Showing posts with label c&o canal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label c&o canal. Show all posts

Thursday, January 16, 2025

View of an Early Wooden Pedestrian Bridge Over the C&O Canal in or Near Washington DC (1850s)

 

View of an early wooden pedestrian bridge over the C&O Canal in or near Washington, D.C., c. 1855-1860. Attributed to Titian Ramsay Peale. A person appears to be sitting under the bridge on the towpath at left.

Source: National Museum of American History.

Monday, January 13, 2025

Photo of a Stretch of the C&O Canal Near Little Falls on the Potomac River (1850s)

 

 

View of a stretch of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal near Little Falls on the Potomac River close to the Maryland/Washington, D.C., border line, c. 1855-1860. Attributed to Titian Ramsay Peale.

Source: National Museum of American History.

Saturday, January 4, 2025

View of a Pool of Water, Possibly a Drainage Pool For the C&O Canal Along the Potomac River in Or Near Washington DC (1860)


View of a stream feeding a pool of water, possibly a drainage pool for the C&O Canal along the Potomac River in or near Washington, D.C., c. 1860. Attributed to Titian Ramsay Peale and originally produced to be a stereoview.

Source National Museum of American History.