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POTOMAC RIVER Description: Early morning view looking up the Potomac River from Maryland Heights. George Washington paddled this stretch of river on August 7, 1785, writing: "I returned to the head of the Falls, and in one of the Canoes with two skilful hands descended them with the common Currt. in its Natural bed – which I found greatly incommoded with rocks, shallows and a crooked Channel..." The old Armory Canal, which furnished waterpower for the Harpers Ferry Armory, is just visible along the West Virginia shoreline beneath the Hilltop House Hotel. Credit: Photo Copyright © David T. Gilbert Year: September 1978 |
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