Meeting of the Shenandoah and Potomac at Harper's Ferry – Antique Print
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
This rare historic image captures Meeting of the Shenandoah and Potomac at Harper's Ferry in remarkable detail. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. A conversation-starting piece for home, office, or as a meaningful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Meeting of the Shenandoah and Potomac at Harper's Ferry
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The Shenandoah and Potomac rivers meet at Harpers Ferry, and this view captures the confluence where the Shenandoah flows in from the south and the Potomac cuts through the Blue Ridge gap on its way east. The town's position at that junction made it a strategic prize: the federal armory established there in 1799 turned out rifles and made it a center of industry, and the site later became the scene of John Brown's raid in 1859 and of changing hands several times during the Civil War. Scenes like this one are worth studying for how the water, rock and rail-and-road corridors shaped everything built on the point.
| Original scan | 3,970 × 3,480 px · prints to 13 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 12547u |
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