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Canal at Hancock; boat in canal with rope, man along walkway

The water towers of the Western Maryland railroad are in the background. The man walking along the canal is possibly John Mosier (Moser). The 1880 Census lists 34 year old John Mosier as a boatman in the Indian Spring area. Twenty years later he is listed as a locktender in the Hancock District.