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The Alexandria Canal carries boats over the Potomac to the port
Alexandria, Virginia
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Alexandria's merchants were watching Georgetown take the coal and grain traffic off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, so they cut a canal of their own from the C and O across the river down to their own wharves. Boats reached it over the Potomac in a wooden aqueduct trough. The tide lock at the Alexandria end has been excavated and is open to look at.
That was 1 of the hidden places.
Location: historic site
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