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Boat 85, after 1924

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ItemID
wcco114
IDEntry
5871
Rights
Public domain
Date
Unknown
Collection Location
C&O National Historic Park
Coverage
Maryland, 1824-1938
Body

Canal Towage Company boat number 85’s condition after the flood of 1924. Boat 85 and its inhabitant shared their fate with numerous other boats and boatmen after the C&O Canal ceased operations. Dilapidated boats were used as housing or were left to rot in the canal prism until the flood of 1936 when most were washed away with the flood waters.

Notes

108.7
NPS File 1340