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Protecting the Canal since 1954

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Association is an independent, all-volunteer citizens organization established in 1954 to help conserve the natural and historical environment of the C&O Canal and the Potomac River Basin. The association works with the National Park Service in its efforts to preserve and promote the 184-mile towpath.
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C&O Canal Association

The upper image shows the C&O canal at then-Berlin (now Brunswick MD) during the Civil War. Pontoon bridges span the PotomacFor your morning contemplation and investigation, here are two October 1862 views looking in nearly opposite directions across the Potomac River at Berlin (now Brunswick), Maryland. The upper looks toward Virginia and the bottom toward Maryland. You see the wreck bridge piers and the pontoon bridges, elements of the town, the C&O Canal, soldiers, wagons, tents and more. Most interesting to me: these are said to be the very pontoon bridges for which Burnside wanted much earlier than he got them opposite Fredericksburg! Full plates linked in the comments ... See MoreSee Less

The upper image shows the C&O canal at then-Berlin (now Brunswick MD) during the Civil War. Pontoon bridges span the Potomac
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