Paw Paw Tunnel
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The Paw Paw Tunnel is a 3,118-foot-long canal tunnel on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal in Oldtown, Maryland, in Allegany County, Maryland. Located near Paw Paw, West Virginia, it was built to bypass th
Tunnel entrance
Aerial view of Paw Paw area. Tunnel is marked on photo. Note the cliffs on the Maryland (left) side of the river, which presented difficulties for the Canal planners
Downstream (north) side of tunnel
Looking out from north side of tunnel
Asimina triloba
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Asimina triloba, the American papaw, pawpaw, paw paw, or paw-paw, among many regional names, is a species of small deciduous tree. It has large leaves and produces a large, yellowish-green to brown fr
Paw Paw Tunnel
…a six-mile (9.7 km) stretch of the Potomac River containing five horseshoe-shaped bends. The town, the bends, and the tunnel take their name from the pawpaw trees that grow prolifically along nearby ridges. Built using more than six million bricks, the tunnel has been described as "the greatest engineering…
Asimina triloba 3
Flower parts and stages (female at bottom, pollen-rich male at right)
Ripe fruit of Asimina triloba, cut open to reveal the large seeds
Pawpaw produces flowers before its leaves emerge.