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Here for your consideration is an aesthetic image of Anacostia River in the District of Columbia and Maryland / surveyed under the direction of Lieut. Colonel Peter C. Hains, Corps of Eng'rs. It was made in 1891.
Reclamation of land.
Depths shown by contours and soundings. "Area to be filled shaded in red." Oriented with north toward the upper right. "To accompany report of Oct. 24, 1891, Peter C. Hains, Lieut. Colonel of Engineers." Includes "Cross section of proposed channel."
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