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…showed last 75 words of 2286 total…the building of the C&O Canal was thirty years later than that of the building of the Patowmack Canal, the C&O Canal less of a feat. The Patowmack Canal, not as grand or advanced as the C&O, was a foundation of all canals to come, it was an engineer's dream come true. And with the faded town of Matildaville beside it, the Patowmack Canal shows proof of an American legacy, come true.