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Herald of Freedom
06-19-1850
Water in the Canal
An Interesting Event.
We learn from the Cumberland Civilian, that on Thursday afternoon last the ceremony of letting the waters of the Potomac, for the first time from the head of navigation, into the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, was performed by Charles B. Fisk, Esq., Chief Engineer of the work. There was a large crowd of spectators present. The Civilian says :