Magnolia Bend of the Potomac River - a photo on Flickriver

            From Sideling Hill looking west as the last light of day glows behind the Green Ridge and Town Hill ridges in Maryland. The Potomac River makes a sweeping curve known as "Magnolia Bend." The bend is part of a string of such known as the "Paw Paw Bends" and is a hub of transportation history. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad originally ran its entire length a distance of about five miles. That was later reduced when the Magnolia Cutoff was built cutting across the bend through a ridge seen in the middle of the bend by a 3,000 ft tunnel. The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal was built on the opposite shore but delayed due to the building of Paw Paw Tunnel cut into the ridge just out of sight to the left. The Western Maryland Railway, the last to make its stamp on the region traverses the valley with a series of bridges and tunnels.
   

Taken in: United States / West Virginia / Magnolia (show map)

Taken on: September 24, 2011

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Camera: Panasonic DMC-ZS7, f/5.0, 60 sec, 9.1mm, ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Panasonic DMC-ZS7
Aperture:	f/5.0
Exposure Time:	60
Focal Length:	9.1mm
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Gain Control:	Low gain up
Contrast:	Low
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Ver.1.2
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