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berm side of the Conococheague Aqueduct collapsed into the Conococheague Creek; canal boat with several people standing on bridge and 2 men in water near boat

In 1920 the berm side of the Conococheague Aqueduct collapsed into the Conococheague Creek. The current created by the canal water flowing over the edge of the aqueduct caused a canal boat to plunge into the creek below. The canal boat stayed in the Conococheague creek until the 1936 flood carried it under the aqueduct and down the Potomac Valley.