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Remnants of Lock #4 of the Alexandria Canal

GPS Coordinates: 38.8143488, -77.0425807
Closest Address: 936 North Pitt Street, Alexandria, VA 22314

Remnants of Lock #4 of the Alexandria Canal

Here follows the inscription written on this roadside historical marker:

These stones are remnants of Lock #4 of the Alexandria Canal which once occupied this site. Completed in 1843, the canal linked the Alexandria waterfront with the C & O Canal in Georgetown.

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