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Day 2: Swains Lock to Chisel Branch (3 August 1998)

Click here to see the full image 17.54 03-Aug-98 View of the canal and towpath from the bridge of the WSSC plant.
Click here to see the full image 18.86 03-Aug-98 Sharp bend in the towpath around rocky cliff.
Click here to see the full image 19.63 03-Aug-98 Pennyfield Lock (No. 22). President Cleveland stayed here often, as this area was one of his favorite locations for bass fishing.
Click here to see the full image 22.12 03-Aug-98 Violette's Lock (Lock No. 23) and Inlet Lock No. 2.
Click here to see the full image 22.82 03-Aug-98 Riley's Lock (Lock No. 24). On weekends during the warmer months, local girl scouts give guided tours of the lock house, which has been restored to its original condition.
Click here to see the full image 22.82 03-Aug-98 Ornamental stone cap on lower end of Seneca Aqueduct. Inscription reads "1889 Jun[e] 2, J W Fisher." The inscription was made by the lock tender to mark the high water mark of the flood that year.
Click here to see the full image 22.82 03-Aug-98 Seneca aqueduct. Constructed of red Seneca sandstone, quarried just upstream from here. The far end of the aqueduct was destroyed by high water and debris on 11 September 1971.The Park Service stabilized the aqueduct after this flood, and it was not damaged by hurricane Agnes in 1972.