June 19, 2010

The Paw Paw Tunnel


Our first field trip of the season ended at the Paw Paw Tunnel on the C&O Canal in Maryland. We walked slightly over a half-mile from the parking lot.

Completed in 1850, the tunnel provided a shortcut for the canal in a place where the Potomac River twisted and turned through the mountains.

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