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Day1: Georgetown to Swains Lock (2 August 1998)

Click here to see the full image 0 02-Aug-98 Tidewater lock, Georgetown. Under construction when I was there, and inaccessible.
Click here to see the full image 0.3 02-Aug-98 Me, in front of the Georgetown Area sign.
Click here to see the full image 0.38 02-Aug-98 Lock No. 1, Georgetown.
Click here to see the full image 0.42 02-Aug-98 Looking towards Locks 2 and 3. Object in the water is probably the support for the boat during the winter.
Click here to see the full image 0.79 02-Aug-98 "The Georgetown" and its mules.
Click here to see the full image 0.84 02-Aug-98 Footbridge over canal.
Click here to see the full image 3.13 02-Aug-98 Abner Cloud house, one of the oldest structures along the canal, constructed in 1801.
Click here to see the full image 4 02-Aug-98 One of the original mile markers, next to one of the new ones. Carved on the stone is"[4] Miles to W[ashington]. C[ity]." Other mile markers can be found at Miles 9 and 22.
Click here to see the full image 4 02-Aug-98 View of the Potomac near Mile 4.
Click here to see the full image 5.02 02-Aug-98 Inlet Lock No. 1, and Lock No. 5. Cornerstone of Lock 5 was laid by President John Quincy Adams in 1829.
Click here to see the full image 0 02-Aug-98 Shadow of a tree on the algae covering the canal.
Click here to see the full image 7 02-Aug-98 Lock 7 (?), with drop-type gate.
Click here to see the full image 9 02-Aug-98 Old Mile Marker 9; inscription reads 9 Miles to W[ashington]. C[ity].
Click here to see the full image 11 02-Aug-98 View of Potomac through the trees, around Mile 11.
Click here to see the full image 13.74 02-Aug-98 Stop lock, constructed in 1852, restored in the fall of 1972. The rest of the planks for the stop lock are to the left of the towpath. When flood threatens, the planks can be placed in the grooves to either side of the lock, and the flood waters are diverted away from the downstream canal.
Click here to see the full image 14 02-Aug-98 The Potomac, just below Great Falls. In times of low water, as this was, it is possible to walk through the channel to the islands on the right of the picture.
Click here to see the full image 14.17 02-Aug-98 Lock 19 (?), just below Great Falls Tavern.
Click here to see the full image 14.3 02-Aug-98 Great Falls Tavern, constructed c. 1828-29. In the foreground is "The Canal Clipper," to the left of the picture is Lock 20.
Click here to see the full image 15 02-Aug-98 Scenery reflected in the canal somewhere near Mile 15.