Down the Potomac Along(side) the B&O

J3a-614 · **Posted:** Fri Nov 04, 2011 1:10 am

Old movie on the C&O Canal, by Edison, ca. 1917; B&O footage at about 3:12 in Part 2, and also in Part 3 at 2:12:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZJR-TdH4ec

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipcTYhLl83A

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WY9nJ1Vq0M

We don't always appreciate what a difference powered transportation makes. It took seven days for those mule-boats to cover the 184 miles that the Capitol Limited covers in a few hours.