CSPAN3 American Artifacts August 25, 2016
System built on that side by using locks to get around the great falls and the Potomac River. However, it wasnt a very reliable usage. It didnt actually have longtime use. It was very kind of broken, didnt work very well. We went ahead and took his dream and built a canal right next to the Potomac River so that we could use that water source but have something thats more controlled and reliable compared to the Potomac River because you took a boat over the falls, you probably wouldnt last very long. We ran this canal from georgetown to cumberland. We kind of ran into some problems. Also known ...