Potomac Aqueduct Bridge Abutment

ID: 5322 ~ Source: Historic American Buildings Survey - Library of Congress ~ Date: 1967
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Potomac Aqueduct Bridge Abutment

Photograph of the Potomac Aqueduct Bridge Abutment from below on the DC side of the Potomac River. The arch shown here is one of several that spanned the bridge's entirety.

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…