Lock 33 - canal empty

Lock 33 near Harpers Ferry in this image is dry. It is possible that it was breached by a flood and the boats were left high and dry. There is a somewhat similar image of the canal that has been dated as after the 1889 flood. The Bollman Bridge across the Potomac is in the background.

Over the years there have been several buildings near Lock 33 across the river from Harpers Ferry and near the railroad bridge. The ruins of the stone house currently beside the road are popularly known as the “Salty Dog Tavern.” Although this stone building had a tavern in it at times, it was not this building, but a frame building beside it that no longer exists, that had a tavern popularly called the “Salty Dog” in the 1930s and 40s (after the canal had closed).