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Upper Potomac Park Project: Great Falls and Palisades of the Potomac – Vintage Print

Upper Potomac Park Project: Great Falls and Palisades of the Potomac — historic image
Upper Potomac Park Project: Great Falls and Palisades of the Potomac. Historic image from the Washington DC collection.

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Upper Potomac Park Project: Great Falls and Palisades of the Potomac comes to life in this historic image, 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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Upper Potomac Park Project: Great Falls and Palisades of the Potomac

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This view is named for the Great Falls and Palisades of the Potomac, a stretch of river where the water drops over rocky ledges and runs between high, wooded cliffs before reaching the city. Those falls stopped boats from traveling farther upstream, which is one reason the land along this reach drew early engineering and recreation projects. The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal was built alongside this stretch to bypass the rapids and carry goods between Washington and the interior. Upper Potomac Park, which took shape as Washington's riverfront parkland grew, reflects that same effort to turn the river's edge into public space.

Original scan7,200 × 2,584 px · prints to 24 × 9 in at 300 dpi
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