The Patowmack Canal, sometimes called the Potomac Canal, is a series of five inoperative canals located in Maryland and Virginia, United States, that...
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Great Falls (Potomac River) (section Canals)
Northeastern United States Floods. Multiple canal systems were built around Great Falls. The remains of the Patowmack Canal, built in the 18th century, can be...
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the Patowmack Company were ceded to the Chesapeake and Ohio Company. (Rejected names for the canal included the "Potomac Canal" and "Union Canal".) By...
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Matildaville is a ghost town located along the Patowmack Canal near present day Great Falls, Virginia, United States. It was named for the wife of Light...
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the northern boundary of the park, as are the remains of the Patowmack Canal, the first canal in the United States that used locks to raise and lower boats...
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Potomac Company (redirect from Patowmack Company)
The Potomac Company (spelled variously as Patowmack, Potowmack, Potowmac, and Compony) was created in 1785 to make improvements to the Potomac River and...
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Washington was involved with building a canal around the falls on the southwest, or Virginia, side, called the Patowmack Canal, which did not become commercially...
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Great Falls made such a journey impossible until the completion of the Patowmack Canal in 1803. Washington sent out Captain Hog with 75 men to pursue French...
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