File:"Bridge -6 - Rock Creek- Cast-iron 48" pipe lines to Gravity - 1859." Construction photo of Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge, 1859. Photograph courtesy Washington Aqueduct Division, U.S. HAER DC,WASH,593-6.tif

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D.C. Bridge Division
Meigs, Montgomery C
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"Bridge -6 - Rock Creek- Cast-iron 48" pipe lines to Gravity - 1859." Construction photo of Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge, 1859. Photograph courtesy Washington Aqueduct Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge, Spanning Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway, Washington, District of Columbia, DC
Depicted place District of Columbia; District of Columbia; Washington
Date Documentation compiled after 1968
Dimensions 4 x 5 in.
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HAER DC,WASH,593-6
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  • Significance: Cast-iron water mains from the Aqueduct Bridge by Montgomery Meigs, the span that preceded the present bridge, are encased in the concrete arch and are visible on the underside. These pipes were integral to the city's early water supply, and they continue to function as a link in the system that carries water from the reservoir in Georgetown to the city of Washington proper. The 1915-16 concrete arch span elicited a complaint from the Commission of Fine Arts about its design, and initiated a debate about the proper form of Rock Creek crossings.
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N130
  • Survey number: HAER DC-21
  • Building/structure dates: 1858- 1860 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1915- 1916 Subsequent Work
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/dc0758.photos.383974p
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Object location38° 53′ 42″ N, 77° 02′ 12.01″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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