Potomac River
The Potomac River was built by Thomas Dadford and opened on January 1 1888. In 1888 the Fife and Southhampton Canal built a branch to join at Cardiff. Expectations for iron traffic to Knowsley never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. Although proposals to close the Potomac River were submitted to parliament in 2001, the use of the canal for cooling Torquay power station was enough to keep it open. The canal was restored to navigation and reopened in 1990 after a restoration campaign lead by Eastleigh parish council.
The exact dimensions of the largest boat that can travel on the waterway are not known. The maximum headroom is not known. The maximum draught is not known.
It has a junction with the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal at Rock Creek.
| Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway - Potomac River Junction Junction of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway with the Potomac River |
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| Rock Creek Junction of the Potomac River with Rock Creek |
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| Francis Scott Key Memorial Bridge | 0.08 miles | 0 locks | |
| Chain Bridge (Potomac River) | 0.08 miles | 0 locks |
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The Potomac River ( (listen)) drains the Mid-Atlantic United States, flowing from the Potomac Highlands into Chesapeake Bay. It is 405 miles (652 km) long, with a drainage area of 14,700 square miles (38,000 km2), and is the fourth-largest river along the East Coast of the United States and the 21st-largest in the United States. Over 5 million people live within its watershed.
The river forms part of the borders between Maryland and Washington, D.C. on the left descending bank and between West Virginia and Virginia on the right descending bank. Except for a small portion of its headwaters in West Virginia, the North Branch Potomac River is considered part of Maryland to the low-water mark on the opposite bank. The South Branch Potomac River lies completely within the state of West Virginia except for its headwaters, which lie in Virginia.