Down The Old Potomac 1917

Follows a week-long, 180-mile trip on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal through the Potomac Valley from Cumberland, Md., to Washington, D.C. Includes scenes of the locks in operation; a mile-long, hand-dug tunnel which was built in 1840; coal barges plying the canal; Maryland farming country; Harper's Ferry; and Great Falls. Footage from this film is available for licensing from www.globalimageworks.com

[@jamestregler1584]

Very nice thanks 😊

[@olieteeter2134]

The C&O canal was operated until the 1924 flood and the B&O railroad owned and operated it in the last years to keep another rail road company from putting another railroad in. Although the railroad made it to Cumberland some ten years before the canal was completed, the canal still operated for 74 years.(1850-1924)

[@denisecaringer4726]

I’m so glad that this simply popped up in RUclips recommendations. I watched every second of this and will do so again.

[@bullfrog1954]

Super fantastic!! I biked the entire 184.5 miles from Georgetown to Cumberland in 1997-and shot video (and narrated the history) from my bike seat while riding! I'll be editing the footage into a "documentary" eventually. A small sample can be found on my channel. As spectacular as the Paw Paw Tunnel is, it was the expense of completing it that caused the canal to struggle from day 1. Took 3 different contractors!

[@The1BlackKrow]

Absolutely incredible. Enjoyed every minute of the film.

[@iowa562]

1 hp engine

[@dmacarthur5356]

Mules really don't get the credit they deserve in the massive role they played in our collective American history.

[@vieroboy]

Ya think with the technology today, they could have edited some narration in.

[@StephRenee812]

I loved this..

[@dedeandleefights2540]

Im numb

[@charleskesner1302]

Fascinating.

[@garymorris1856]

This is very interesting to watch.