The mules worked hard towing the boats. Families traveled with both the boats and the mules, 184 miles one way each week for a paltry fifteen to twenty bucks. (ISO 100, f/5.6, 1/80s)
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17 June 2009
helping hands
The mules worked hard towing the boats. Families traveled with both the boats and the mules, 184 miles one way each week for a paltry fifteen to twenty bucks. (ISO 100, f/5.6, 1/80s)
16 June 2009
step back in time
The Chesapeake & Ohio Canal was the way for freight to be shipped into the District in the 19th Century from West Virginia & Maryland. Mules tugged the boats from lock to lock, necessitating the men of the family to control the water levels. (ISO 100, f/5.6, 1/125s)
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