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Taken: August 8, 2015
Caption: Early Transportation on the James River Marker
Additional Description: Packet boats (or canal boats) like the one depicted here were pulled upstream by mules along the towpath. Passengers rode atop the boat, while freight was carried below. Canal boats made for safer, efficient, and reliable transportation of people and goods, as they used mules to pull the upriver and were not at the mercy of currents and rocks. pulled
Submitted: August 8, 2015, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p320768
File Size: 0.538 Megabytes

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