Potomac Aqueduct Bridge Abutment

ID: 5323 ~ Source: Historic American Buildings Survey - Library of Congress ~ Creator: George Eisenman ~ Date: 1967
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Potomac Aqueduct Bridge Abutment

Photograph facing the Potomac Aqueduct Bridge Abutment. The abutment shows the bridge's construction, including the aqueduct canal used to transport boats across the river.

This file appears in: Potomac Aqueduct Bridge Abutment and Pier

In the early 18th century, one of the main modes of transportation for goods between DC and Virginia was by boat and waterway. The continued development of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal (C&O Canal), however, worried merchants at the Alexandria…