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The Great Falls of the Potomac.  Site of a canal backed by George Washington after the Revolution.  Washington was president of the Patowmack Canal Company until he became President of the United States.  The goal of the canal (and others) was to make the Potomac navigable to the Ohio River Valley.  Numerous shallows and falls made it difficult.  The canal wasn’t finished until 1801, two years after Washington died.  

The company town, Matildaville, was located next to the canal and ruins of its structures remain, including the spacious foundation of the canal master’s residence.  

Abandoned lockhouse at Lock 33, old Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Maryland Heights, Maryland.

Egmont Key, Tampa Bay, Florida.  The fortifications are the remains of Fort Dade, dating to the Spanish American War.  Fort Dade protected the entrance of Tampa Bay.

Old Fort Washington, Maryland.