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The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, one of the best preserved and least altered of old American canals, grew from Washington's vision of linking the valleys of the early west with the east by “ties of communication.” The Potomac Company, fostered by Washington to improve navigation of the Potomac, transferred its rights in 1828 to the Chesapeake and Ohio Company, which was organized to connect the Ohio at Pittsburgh with Georgetown by a continuous canal. In October 1850, after 185 miles were built, construction ceased at Cumberland, but trade continued on the old canal until 1924. Today, it is a memorial to national progress and the canal era.
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