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A snippet from my 1997 documentary on the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal showing how the area around the Catoctin Aqueduct looked before the recent restoration.

The CSX viaduct parallels to the north-but I refer to the line as B&O!!

This was one of two aqueducts that collapsed during floods in the early 1970s (the other being Seneca). Canal boatmen referred to it as the "crooked aqueduct" due to relatively sharp curves at its approaches.

What was its original design flaw? The center arch was too elongated! Hopefully the rebuilt one has enough redundancy designed into it to prevent a future collapse!

From an 8mm tape. Hopefully I'll have the entire documentary edited before the next millennium! A trip you won't wanna miss!