City of Washington Statistical Map No. 2: Street Grades – Antique Wall Map
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City of Washington Statistical Map No. 2: Street Grades comes to life in this antique map, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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City of Washington Statistical Map No. 2: Street Grades
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This map is the second in a numbered series of city statistical maps, and it turns the familiar Washington street plan into a record of elevation. Its subject is the slope of the streets, which the city's engineers needed to know before they could decide where to grade, pave, and drain. The capital's grid was laid out in 1791 over ground that rises from the Potomac flats toward Capitol Hill, Georgetown's heights, and ravines cut by Rock Creek and Tiber Creek. Maps like this one show how the planners' geometric avenues met that uneven terrain.
| Original scan | 7,848 × 5,508 px · prints to 26 × 18 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | cs000003 |
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