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Image: Cumberland MD C&O Canal-coal loading

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Description: "Canal boats at Cumberland, Maryland, being loaded from railroad cars. The boats riding low in the water have already been loaded. National Park Service: E.B. Thompson Historic Negative Collection." Western terminus of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. Seen in the photo are coal cars from the Consolidation Coal Company and the Cumberland and Pennsylvania Railroad.
Title: Cumberland MD C&O Canal-coal loading
Credit: Thomas Hahn Collection of C&O Canal Photos, George Washington University, Gelman Library, Washington, D.C. https://www.flickr.com/photos/gwgelmansprc/13401999665/
Author: Unknown photographer
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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