A Rare Look at D.C. in 1894, with a Surprising Unbuilt Bridge

Published July 31, 2013Updated April 28, 20261 min readby ghostsofdc

Here’s a good find from the National Archives. It’s a map of the D.C. area in 1894. Also, you’ll notice the Ulysses Grant Memorial Bridge, which was never built.

Source: U.S. National Archives

The Ulysses Grant Memorial Bridge marked on this 1894 map was just the first of nine major designs proposed for that crossing. We’ve traced the full 140-year fight to build Memorial Bridge.

2 thoughts on “A Rare Look at D.C. in 1894, with a Surprising Unbuilt Bridge”

JustMy2Cents

July 31, 2013 at 7:09 pm

Would love to read this but magnifying the image does not help. Any chance you can produce an image that one can read?
GoDCer

July 31, 2013 at 7:12 pm

Click on the image

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