"Canal boats at Cumberland, Maryland, being loaded from railroad cars. The boats riding low in the water have already been loaded. National Park Service: E.B. Thompson Historic Negative Collection." Western terminus of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesapeake_and_Ohio_Canal" class="extiw" title="w:Chesapeake and Ohio Canal">Chesapeake and Ohio Canal</a>. Seen in the photo are coal cars from the Consolidation Coal Company and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumberland_and_Pennsylvania_Railroad" class="extiw" title="w:Cumberland and Pennsylvania Railroad">Cumberland and Pennsylvania Railroad</a>.
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<p>Thomas Hahn Collection of C&amp;O Canal Photos, George Washington University, Gelman Library, Washington, D.C.
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