Alexandria Canal (Virginia)
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The Alexandria Canal was a canal in the United States that connected the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal at Georgetown in the District of Columbia to the Potomac River at the city of Alexandria both when it
Alexandria Canal Center with reconstructed Tidal Basin and Tidal Lock
First Aqueduct Bridge in 1860
1865 Painting of the Aqueduct Bridge and canals
1885 View of the Potomac Aqueduct Bridge from Georgetown into Rosslyn, Virginia
Potomac Yard
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Potomac Yard is a neighborhood in Northern Virginia that straddles southeastern Arlington County and northeastern Alexandria, Virginia, located principally in the area between U.S. Route 1 and the Was
Alexandria Canal (Virginia)
…and Union and used as a curb. In 1904, the Washington and Ohio railroad bridge over the canal near Del Ray was torn down as part of construction of the Potomac Yard. The canal ran southwards for 7.12 miles from the Aqueduct Bridge through today's Arlington County and City of Alexandria, Virginia. It had arched…
Potomac Yard as a rail yard in the 1980s
Potomac Yard as a mixed-use neighborhood in 2021
Potomac Yard, circa 1917
Potomac Yard shopping center (2014).