File:Lowering a Stone into Position (22a3231c-1dd8-b71b-0b7f-9795aa660e71).JPG

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English: Lowering a Stone into Position
Photographer
English: National Park Service
Title
English: Lowering a Stone into Position
Publisher
English: U.S. National Park Service
Description
English:

Construction site located in an excavated area. Construction and equipment and works building stone walls.

Workers are using an excavator to lift and position stones on the wall. The stone visible on the wall on the left that are hanging out further that the rest of wall are called tie-backs. As the backer stone and concrete is filled in around them they will help tie the fill and the cut-stone walls together.

  • Keywords: construction; c & o canal; c & o canal nhp; georgetown; washington dc; lift lock; lock; canal
Depicted place
English: Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
Date Taken on 14 November 2017
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22a3231c-1dd8-b71b-0b7f-9795aa660e71
Source
English: NPGallery
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Public domain This image or media file contains material based on a work of a National Park Service employee, created as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, such work is in the public domain in the United States. See the NPS website and NPS copyright policy for more information.
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CHOH
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English: Reconstructing Lock 3 in Georgetown

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