Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
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The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, abbreviated as the C&O Canal and occasionally called the Grand Old Ditch, operated from 1831 until 1924 along the Potomac River between Washington, D.C., and Cumberland,
The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal in Great Falls
A boat on the canal, circa 1900-1924
Canal boats waiting to be unloaded in Georgetown (Washington, D.C.)
Low-angle bird's-eye view of central Washington toward the west and northwest with The Capitol in foreground. The Washington City Canal is visible running along the mall.
Capital Crescent Trail
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The Capital Crescent Trail is a 7.04-mile, shared-use rail trail that runs from Georgetown in Washington, D.C., to Bethesda, Maryland. An extension of the trail from Bethesda to Silver Spring along a
Capital Crescent Trail in Bethesda, Maryland
The trail includes the Arizona Avenue Railway Bridge, which crosses the C&O Canal in The Palisades neighborhood of Washington, D.C.