Lock 28

Lock 28

Photo by Deborah Culler

This point of the Canal is where John Mosby’s confederate raiders crossed the river on July 4, 1864 en route to their Calico Raid at Point of Rocks. It is also the exact point—at the exact time—when a holiday excursion boat of Treasury clerks approached the lock from upstream on their way back from Harper’s Ferry. Learn more.

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Photo by Deborah Culler

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