Transportation
The shallow ditch marks the bed of the Great Falls portion of the Patowmack Canal, a system of by-passes built to provide riverboats easy passage around waterfalls in the Potomac River. Promoted by George Washington, it was built between 1785 and 1802.
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Great Falls, Virginia · United States
