Category:Aqueduct Bridge (Potomac River)

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English: The Aqueduct Bridge — a former 1843 canal aqueduct and railroad bridge over the Potomac River. An important and well preserved remnant of one of America's earliest engineering triumphs. Intimately connected with the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, and the development of commercial Georgetown in the early 19th century.

Survey number: HABS DC-166
Building/structure dates: 1833-1843 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1861 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1866 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1868 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1886 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1933 Subsequent Work

It was reconstructed in 1868 and 1886, before being replaced.

Media in category "Aqueduct Bridge (Potomac River)"

The following 70 files are in this category, out of 70 total.

Abutment side view.JPG 964 × 756; 80 KB
Aqueduct Bridge (Potomac) 1865.jpg 556 × 342; 30 KB
Aqueduct Bridge - c 1900 - Washington DC.jpg 640 × 600; 207 KB
Aqueduct Bridge - c 1900 from Georgetown - Washington DC.jpg 566 × 515; 125 KB
Aqueduct Bridge Abutment Wash DC.jpg 3,925 × 2,944; 8.35 MB
Aqueduct Bridge abutment.jpg 4,000 × 3,148; 1.96 MB
Aqueduct bridge and C and O Canal from LOC 07272.jpg 8,555 × 6,777; 35.67 MB
Aqueduct Bridge cofferdam.JPG 805 × 660; 66 KB
Aqueduct Bridge pier diagram.JPG 896 × 651; 82 KB
Arlington Aqueduct bridge.jpg 1,117 × 702; 93 KB
Belle Époque canoeing in Georgetown (485466358) (2).jpg 1,090 × 702; 1.06 MB
CIRCULAR COFFERDAM CONSTRUCTED FOR PIER 1 - Potomac Aqueduct, Spanning Potomac River, Washington, District of Columbia, DC HAER DC,GEO,1-4.tif 4,891 × 3,925; 18.31 MB
CLOSE VIEW OF THE WHITEHURST FREEWAY AND THE GEORGETOWN WATERFRONT - Potomac Aqueduct, Georgetown abutment at Georgetown waterfront, Washington, District of Columbia, DC HABS DC,GEO,1-28.tif 5,000 × 3,606; 17.2 MB
Closer view of Aqueduct Bridge, with Chesapeake and Ohio Canal 00926v.jpg 1,024 × 782; 132 KB
CLOSER VIEW OF THE GEORGETOWN WATERFRONT, FROM SAME POSITION DOWNSTREAM OF THE POTOMAC AQUEDUCT - Potomac Aqueduct, Georgetown abutment at Georgetown waterfront, Washington, District HABS DC,GEO,1-27.tif 5,000 × 3,587; 17.11 MB
Fence Detail (1868 Portion); Fence Detail (1888 Portion) - Potomac Aqueduct, Spanning Potomac River, Washington, District of Columbia, DC HAER DC,GEO,1- (sheet 4 of 4).png 9,646 × 7,616; 2.11 MB
Fence Detail (1868 Portion); Fence Detail (1888 Portion) - Potomac Aqueduct, Spanning Potomac River, Washington, District of Columbia, DC HAER DC,GEO,1- (sheet 4 of 4).tif 9,646 × 7,616; 486 KB
Francis Scott "Key" Bridge with Rosslyn in the background.jpg 1,896 × 1,488; 394 KB
GENERAL VIEW OF THE GEORGETOWN WATERFRONT, DOWNSTREAM FROM THE POTOMAC AQUEDUCT AND BESIDE THE KEY BRIDGE (NOTE- WHITEHURST FREEWAY OBSCURING THE VISTA) - Potomac Aqueduct, Georgetown HABS DC,GEO,1-26.tif 5,000 × 3,582; 17.08 MB
Georgetown 1861.jpg 3,701 × 2,519; 6.3 MB
Georgetown ferry-boat carrying wagons 00932v.jpg 1,024 × 782; 160 KB
Georgetown wa dc 1862.jpg 1,412 × 1,088; 263 KB
Historic American Buildings Survey AQUEDUCT BRIDGE, PLAN OF 1841 Senate Document 178, 1841 - Potomac Aqueduct, Georgetown abutment at Georgetown waterfront, Washington, District of HABS DC,GEO,1-25.tif 5,000 × 2,955; 14.09 MB
Historic American Buildings Survey George Eisenman, Photographer Summer 1967 GEORGETOWN ABUTMENT, EAST SIDE RETAINING WALL (WING WALL) - Potomac Aqueduct, Georgetown abutment at HABS DC,GEO,1-6.tif 5,000 × 4,012; 19.13 MB
Historic American Buildings Survey George Eisenman, Photographer Summer 1967 GEORGETOWN ABUTMENT, FROM SOUTH - Potomac Aqueduct, Georgetown abutment at Georgetown waterfront, HABS DC,GEO,1-5.tif 5,000 × 4,032; 19.23 MB
Historic American Buildings Survey George Eisenman, Photographer Summer 1967 GEORGETOWN ABUTMENT, UNDERSIDE, ORIGINAL ARCH (SOFFIT) FROM EAST SIDE - Potomac Aqueduct, Georgetown HABS DC,GEO,1-8.tif 5,000 × 3,991; 19.03 MB
Historic American Buildings Survey George Eisenman, Photographer Summer 1967 IRON RAILING - Potomac Aqueduct, Georgetown abutment at Georgetown waterfront, Washington, District of HABS DC,GEO,1-10.tif 5,000 × 4,029; 19.21 MB
Historic American Buildings Survey George Eisenman, Photographer Summer 1967 IRON RAILING - Potomac Aqueduct, Georgetown abutment at Georgetown waterfront, Washington, District of HABS DC,GEO,1-9.tif 5,000 × 4,027; 19.2 MB
Historic American Buildings Survey George Eisenman, Photographer Summer 1967 PIER -1 AND COURSE OF SOUTH ABUTMENT - Potomac Aqueduct, Georgetown abutment at Georgetown waterfront, HABS DC,GEO,1-11.tif 5,000 × 3,774; 18 MB
Historic American Buildings Survey George Eisenman, Photographer Summer 1967 REMAINS OF PIER -1 - Potomac Aqueduct, Georgetown abutment at Georgetown waterfront, Washington, District HABS DC,GEO,1-12.tif 5,000 × 3,806; 18.15 MB
Historic American Buildings Survey George Eisenman, Photographer Summer 1967 TROUGH, LOOKING TO VIRGINIA SHORE - Potomac Aqueduct, Georgetown abutment at Georgetown waterfront, HABS DC,GEO,1-7.tif 5,000 × 4,002; 19.09 MB
Historic American Buildings Survey George Eisenman, Photographer Summer 1967 WEST END OF K STREET - Potomac Aqueduct, Georgetown abutment at Georgetown waterfront, Washington, District HABS DC,GEO,1-4.tif 5,000 × 3,996; 19.06 MB
Historic American Buildings Survey Original at Library of Congress, Pictorial Archives of Early American Architecture Arthur A. Snyder, Photographer AQUEDUCT BRIDGE, FEBRUARY 2,1900 - HABS DC,GEO,1-17.tif 4,987 × 4,082; 19.42 MB
Historic American Buildings Survey Photocopy courtesy of Peabody Room, Georgetown Public Library POTOMAC AQUEDUCT c. 1865 - Potomac Aqueduct, Georgetown abutment at Georgetown HABS DC,GEO,1-14.tif 5,000 × 4,073; 19.42 MB
Historic American Buildings Survey Photocopy courtesy of Peabody Room, Georgetown Public Library POTOMAC AQUEDUCT, 1868-1877 - Potomac Aqueduct, Georgetown abutment at Georgetown HABS DC,GEO,1-15.tif 5,000 × 3,576; 17.05 MB
Historic American Buildings Survey Photocopy courtesy of the Peabody Room, Georgetown Public Library POTOMAC AQUEDUCT c. 1860 SHOWING SOUTH ABUTMENT - Potomac Aqueduct, Georgetown HABS DC,GEO,1-13.tif 5,000 × 3,877; 18.49 MB
Historic American Buildings Survey Photocopy courtesy of U.S. Commission of Fine Arts POTOMAC AQUEDUCT c. 1910 - Potomac Aqueduct, Georgetown abutment at Georgetown waterfront, HABS DC,GEO,1-18.tif 5,000 × 4,064; 19.38 MB
Historic American Buildings Survey Photocopy courtesy of U.S. Commission of Fine Arts POTOMAC AQUEDUCT c. 1924-33 - Potomac Aqueduct, Georgetown abutment at Georgetown waterfront, HABS DC,GEO,1-19.tif 5,000 × 3,524; 16.81 MB
Historic American Buildings Survey Photocopy courtesy of Washington Room, D.C. Public Library POTOMAC AQUEDUCT, 1879-1887 - Potomac Aqueduct, Georgetown abutment at Georgetown HABS DC,GEO,1-16.tif 5,000 × 4,033; 19.23 MB
Historic American Buildings Survey Photocopy from National Park Service files POTOMAC AQUEDUCT PIERS c. 1940 - Potomac Aqueduct, Georgetown abutment at Georgetown waterfront, HABS DC,GEO,1-20.tif 5,000 × 3,696; 17.63 MB
Historic American Buildings Survey PHOTOCOPY- GENERAL VIEW, 1837 House Document 459 (1838) - Potomac Aqueduct, Georgetown abutment at Georgetown waterfront, Washington, District of HABS DC,GEO,1-22.tif 5,310 × 3,846; 19.48 MB
Historic American Buildings Survey POTOMAC AQUEDUCT CONSTRUCTION- BOOMS House Document 459 (1838) - Potomac Aqueduct, Georgetown abutment at Georgetown waterfront, Washington, HABS DC,GEO,1-23.tif 5,000 × 3,607; 17.2 MB
Historic American Buildings Survey POTOMAC AQUEDUCT CONSTRUCTION- COFFERDAM House Document 459 (1838) - Potomac Aqueduct, Georgetown abutment at Georgetown waterfront, Washington, HABS DC,GEO,1-24.tif 5,000 × 3,679; 17.55 MB
Historic American Buildings Survey POTOMAC AQUEDUCT- PROJECT House Document 459 (1838) - Potomac Aqueduct, Georgetown abutment at Georgetown waterfront, Washington, District of HABS DC,GEO,1-21.tif 5,000 × 3,634; 17.33 MB
HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY OF THE POTOMAC RIVER NEAR GEORGETOWN - Potomac Aqueduct, Spanning Potomac River, Washington, District of Columbia, DC HAER DC,GEO,1-1.tif 4,890 × 3,913; 18.25 MB
ITHIEL TOWN'S DESIGN FOR THE POTOMAC AQUEDUCT (see HABS No. DC-166 for a nearly identical version of this view) - Potomac Aqueduct, Spanning Potomac River, Washington, District of HAER DC,GEO,1-2.tif 4,896 × 3,913; 18.27 MB
Key Bridge and aqueduct pier.JPG 601 × 474; 62 KB
OPERATION OF THE DERRICKS HOISTING AND LOWERING STONE AT COFFERDAM NO. 1 - Potomac Aqueduct, Spanning Potomac River, Washington, District of Columbia, DC HAER DC,GEO,1-8.tif 4,425 × 3,534; 14.92 MB
PERSPECTIVE OF THE BOOMS, SHOWING THE MANNER IN WHICH STONE WAS HOISTED UPON THE PIER AFTER REMOVAL OF THE DERRICKS. - Potomac Aqueduct, Spanning Potomac River, Washington, District of HAER DC,GEO,1-9.tif 4,628 × 3,693; 16.3 MB
PERSPECTIVE OF THE PUMPING AND DREDGING MACHINERY - Potomac Aqueduct, Spanning Potomac River, Washington, District of Columbia, DC HAER DC,GEO,1-7.tif 4,901 × 3,941; 18.42 MB
PERSPECTIVE OF THE PUMPING MACHINERY FOR THE ABUUTMENT COFFERDAM - Potomac Aqueduct, Spanning Potomac River, Washington, District of Columbia, DC HAER DC,GEO,1-6.tif 4,846 × 3,875; 17.91 MB
Plan - Potomac Aqueduct, Spanning Potomac River, Washington, District of Columbia, DC HAER DC,GEO,1- (sheet 2 of 4).png 9,658 × 7,616; 2.58 MB
Plan - Potomac Aqueduct, Spanning Potomac River, Washington, District of Columbia, DC HAER DC,GEO,1- (sheet 2 of 4).tif 9,658 × 7,616; 670 KB
PLAN AND SECTION OF COFFERDAM FOR PIER 2 - Potomac Aqueduct, Spanning Potomac River, Washington, District of Columbia, DC HAER DC,GEO,1-5.tif 4,906 × 3,930; 18.39 MB
Potomac Aqueduct Bridge (canal).JPG 925 × 715; 116 KB
Potomac Aqueduct Bridge (road).jpg 2,296 × 1,708; 1.61 MB
Potomac Aqueduct Title Page - Potomac Aqueduct, Spanning Potomac River, Washington, District of Columbia, DC HAER DC,GEO,1- (sheet 1 of 4).png 9,626 × 7,616; 2.68 MB
Potomac Aqueduct Title Page - Potomac Aqueduct, Spanning Potomac River, Washington, District of Columbia, DC HAER DC,GEO,1- (sheet 1 of 4).tif 9,626 × 7,616; 774 KB
Potomac Boat Club.JPG 800 × 600; 480 KB
STEAM ENGINE USED IN DREDGING AND PUMPING OUT COFFERDAM - Potomac Aqueduct, Spanning Potomac River, Washington, District of Columbia, DC HAER DC,GEO,1-3.tif 4,907 × 3,962; 18.54 MB
The Aqueduct bridge and Georgetown 01489v.jpg 1,022 × 1,024; 174 KB
View from Georgetown heights 04243v.jpg 1,024 × 821; 112 KB
View from Georgetown heights, with Aqueduct Bridge and Mason's Island 04243v.jpg 947 × 746; 302 KB
View of Georgetown and Aqueduct Bridge 04298v.jpg 1,024 × 818; 127 KB
West Elevation, South Elevation - Potomac Aqueduct, Spanning Potomac River, Washington, District of Columbia, DC HAER DC,GEO,1- (sheet 3 of 4).png 9,616 × 7,616; 3.2 MB
West Elevation, South Elevation - Potomac Aqueduct, Spanning Potomac River, Washington, District of Columbia, DC HAER DC,GEO,1- (sheet 3 of 4).tif 9,616 × 7,616; 1.02 MB
Aqueduct Bridge, Washington, from Robert N. Dennis collection of stereoscopic views.jpg 760 × 384; 46 KB
Georgetown Bridge across Potomac River - NARA - 529522.jpg 1,646 × 3,000; 1.24 MB
The Aqueduct Bridge, from Robert N. Dennis collection of stereoscopic views 2.jpg 760 × 394; 43 KB
The Aqueduct Bridge, from Robert N. Dennis collection of stereoscopic views.jpg 760 × 389; 37 KB

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