On Four Locks Road, on the left when traveling west.
Here the Potomac River makes a meandering four-mile loop around Prather’s Neck. To avoid the bend in the river, the canal engineers cut the canal one-half mile across the neck. Because of the rapid elevation change, these four locks were . . . — — Map (db m15285) HM
On Four Locks Road, on the left when traveling west.
“Here at Four Locks mule barn, mules rested during the winter months. Boat captains left their mules here, paying a mule tended to care for them. Often the mules grew thin because the keeper did not feed the mules as well as their owners . . . — — Map (db m15278) HM
