The Potomac, from Maryland Heights – Historic Print
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Step back in time with The Potomac, from Maryland Heights, a historic image rich in period detail. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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The Potomac, from Maryland Heights
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Maryland Heights rises above the Potomac just across from the confluence where the Shenandoah meets the larger river at Harpers Ferry, and this view looks out over that meeting of waters and the gap the rivers cut through the Blue Ridge. The town below was a federal armory and a crossroads of canal and railroad traffic before the Civil War, and it changed hands several times during that conflict because its position controlled passage between North and South. Views from the heights were valued by travelers and soldiers alike for the commanding ground they offered, so the picture is as much about the landscape's strategic weight as its beauty.
| Original scan | 1,500 × 2,186 px · prints to 5 × 7 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | WV Harpers Ferry Maryland Heights |
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