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Saturday, September 19, 2015

I think I was wrong about my comment in that the creek used to be bigger........b/c of the size of the dam in the pic about it and the gate didn't seem to match......I went back there yesterday..........but it seems to be correct.........the historical marker.....

Locks on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal - Wikipedia, the ...

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... of the canal in Washington, DC where Rock Creek flows into the Potomac River which .... Rake and trash pulled out of water so that lock gates can be opened.

Chesapeake and Ohio Canal - Wikipedia, the free ...

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The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, abbreviated as the C&O Canal and ..... But boatmen broke padlocks on the lock gates and turned to violence when confronted. ..... yet Skramstad reports that due to flood damage in 1880 to the Rock Creek ...

Water-supply and Irrigation Papers of the United States ...

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1907 - ‎Water-supply

6 Head-gate open. c Canal dry for remainder of season. Note.— Values are approximate owing to great and irregular fluctuation of daily stages. ROCK CREEK ...

Tidewater Lock - C & O Canal Virtual Tour

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This is the mouth of Rock Creek with what looks like the remains of a swing gate. That large and prominent building in the background is the Watergate Hotel.

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Articles - C&O Canal Association

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The Complex World of Locks, Gates, and Dams ... It allowed boats to pass between the Potomac and the basin formed by a dam across the mouth of Rock Creek ...