetown in spring 2019 (Source)

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Floodwaters around Lock 6 in 1936 (Source)

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Loading coal on canal boats in Cumberland. (Source)

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5 and 10 dollar notes, from C&O Canal company (Source)

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Register of waybills in the Cumberland Office, in 1858. Each canal boat had to have a waybill, even if empty, for passage through the canal. Fines were levied for lack of a waybill. (Source)

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Boat construction yard in Cumberland, MD (Source)

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C&O Canal in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. (Source)

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Low-angle bird's-eye view of central Washington toward the west and northwest with The Capitol in foreground. The Canal is visible running along the mall. (Source)

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Canal boats waiting to be unloaded in Georgetown. (Source)

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A boat on the canal, circa 1900-1924 (Source)

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Map of planned route. (Source)