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Potomac River

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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Rising in the Alleghany Mountaine, flows 400 m. eastward between Maryland and the Virginias into Chesapeake Bay; the Shenandoah is the chief tributary. The river is navigable as far up as Cumberland, and is tidal up to Washington, which is on its banks.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Potomac River'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​p/potomac-river.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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