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July 20, 1983: On the Maryland side of the river (5 states down, 9 to go), I crossed the remains of the old Chesapeake and Ohio barge canal.
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It was a main artery of trade between Washington. D.C. and the interior for a time after its construction in the mid-1800’s. Badly damaged during a Potomac River flood in 1924, it was never reopened.
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Today, the National Park Service administers 185 miles of the route as a linear National Historic Park. Much of the canal itself has been filled in, but its towpath still exists and has been made into a walking and bicycling path.
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The old towpath was wide and flat and lined with tall shade trees whose intertwined branches formed a solid green canopy high overhead.
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That roof provided a valuable break from the relentless July sun and probably kept the air temperature beneath several degrees cooler.

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