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

Check out this rare map of the D.C. area from 1894 and see the Ulysses Grant Memorial Bridge, which was never built. Plus, see the source from the National Archives.
Bull Durham smoking tobacco advertisement in the Washington Times - March 6th, 1916
Aerial view of the Washington Navy Yard, looking east (top). This shot shows the Navy Yard’s borders: M Street on the north (left); the waterfront on the south; 11th street on the east, and 2nd street on the west (foreground). On the right bank of the river is Anacostia, September 1963. NHHC Photograph Collection, Navy Subject Files, Washington Navy Yard. (214).
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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.

1894 map of D.C.
1894 map of D.C.

Source: U.S. National Archives

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