A paragraph about the Potomac Company and the Surveys.
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Dan Guzy researches navigation on the Potomac River and its tributaries from the earliest known use of the river to transport people and goods. He includes information on various techniques used to improve river navigation at times of low water. He also describes the various attempts to navigate around falls, like Great Falls and Little Falls, enabling goods being transported from the upper reaches of the Potomac and Shenandoah to reach tidewater by water.
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The Bookmobile by the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal and the Potomac River.
The book wagon moves along high above the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, Potomac River and Western Maryland Railroad in Western Washington County.
Three means of transportation in western Washington County - the book wagon on the heights, the Western Maryland Railroad and the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. The Potomac River is on the far right of the picture.