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MAPS
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Pawtomack/Great Falls maps
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GENERAL
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19th-century Potomac River
canal project was ambitious, costly
A brief
history of the canal. Current photos.
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A Connected View of the Whole
Internal Navigation of the United States – 1830
A description is on page 207.
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Act Giving Canal Company
Shares to General Washington, [4–5 January] 1785
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Amendments to the Act
Conveying Canal Shares to George Washington, [16
November] 1785
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Canal History: Early Canal
Construction
A brief history of the canal.
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Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal
A brief history of the
Patowmack Canal begins on page 9.
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Chronicling America
A set of historical newspaper articles which make
reference to the canal.
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Digital Public Library of
America
Links to documents related to the canal.
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Early Chapters in the
Development of the Patomac Route to the West - 1912
A history of the canal begins on page 53.
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Easy Hikes Close to Home:
Washington, Part 3
A brief history is on page 82.
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George Washington: America's
Leader in War and Peace
A brief history of
the canal begins on page 60.
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Great Falls Canal and Locks
Historical Marker
Photo and text of a marker in Great Falls.
Links to related sites.
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Great Falls Park
Includes a brief history of the canal.
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Harbaugh Family Pictorial
History
A brief history of the canal begins on page 6.
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Historic Highways of America
...: The great American Canals, Vol. 1
Includes a brief history of the canal.
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History of Frederick County,
Maryland, Volume 1
A brief history of
the canal begins on page 144.
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Home on the Canal
A brief history of the canal begins on page 8.
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Matildaville, Virginia
A brief history of a former community along the canal.
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Patowmack Canal
A brief history of the canal.
Current photos and links to related sites.
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Patowmack Canal
A brief history and description of the canal.
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Real Stories from Our History
– 1916
A brief history of George Washington as a canal builder
begins on page 147.
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The Edinburgh Magazine, or
Literary Miscellany – 1790
A brief report that the canal was nearly finished is on
page 162.
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The Erie Canal: Linking the
Great Lakes
A brief history of the canal begins
on page 30.
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The Grand Idea: George
Washington's Potomac and the Race to the West
Excerpts from a book describing the efforts to make
the river navigatable. References to the
Great Falls Canal begin on page 216.
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The History of Great Falls Park
A brief history of the falls. Link to
a related site.
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The Laws of Maryland: With
the Charter, the Bill of Rights, the Constitution of
the State, and Its Alterations, Vol. 1 – 1811
A supplement to the Act for establishing the canal
company begins on page 542.
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The Patowmack Canal
A brief history of George
Washington's predecessor to the Chesapeake & Ohio
Canal, from the National Park Service. Map and current
photographs.
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The Patowmack Canal Historical Marker
Photo and text of a marker in
Fairfax County. Current photos and links to related
sites.
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The Patowmack Canal [Great
Falls Park] Historical Marker
Photo and text of a marker in
Fairfax County.
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The Patowmack Canal Park
A brief history of the canal. Current
photos.
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The Tinkerers: The Amateurs,
DIYers, and Inventors Who Make America Great
Includes a brief history of the canal.
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Washington's Canal Around the
Great Falls of the Potomac - 1910
A history of the canal.
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Wedding of the Waters
A brief history of the canal is on
pages 23 and 70.
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Worthy of the Nation
A brief history begins on page 393.
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