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.

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.