![]() ![]() ![]() His father had helped with the canal construction, and his grandson has lived in the house and operated an onsite concession stand into the 21st century. Jesse Swain was lock keeper for Lock 21 beginning in 1907, and had been a canal boatman. Swains Lock is named after Jesse Swain and his family. The lock and lock house were built in the early 1830s and began operating shortly thereafter. It is located at towpath mile-marker 16.7 near Potomac, Maryland, and within the Travilah census-designated place in Montgomery County, Maryland. C&O Canal) that operated in the United States along the Potomac River from the 1830s through 1923. Swains Lock (Lock 21) and lock house are part of the 184.5-mile (296.9 km) Chesapeake and Ohio Canal (a.k.a. ![]()
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