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Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Colu...

See also HABS DC-28 for additional documentation, includes drawings, photographs, and written data. See also HAER VA-87, includes written data. Significance: Theodore Roosevelt Island's primary significance res... More

Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Colu...

See also HABS DC-28 for additional documentation, includes drawings, photographs, and written data. See also HAER VA-87, includes written data. Significance: Theodore Roosevelt Island's primary significance res... More

Potomac Power Plant, On West Virginia Shore of Potomac River, about 1 mile upriver from confluence with Shenandoah River, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, WV

Potomac Power Plant, On West Virginia Shore of Potomac River, about 1 ...

Significance: The Potomac Power Plant was an innovative small hydroelectric facility that operated from 1899 to 1991, originally as part of a wood pulp mill (built 1888), and solely as a power house after a fir... More

Potomac Power Plant, On West Virginia Shore of Potomac River, about 1 mile upriver from confluence with Shenandoah River, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, WV

Potomac Power Plant, On West Virginia Shore of Potomac River, about 1 ...

Significance: The Potomac Power Plant was an innovative small hydroelectric facility that operated from 1899 to 1991, originally as part of a wood pulp mill (built 1888), and solely as a power house after a fir... More

Potomac Power Plant, On West Virginia Shore of Potomac River, about 1 mile upriver from confluence with Shenandoah River, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, WV

Potomac Power Plant, On West Virginia Shore of Potomac River, about 1 ...

Significance: The Potomac Power Plant was an innovative small hydroelectric facility that operated from 1899 to 1991, originally as part of a wood pulp mill (built 1888), and solely as a power house after a fir... More

George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to Mount Vernon, Virginia, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia

George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to...

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George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to Mount Vernon, Virginia, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia

George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to...

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George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to Mount Vernon, Virginia, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia

George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to...

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George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to Mount Vernon, Virginia, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia

George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to...

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George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to Mount Vernon, Virginia, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia

George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to...

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George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to Mount Vernon, Virginia, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia

George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to...

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George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to Mount Vernon, Virginia, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia

George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to...

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George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to Mount Vernon, Virginia, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia

George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to...

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George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to Mount Vernon, Virginia, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia

George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to...

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George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to Mount Vernon, Virginia, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia

George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to...

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George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to Mount Vernon, Virginia, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia

George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to...

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George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to Mount Vernon, Virginia, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia

George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to...

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George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to Mount Vernon, Virginia, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia

George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to...

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George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to Mount Vernon, Virginia, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia

George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to...

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Potomack / Historic map, Library of Congress

Potomack / Historic map, Library of Congress

Covers the Potomac River (estuary and river), its tributaries, and the Rappahannock River. Also covers "The Northern Neck of Virginia". Title from annotation on verso. Gift; Robert Lee Brown, Woodville, Va.; Oc... More

Battery Rodgers, Potomac River, near Alexandria

Battery Rodgers, Potomac River, near Alexandria

No. 143. Hand written on verso: Miller, vol. V, p. 87. Hand written on verso: also BH825-16. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Long Bridge across Potomac River, 1865

Long Bridge across Potomac River, 1865

Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Copy neg. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. General information about the National Photo Company collection is ... More

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions

The Potomac near Keyser - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

The Potomac near Keyser - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

"W.H. Jackson & Co., Denver", "44" and "01727" on negative. Commissioned by Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 01727. Date based on photograph in the collection of the Bibliothèque Nationale ... More

Great Falls of the Potomac River, Washington, D.C.

Great Falls of the Potomac River, Washington, D.C.

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Chesapeake and Ohio canal - Potomac River at Williamsport, Md.

Chesapeake and Ohio canal - Potomac River at Williamsport, Md.

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a road works, construction, excavation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Bureau of Eng. & Ptg. [Potomac River, Washington Monument, Washington, D.C.]

Bureau of Eng. & Ptg. [Potomac River, Washington Monument, Washington,...

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Railway bridge over Potomac River, Washington, D.C.

Railway bridge over Potomac River, Washington, D.C.

A black and white photo of a bridge and trees, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title based on similarity to LC-H261-2000150. Date based on date of negatives in same range. Gift; Harris & Ewing,... More

Potomac River. Sun low at horizon beyond river I

Potomac River. Sun low at horizon beyond river I

The Theodor Horydczak Collection - architecture and social life of Washington DC in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s.

Potomac River, Great Falls - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Potomac River, Great Falls - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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[Bridge, Potomac River, Washington, D.C.]

[Bridge, Potomac River, Washington, D.C.]

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A black and white photo of a boat in the water, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

A black and white photo of a boat in the water, Great Depression. FSA/...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a river or lake, forest, trees, water stream, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Aerial view with a focus on plants and other buildings along the Potomac River, Washington, D.C.

Aerial view with a focus on plants and other buildings along the Potom...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Convergence of the Potomac River and smaller Shenandoah River, as seen from the heights of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

Convergence of the Potomac River and smaller Shenandoah River, as seen...

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Dam No. 4 Hydroelectric Plant, Potomac River, Martinsburg, Berkeley County, WV

Dam No. 4 Hydroelectric Plant, Potomac River, Martinsburg, Berkeley Co...

Significance: Each plant epitomized the predominant low head hydroelectric technology in use at the time of its construction, Dam 4 uses tandem, multiple-runner, horizontal shaft turbines connected by rope driv... More

Dam No. 4 Hydroelectric Plant, Potomac River, Martinsburg, Berkeley County, WV

Dam No. 4 Hydroelectric Plant, Potomac River, Martinsburg, Berkeley Co...

Significance: Each plant epitomized the predominant low head hydroelectric technology in use at the time of its construction, Dam 4 uses tandem, multiple-runner, horizontal shaft turbines connected by rope driv... More

Potomac Aqueduct, Spanning Potomac River, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Potomac Aqueduct, Spanning Potomac River, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: The Potomac Aqueduct was an important component in the integrated canal system serving the Potomac River watershed. Built during a major expansion in America's long distance transportation system... More

Escape of the Army of Virginia, commanded by General Lee, over the Potomac River near Williamsport

Escape of the Army of Virginia, commanded by General Lee, over the Pot...

Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.294) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Potomac River, Chain Bridge at Little Falls

Potomac River, Chain Bridge at Little Falls

Reference copy in LOT 4386-4. Exhibited: The view from here : images of early Georgetown, Dumbarton House, 2002.

Architectural drawing for a bridge over the Potomac River ("Memorial Bridge"), Washington, D.C. and Arlington, Virginia. Perspective rendering and profile section

Architectural drawing for a bridge over the Potomac River ("Memorial B...

Presentation drawing showing bridge as section and perspective projection; rendering. UNIT title devised. Transfer; Architect of the Capitol; 1991; (DLC/PP-1991:268). Finding aid (unpublished): Filed by UNIT nu... More

Harper's Ferry, from Bolivar Heights, mammoth plate negative

Harper's Ferry, from Bolivar Heights, mammoth plate negative

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cockpit point - Public domain scenic drawing

Cockpit point - Public domain scenic drawing

Two shoreline landscapes. Title inscribed lower right. Inscribed below image: orange bluff light sand colors towards base. Formerly Waud no. B-94. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.858) Forms part of: M... More

Track near the Potomac River, in Alexandria. Lumber; part of construction force at work, &c

Track near the Potomac River, in Alexandria. Lumber; part of construct...

No. 9 (handwritten) and 2510 (stamped) on mount. Forms part of Civil War photos, military construction and transportation in Northern Virginia and elsewhere / United States Military Railway Department (Library... More

Great Falls, Potomac River, March 1864, from below looking up

Great Falls, Potomac River, March 1864, from below looking up

Photograph shows men on rocks looking out over waterfalls. No. 279.

Georgetown College, Long Bridge, Potomac River, Maryland & Virginia--June 21, 1861

Georgetown College, Long Bridge, Potomac River, Maryland & Virginia--J...

Exhibited: The view from here : images of early Georgetown, Dumbarton House, 2002.

Dam No. 5 Hydroelectric Plant, On Potomac River, Hedgesville, Berkeley County, WV

Dam No. 5 Hydroelectric Plant, On Potomac River, Hedgesville, Berkeley...

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Dam No. 5 Hydroelectric Plant, On Potomac River, Hedgesville, Berkeley County, WV

Dam No. 5 Hydroelectric Plant, On Potomac River, Hedgesville, Berkeley...

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Dam No. 5 Hydroelectric Plant, On Potomac River, Hedgesville, Berkeley County, WV

Dam No. 5 Hydroelectric Plant, On Potomac River, Hedgesville, Berkeley...

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Francis Scott Key Bridge, Spanning Potomac River near Georgetown, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Francis Scott Key Bridge, Spanning Potomac River near Georgetown, Wash...

Survey number: HAER DC-51 Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington DC, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Arlington Memorial Bridge, Spanning Potomac River between Lincoln Memorial & Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Arlington Memorial Bridge, Spanning Potomac River between Lincoln Memo...

Significance: As the final link in the chain of monuments which start at the Capitol building, the Arlington Memorial Bridge connects the Mall in Washington, DC with Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. De... More

Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Colu...

See also HABS DC-28 for additional documentation, includes drawings, photographs, and written data. See also HAER VA-87, includes written data. Significance: Theodore Roosevelt Island's primary significance res... More

Tidal Reservoir, Between Potomac River & Washington Channel, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Tidal Reservoir, Between Potomac River & Washington Channel, Washingto...

Significance: The Tidal Reservoir is a major element of Potomac Park. Besides providing the park with a picturesque focal point, it serves as a means of flushing waters into the Washington Channel, thereby pre... More

Potomac Power Plant, On West Virginia Shore of Potomac River, about 1 mile upriver from confluence with Shenandoah River, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, WV

Potomac Power Plant, On West Virginia Shore of Potomac River, about 1 ...

Significance: The Potomac Power Plant was an innovative small hydroelectric facility that operated from 1899 to 1991, originally as part of a wood pulp mill (built 1888), and solely as a power house after a fir... More

Potomac Power Plant, On West Virginia Shore of Potomac River, about 1 mile upriver from confluence with Shenandoah River, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, WV

Potomac Power Plant, On West Virginia Shore of Potomac River, about 1 ...

Significance: The Potomac Power Plant was an innovative small hydroelectric facility that operated from 1899 to 1991, originally as part of a wood pulp mill (built 1888), and solely as a power house after a fir... More

Potomac Power Plant, On West Virginia Shore of Potomac River, about 1 mile upriver from confluence with Shenandoah River, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, WV

Potomac Power Plant, On West Virginia Shore of Potomac River, about 1 ...

Significance: The Potomac Power Plant was an innovative small hydroelectric facility that operated from 1899 to 1991, originally as part of a wood pulp mill (built 1888), and solely as a power house after a fir... More

George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to Mount Vernon, Virginia, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia

George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to...

Public domain image - Environmental protection federal program, the 1970s, color photographs, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to Mount Vernon, Virginia, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia

George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to...

Public domain image - Environmental protection federal program, the 1970s, color photographs, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to Mount Vernon, Virginia, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia

George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to...

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George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to Mount Vernon, Virginia, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia

George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to...

Public domain image - Environmental protection federal program, the 1970s, color photographs, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to Mount Vernon, Virginia, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia

George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to...

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George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to Mount Vernon, Virginia, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia

George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to...

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George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to Mount Vernon, Virginia, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia

George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to...

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George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to Mount Vernon, Virginia, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia

George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to...

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George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to Mount Vernon, Virginia, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia

George Washington Memorial Parkway, Along Potomac River from McLean to...

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Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...

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Alexandria on the Potomac, Washington in the distance

Alexandria on the Potomac, Washington in the distance

Sketch shows ships docked on the waterfront of Alexandria, Virginia, with Washington's Capitol dome rising in the distance. Wallis was a British Commissioner from the Foreign Office to the United States in 1853... More

Looking up the Potomac River, from Fort Sumner (Andrew J. Russel)

Looking up the Potomac River, from Fort Sumner (Andrew J. Russel)

Photograph shows two men, one seated and one standing, on a bank above the Potomac River in Fort Sumner, Maryland. No. 261.

[Military construction in northern Virginia: man rowing raft of blanket boats on the Potomac River]

[Military construction in northern Virginia: man rowing raft of blanke...

No. 81 (handwritten) and 2582 (stamped) on mount. Forms part of Civil War photos, military construction and transportation in Northern Virginia and elsewhere / United States Military Railway Department (Librar... More

The Potomac, Virginia side - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

The Potomac, Virginia side - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Crossing South Branch - Mammoth Plate Photograph

Crossing South Branch - Mammoth Plate Photograph

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River Hills, trough of the Potomac

River Hills, trough of the Potomac

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Saltpeter rocks, "trough of the Potomac"

Saltpeter rocks, "trough of the Potomac"

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Chesapeake and Ohio canal - Potomac River at Williamsport, Md

Chesapeake and Ohio canal - Potomac River at Williamsport, Md

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue P (1906). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 016564. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Potomac River at Williamsport, MD, mammoth plate negative

Potomac River at Williamsport, MD, mammoth plate negative

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[Washington and the Potomac River from Arlington, Washington, D.C.]

[Washington and the Potomac River from Arlington, Washington, D.C.]

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Potomac River. View of river and sun through branch with leaves

Potomac River. View of river and sun through branch with leaves

The Theodor Horydczak Collection - architecture and social life of Washington DC in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s.

Washington, D.C. views. View of Washington, D.C., Potomac River and Roosevelt Island from hill in Georgetown

Washington, D.C. views. View of Washington, D.C., Potomac River and Ro...

Logbook and subject card annotation: Gunther's Brewery, Baltimore, Maryland. Titles devised.

President and Mrs. Coolidge with their host and hostess, Cyruss [i.e. Cyrus] H.K. Curtis, and other guests who attended the luncheon given on the Curtis yacht, "Lydonia," which is anchored off Haines [i.e. Hains] Point in the Potomac River

President and Mrs. Coolidge with their host and hostess, Cyruss [i.e. ...

President and wife with others looking out from anchored yacht, port side, stern. National Photo Company Collection. No. 41406.

[Flooding, Potomac River, Washington, D.C.]

[Flooding, Potomac River, Washington, D.C.]

A black and white photo of a group of people. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Governor Harry W. Nice Memorial Bridge connects southern Maryland and Virginia across the Potomac River

Governor Harry W. Nice Memorial Bridge connects southern Maryland and ...

Built over 10 years ending in 1949. Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, subjec... More

Aerial view of Washington, D.C., with Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and the Potomac River to the left

Aerial view of Washington, D.C., with Ronald Reagan Washington Nationa...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Harpers Ferry Tunnel, North bank of Potomac River, opposite Harpers Ferry, Sharpsburg, Washington County, MD

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Harpers Ferry Tunnel, North bank of Potomac...

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American and Commercial Advertiser, [newspaper]. April 21st, 1865.

American and Commercial Advertiser, [newspaper]. April 21st, 1865.

Picryl description: Public domain book scan - American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Con-g-ss embark'd on board the ship Constitution of America bound to Conogocheque by way of Philadelphia

Con-g-ss embark'd on board the ship Constitution of America bound to C...

In July 1790 Congress decided to move the seat of the federal government from its original site in New York to Washington, with Philadelphia as an interim capital. The unidentified satirist gives a cynical view... More

Dam No. 4 Hydroelectric Plant, Potomac River, Martinsburg, Berkeley County, WV

Dam No. 4 Hydroelectric Plant, Potomac River, Martinsburg, Berkeley Co...

Significance: Each plant epitomized the predominant low head hydroelectric technology in use at the time of its construction, Dam 4 uses tandem, multiple-runner, horizontal shaft turbines connected by rope driv... More

Dam No. 4 Hydroelectric Plant, Potomac River, Martinsburg, Berkeley County, WV

Dam No. 4 Hydroelectric Plant, Potomac River, Martinsburg, Berkeley Co...

Significance: Each plant epitomized the predominant low head hydroelectric technology in use at the time of its construction, Dam 4 uses tandem, multiple-runner, horizontal shaft turbines connected by rope driv... More

Dam No. 4 Hydroelectric Plant, Potomac River, Martinsburg, Berkeley County, WV

Dam No. 4 Hydroelectric Plant, Potomac River, Martinsburg, Berkeley Co...

Significance: Each plant epitomized the predominant low head hydroelectric technology in use at the time of its construction, Dam 4 uses tandem, multiple-runner, horizontal shaft turbines connected by rope driv... More

Dam No. 4 Hydroelectric Plant, Potomac River, Martinsburg, Berkeley County, WV

Dam No. 4 Hydroelectric Plant, Potomac River, Martinsburg, Berkeley Co...

Significance: Each plant epitomized the predominant low head hydroelectric technology in use at the time of its construction, Dam 4 uses tandem, multiple-runner, horizontal shaft turbines connected by rope driv... More

Dam No. 4 Hydroelectric Plant, Potomac River, Martinsburg, Berkeley County, WV

Dam No. 4 Hydroelectric Plant, Potomac River, Martinsburg, Berkeley Co...

Significance: Each plant epitomized the predominant low head hydroelectric technology in use at the time of its construction, Dam 4 uses tandem, multiple-runner, horizontal shaft turbines connected by rope driv... More

Dam No. 4 Hydroelectric Plant, Potomac River, Martinsburg, Berkeley County, WV

Dam No. 4 Hydroelectric Plant, Potomac River, Martinsburg, Berkeley Co...

Significance: Each plant epitomized the predominant low head hydroelectric technology in use at the time of its construction, Dam 4 uses tandem, multiple-runner, horizontal shaft turbines connected by rope driv... More

Dam No. 4 Hydroelectric Plant, Potomac River, Martinsburg, Berkeley County, WV

Dam No. 4 Hydroelectric Plant, Potomac River, Martinsburg, Berkeley Co...

Significance: Each plant epitomized the predominant low head hydroelectric technology in use at the time of its construction, Dam 4 uses tandem, multiple-runner, horizontal shaft turbines connected by rope driv... More

Dam No. 4 Hydroelectric Plant, Potomac River, Martinsburg, Berkeley County, WV

Dam No. 4 Hydroelectric Plant, Potomac River, Martinsburg, Berkeley Co...

Significance: Each plant epitomized the predominant low head hydroelectric technology in use at the time of its construction, Dam 4 uses tandem, multiple-runner, horizontal shaft turbines connected by rope driv... More

General Sickles and Staff in a reconnoitering expedition along the banks of the Potomac

General Sickles and Staff in a reconnoitering expedition along the ban...

Signed lower right: Alf R Waud. Title inscribed below image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.544) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file 1861. Reference print available in Ray, Pla... More

Long Bridge, Spanning Potomac River near Jefferson Memorial, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Long Bridge, Spanning Potomac River near Jefferson Memorial, Washingto...

Survey number: HAER DC-50 Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington DC, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Long Bridge, Spanning Potomac River near Jefferson Memorial, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Long Bridge, Spanning Potomac River near Jefferson Memorial, Washingto...

Survey number: HAER DC-50 Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington DC, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Potomac Aqueduct, Spanning Potomac River, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Potomac Aqueduct, Spanning Potomac River, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: The Potomac Aqueduct was an important component in the integrated canal system serving the Potomac River watershed. Built during a major expansion in America's long distance transportation system... More

Virginius Island Waterpowered Mill Complex, North bank of Shenandoah River 0.5 mile from confluence with Potomac River, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, WV

Virginius Island Waterpowered Mill Complex, North bank of Shenandoah R...

Significance: Virginius Island is significant because it is representative of nineteenth-century water-powered industry, the type which initially kindled America's Industrial Revolution. The Island's first ind... More

Dam No. 5 Hydroelectric Plant, On Potomac River, Hedgesville, Berkeley County, WV

Dam No. 5 Hydroelectric Plant, On Potomac River, Hedgesville, Berkeley...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a power dam, cascade, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Dam No. 5 Hydroelectric Plant, On Potomac River, Hedgesville, Berkeley County, WV

Dam No. 5 Hydroelectric Plant, On Potomac River, Hedgesville, Berkeley...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a power dam, cascade, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Dam No. 5 Hydroelectric Plant, On Potomac River, Hedgesville, Berkeley County, WV

Dam No. 5 Hydroelectric Plant, On Potomac River, Hedgesville, Berkeley...

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