Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index The Potomac Company was created in 1785 to make improvements to the Potomac River in order to improve its navigability. The Potowmac Company built a number of skirting canals around the major falls. When completed it allowed boats and rafts to float downstream towards Georgetown. Going upstream was a bit harder. Slim boats called ?? could be slowly poled up-river. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.