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Group of pedestrians sitting on stairs for photo at Snyders Landing, c.1890

During most of the canal operating years this canal wharf area was known as Sharpsburg Landing, as it was only 1.7 miles from downtown Sharpsburg—closer by nearly one and a half miles than was Lock 38 at the crossing to Shepherdstown. A swinging pedestrian bridge crossed the canal here, built high enough to allow the passage of boats underneath. The wharf on the berm side served as a coal depot along with the Snyder warehouse used to store coal, grain, and other cargos that had arrived or would be shipped by the canal.