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99.6 |
08-Aug-98 |
Stone wall on berm side of canal just below Williamsport. |
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99.69 |
08-Aug-98 |
Railroad lift bridge across canal, built in 1923. This bridge, believed to be
the smallest lift bridge anywhere, allowed railroad cars to transport coal across the canal to the
generating plant. When a canal boat needed to pass, the bridge could be lifted unto allow
sufficient clearance. The canal went out of business one year after the bridge was constructed,
and
there is no evidence that it was ever used as intended. Although rusty, it is still in working
order. |
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99.7 |
08-Aug-98 |
The Cushwa Loading Basin at Williamsport. Once a loading area for coal, now
turned into a C&O visitors' center. |
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99.8 |
08-Aug-98 |
Conococheague Aqueduct (No. 5). The right side of the aqueduct was
destroyed in 1920, when it was hit by a canal boat. A wooden wall was constructed in its place,
which was used until the canal closed in 1924. |
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99.8 |
08-Aug-98 |
Me, standing in the Conococheague Aqueduct. |
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102 |
08-Aug-98 |
Cliffs on berm side of canal near Mile 102. |
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103 |
08-Aug-98 |
Fungus on trees in canal bed. |
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103 |
08-Aug-98 |
Towpath near Williamsport. |
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105.3 |
08-Aug-98 |
Culvert over Little Conococheague Creek, built 1833-34. |
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106.8 |
08-Aug-98 |
Lockhouse at Dam No. 5. |
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106.8 |
08-Aug-98 |
Inlet Lock No. 5. |
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106.8 |
08-Aug-98 |
Dam No. 5, originally constructed 1833-35. Potomac Edison power plant was
completed in 1918 and abandoned in 1924. |
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107 |
08-Aug-98 |
Towpath near Dam. No. 5 and Two Locks. |
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107.27 |
08-Aug-98 |
Lock No. 45 (?). Canal resumes here after using slackwater area above Dam
No. 5. |
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107.27 |
08-Aug-98 |
Another view of Lock No. 45 (?). Canal resumes here after using slackwater
area above Dam No. 5. |
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108.5 |
08-Aug-98 |
Ruins of stone building near Four Locks. |
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108.8 |
08-Aug-98 |
Locks 49 (foreground) and 50 of Four Locks. Building on the berm side of
Lock 50 is a lack tender's wait house. |
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112.5 |
08-Aug-98 |
Big Pool. Instead of constructing a canal at this point, the engineers decided to
create a lake using a natural ridge. |
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113.9 |
08-Aug-98 |
The upper end of Big Pool. |
