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Photographer: Robert H. Moore, II
Taken: October 18, 2009
Caption: Lockhouse #49
Additional Description: The lead locktender for Four Locks (Lock #47, 48, 49, and 50) resided in this ca. 1840 house. In the early years of the canal, through the Civil War, pay for lead locktenders was poor. To better provide for themselves and supplement their income, there were allowed to farm on an adjoining parcel (one acre) of land. Locktenders and their families supplemented their income with sales (to boat captains and their families) produce from the gardens as well as baked goods.
Submitted: October 28, 2009, by Robert H. Moore, II of Winchester, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p82440
File Size: 1.267 Megabytes

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