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A view of Big Slackwater, made by Dam No. 4. Towpath of the C & O Canal continues on the right. The dam was originally built for the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal.On June 7, 1832, the contract was awarded to Joseph Hollman, and the work was completed in June 1835, at a cost of $50.803.15 [6] To avoid construction costs, the canal entered the slackwater above the dam, and continued in the ...
Map of Cockpit Point Battlefield core and study areas by the American Battlefield Protection Program. The Battle of Cockpit Point, the Battle of Freestone Point, or the Battle of Shipping Point, took place on January 3, 1862, in Prince William County, Virginia, as part of the blockade of the Potomac River during the American Civil War.
The 1859 siege of Harper's Ferry at the river's confluence with the Shenandoah was a precursor to numerous epic battles of the American Civil War in and around the Potomac and its tributaries, such as the 1861 Battle of Ball's Bluff and the 1862 Battle of Shepherdstown. Map of the Potomac River and its environs c. 1862 by Robert Knox Sneden
By the end of March 18, the Potomac River at Williamsport had risen to 48.6 feet. In Hancock, it had risen to 47.6 feet, 17 feet above flood stage. An estimated 300 to 350 homes along the Potomac ...
Aquia Creek (/ ɑː ˈ k w aɪ ə /) is a 27.6-mile-long (44.4 km) [1] tributary of the tidal segment of the Potomac River and is located in Northern Virginia.The creek's headwaters lie in southeastern Fauquier County, and it empties into the Potomac at Brent Point in Stafford County, 45 miles (72 km) south of Washington, D.C.
The Potomac River basin reservoir projects were U.S. Army Corps of Engineers programs that sought to regulate the flow of the Potomac River to control flooding, to assure a reliable water supply for Washington, D.C., and to provide recreational opportunities. Beginning in 1921 the Corps studied a variety of proposals for an ambitious program of ...
Antietam Creek (/ æ n ˈ t iː t əm /) is a 41.7-mile-long (67.1 km) [1] tributary of the Potomac River located in south central Pennsylvania and western Maryland in the United States, a region known as the Hagerstown Valley. The creek became famous as a focal point of the Battle of Antietam during the American Civil War.
This is a route-map template for the Potomac River, a waterway in the United States.. For a key to symbols, see {{waterways legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.