Potomac Company
American
Architect - AsNotedIn
Notable Position | Person | From | To |
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President | George Washington | ||
Chairman | Tobias Lear |
Architect - AsNotedIn
Notable Position | Person | From | To |
---|---|---|---|
President | George Washington | ||
Chairman | Tobias Lear |
Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
1785/00/00 | Construction begins on the Great Falls Skirting Canal. It was built by the Potomac Company to carry boats around the Great Falls of the Potomac River. | Owner | Potomac Canal Historic District | Great Falls Park | |||
1790/09/11 | George Washington presides over a meeting of the Potowmack Company at John Suter's tavern, The Fountain Inn. One of Georgetown's best-known hostelry until the 1790s, now lost, it was located on Fishing Ln about two blocks SW of the Old Stone House. | Old Stone House | Washington, DC | ||||
1802/00/00 | Completed in 1801, the five lock, 1,820 yards long Great Falls Skirting Canal opens to traffic. | Owner | Potomac Canal Historic District | Great Falls Park |
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