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Day 8: Licking Creek to Leopards Mill (9 August 1998)

Click here to see the full image 116.04 09-Aug-98 Licking Creek Aqueduct (No. 6), said to be the largest single arch built in the U.S. Built from 1835-39 of inferior limestone, which was already beginning to deteriorate by 1870. Now stabilized with iron ties and clamps.
Click here to see the full image 118.46 09-Aug-98 Waste weir, unusual in that it drains from the berm side of the canal into a culvert. Waste weirs were used to drain excess water from the canal into the Potomac.
Click here to see the full image 122.51 09-Aug-98 Me, at Lock 51
Click here to see the full image 122.59 09-Aug-98 Stone of Lock House 51. The inscription on the stone reads D.R. 1843, surrounded by a row of Xs and stars. Upton Rowland was the locktender here from 1840 to 1848.
Click here to see the full image 122.89 09-Aug-98 Lock No. 52, with Tonoloway Creek Aqueduct in the background.
Click here to see the full image 122.89 09-Aug-98 Flowers at the edge of Lock No. 52.
Click here to see the full image 122.96 09-Aug-98 Little Tonoloway Creek aqueduct (No. 7).
Click here to see the full image 125 09-Aug-98 Great blue heron in canal bed near Hancock.
Click here to see the full image 126 09-Aug-98 Towpath near Hancock.
Click here to see the full image 127.4 09-Aug-98 Cement kilns (five of eight) at Round Top Cement Mill.
Click here to see the full image 127.4 09-Aug-98 Round Top Cement Mill. Began operating in 1837, burned in 1903, rebuilt, and finally closed in 1909.
Click here to see the full image 127.4 09-Aug-98 Rock formation near Round Top Cement Mill.
Click here to see the full image 127.4 09-Aug-98 Chimney and part of the walls of the Round Top Cement Mill.