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Washingtons Lake to Sea waterway plan and Potomac scheme
The article recounts George Washington’s advocacy for a Great Lakes to sea waterway via a Potomac River route. It notes promoters in Virginia and Maryland during 1784 1785, the organization of Potomac and James River improvement companies, stock gifts to Washington, and the project’s partial realization with canals near Little Falls and Great Falls. It also covers later fate and legacy of the Potomac venture and related canal history.
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Ohio River
Ohio
Lake Erie
Shenandoah
Potomac
United States
Mississippi River
England
Spain
East
Middle West
Virginia
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio Country
Lake Region
Potomac Valley
St. Lawrence
Potomac River
Tidewater
Cumberand
Little Falls
Great Falls
Washington City
Washington
Hennig
Maryland Assembly
Maryland
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
Jefferson
Benjamin Harrison
Richmond
Alexandria
Winchester
Cumberland
Virginia Assembly
James River Improvement Company
James River Company
Potomac Company
Harrison
Jefferson Saree
Mount Vernon
James Rivers
John Sinclair
District of Columbia
Bank of Columbia
Congress
Allegheny Mountains
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Company
Great Falls of the Potomac
Potomac Eee
Potomac Compan
Mexico
Kansas City, Mexico & Orient Railway
Transvaal
South Africa
Urique
Batopilas
Kansas City
Mexico & Orientailway
Palmarejo
Santa Eulalia
Mexico & Orient Railway
Rio Plata
Mexican Trust Company
James W. Malcolmson
Trust Company
Republica
Chihuahua
U.S
Republica Mining Company
A. E. Stilwell
United States and Mexican Trust Co
Dickinson
Mexico & Orient Ry
Mundy
la Republica Mining Co
el Paso
Texas
W. B. Parker
W. E. Porter
Trustecompany
United States & Mexican Trust Company
Mining Department
Kansas