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    Lantern Slide 16: Aqueduct Bridge and the C & O Canal, 1867. [Image 8 of 20]

    Lantern Slide 16: Aqueduct Bridge and the C & O Canal, 1867.

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    02.17.2021

    Photo by Morgan Aronson 

    US Naval Observatory Library

    Lantern Slide 16: Aqueduct Bridge and the C & O Canal, 1867. Open to canal traffic in 1843. It was first drained during the Civil War and used as a bridge. Rebuilt in 1888. Used until Key Bridge was completed in 1923. The Canal was begun in 1828 and completed to Cumberland in 1850. A total of $15,000.000 was spent on it.

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    Date Taken: 02.17.2021
    Date Posted: 02.18.2021 12:45
    Photo ID: 6524038
    VIRIN: 210217-O-OB437-480
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