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Revisiting the Construction of the Washington DC Metro

Take a look back in time at the construction of the Washington DC Metro with photos from the Metro's Facebook page. See the work that went into building the tunnel near Forest Glen, emergency stairs, Silver Spring station, Gallery Place-Chinatown and Archives.
1937 map of D.C.
View northwest past the equestrian statue (by Henry Kirke Brown) of General Winfield Scott. Includes the Queen Anne-style Windom House on the northwest corner of Massachusetts Avenue and 16th Street NW, and the Hutchins House next door to the west. (Current site of the Australian Embassy). William H. Seaman Photograph Collection, HSW (1888)
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Gallery Place-Chinatown construction

1974 | More construction, as crews build the Metro Gallery Place-Chinatown station.
1974 | More construction, as crews build the Metro Gallery Place-Chinatown station.
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