Potomac Aqueduct Bridge Abutment

ID: 5323 ~ Source: Historic American Buildings Survey - Library of Congress ~ Creator: George Eisenman ~ Date: 1967

This file appears in: Potomac Aqueduct Bridge Abutment and Pier: The structure was a feat of engineering and transport.

Photograph facing the Potomac Aqueduct Bridge Abutment. The abutment shows the bridge's construction, including the aqueduct canal used to transport boats across the river.

This file appears in: Potomac Aqueduct Bridge Abutment and Pier: The structure was a feat of engineering and transport.

Potomac Aqueduct Bridge Abutment and Pier: The structure was a feat of engineering and transport.

By The DC Historic Sites team

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),…