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Identifier: potomaclandings00wils (find matches)
Title: Potomac landings
Year: 1921 (1920s)
Authors: Wilstach, Paul, 1870-1952
Subjects: Historic buildings -- Maryland Historic buildings -- Virginia Potomac River Maryland -- History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 Virginia -- History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 Maryland -- Social life and customs Virginia -- Social life and customs
Publisher: Garden City, N.Y., Toronto, Doubleday, Page & company
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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gun fireprobably than has any other spot under United Statesjurisdiction. The monster guns that found their wayto the battle line in France, transferred from decks tomobile railway mounts, as much to the surprise ofour allies as of the enemy, first set the hills aboutIndian Head reverberating with their trial detonationsas the shells screamed down the river range as far asPotomac Creek. Another similar military operatingbase which grew out of the last war was the newerproving ground on the Virginia shore south of MathiasPoint named for Admiral Dahlgren. Its range is evenmore remarkable than that at Indian Head where thewhole course of the shell is over the Potomac in full 344 POTOMAC LANDINGS view from the gun. The main Dahlgren Range takesan easterly course across the peninsula between thePotomac and the Chesapeake, and shells fired fromthis base fall in the bay at points unseen from the gun,directed by spotters on the Bay who also signal whenthe waters are safely cleared for action.
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«, 9^ A CS U r/i K —1 0) <^ c ^ hJ H ^l / ■^ a o CHAPTER XVIII The River To-day—From Landing to Landing—Remains, Ruins,and Restorations—Where All Postal Cancelling Stamps AreMade—Fishing for Champagne—An Aeroplane Pioneer—Ship Ceremonies Passing Mount Vernon—Panorama aboutthe Last Landing. THE Potomac of to-day can be truly known onlyby the pilgrim who steers his boat into the broadmouth and rides the whole course of the tideuntil the force of the ffreshes halts him at the footof the monument to that son of the river who is thenations greatest glory. However high such a traveller may ferret the mean-ders of each particular creek, however often he maytie up at the landings and tramp the shores, he willsee least if he looks only for what the waterside nowpresents to the eye. Often he must call history tokindle the imagination, for to-day the river is a blendof old and new, of past and present, of ruin and res-toration and modern magnificence. Along nearly allits le

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