The Georges Creek Railroad was a railroad operated by the Georges Creek Coal and Iron Company in Western Maryland. The railroad operated from 1853 to 1863, when it was acquired by the Cumberland and P
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.