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In the night of January 7, 1935 at 10:50 pm, the District of Columbia ran aground near Five-Point Lighthouse, 7 miles from Colonial Beach, VA, 60 miles down the Potomac. Captain Posey was in command and had been on the Potomac since the 1890s. The poor visibility due to fog was blamed for the incident with 75 passengers on board and 29 automobiles.
White's Ferry on the Potomac River in 2007. White's Ferry, originally Conrad's Ferry, is an inactive cable ferry service that carried cars, bicycles, and pedestrians across the Potomac River between Loudoun County, Virginia and Montgomery County, Maryland, and is the last one of its kind to cross the Potomac. [1]
I-81 Potomac River Bridge I-81: Falling Waters / Williamsport Railroad Bridge Berkeley County / Williamsport James Rumsey Bridge WV 480 MD 34: Shepherdstown / Washington County: Shepherdstown Railroad Bridge Norfolk Southern: Shepherdstown / Washington County Old B&O Mainline Bridge: CSX Cumberland Subdivision: Harper's Ferry / Washington County
The National Weather Service has issued multi-day river flood warnings for the Potomac River and Conococheague Creek. The flood warning for the Potomac River at Shepherdstown, W.Va., is through ...
This list includes bridge and ferry crossings of the Potomac River in the U.S. states of District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia The main article for this category is List of crossings of the Potomac River .
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The Potomac River in Washington, D.C., with Arlington Memorial Bridge in the foreground and Rosslyn, Arlington, Virginia in the background. The Potomac River runs 405 mi (652 km) from Fairfax Stone Historical Monument State Park in West Virginia on the Allegheny Plateau to Point Lookout, Maryland, and drains 14,679 sq mi (38,020 km 2). The ...