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![[Map showing reclamation of Potomac River estuary at Washington D.C. to form harbor and the Potomac parks].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTAvbWFwLXNob3dpbmctcmVjbGFtYXRpb24tb2YtcG90b21hYy1yaXZlci1lc3R1YXJ5LWF0LXdhc2hpbmd0b24tZGMtdG8tZm9ybS1oYXJib3ItZmM2MWQwLTEwMjQuanBn/320/174/jpg "[Map showing reclamation of Potomac River estuary at Washington D.C. to form harbor and the Potomac parks].")
![[Hains Point and Potomac River at East Potomac Park, Washington, D.C.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTAvMDEvMDEvaGFpbnMtcG9pbnQtYW5kLXBvdG9tYWMtcml2ZXItYXQtZWFzdC1wb3RvbWFjLXBhcmstd2FzaGluZ3Rvbi1kYy02NDAuanBn/40/29/webp "[Hains Point and Potomac River at East Potomac Park, Washington, D.C.]")
![Washington and the Potomac [River] from Arlington, Washington, D.C.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTAvMDEvMDEvd2FzaGluZ3Rvbi1hbmQtdGhlLXBvdG9tYWMtcml2ZXItZnJvbS1hcmxpbmd0b24td2FzaGluZ3Rvbi1kYy0xLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/31/webp "Washington and the Potomac [River] from Arlington, Washington, D.C.")
![[Washington and the Potomac River from Arlington, Washington, D.C.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDUvMDEvMDEvd2FzaGluZ3Rvbi1hbmQtdGhlLXBvdG9tYWMtcml2ZXItZnJvbS1hcmxpbmd0b24td2FzaGluZ3Rvbi1kYy0yLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/32/webp "[Washington and the Potomac River from Arlington, Washington, D.C.]")
![[Manuscript sketch of the Potomac River and Eastern Branch bounding the city of Washington].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjQvbWFudXNjcmlwdC1za2V0Y2gtb2YtdGhlLXBvdG9tYWMtcml2ZXItYW5kLWVhc3Rlcm4tYnJhbmNoLWJvdW5kaW5nLXRoZS1jaXR5LTgyMWI3Ni02NDAuanBn/40/32/webp "[Manuscript sketch of the Potomac River and Eastern Branch bounding the city of Washington].")
![[Railway bridge over Potomac River, Washington, D.C.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTUvMDEvMDEvcmFpbHdheS1icmlkZ2Utb3Zlci1wb3RvbWFjLXJpdmVyLXdhc2hpbmd0b24tZGMtMi02NDAuanBn/40/29/webp "[Railway bridge over Potomac River, Washington, D.C.]")
![[The Monument from Potomac Park, Washington, D.C.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDAvMDEvMDEvdGhlLW1vbnVtZW50LWZyb20tcG90b21hYy1wYXJrLXdhc2hpbmd0b24tZGMtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/31/webp "[The Monument from Potomac Park, Washington, D.C.]")
