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Boys diving off canal boat

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ItemID
wcco015
IDEntry
5747
Creator
E. B. Thompson
Rights
Public domain
Date
c.1910
Collection Location
C&O National Historic Park
Coverage
Maryland, 1824-1938
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Children would sometimes swim in the canal and dive into it from canal boats or other adjacent high points although it was only six feet deep at its deepest. Although in the oral histories there are comments about the clear water in the canal, it is likely that it was polluted to varying degrees at all times. This picture was taken when the boat was tied up and the mules taken out to feed on the tow path from their portable feeding troughs.

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Miles 69.2