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Photographer: Courtesy National Capital Planning Commission, photo by Peter R. Penczer
Caption: Marker detail: Chesapeake & Ohio Canal
Additional Description: Locks have been used on waterways throughout the United States since colonial times. The Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, seen here, was built during the first half of the 19th century to carry coal and produce from Cumberland, Maryland, through Washington, D.C., to the Atlantic Ocean.
Submitted: June 21, 2018, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Database Locator Identification Number: p431646
File Size: 0.501 Megabytes

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