Notes on Sources and Bibliography

A large number of published sources were consulted in the writing of this project, and the bibliography below, while hardly comprehensive, should provide those wishing to seek more detail plenty of avenues for further research and reading.

Bibliography

Bacon-Foster, Cora. “Early Chapters in the Develpment of the Potomac Route to the West.” Records of the Columbia Historical Society, Washington, D.C. 15 (1912): 96–322.

Cooke, Michael A. “Physical Environment and Sanitation in the District of Columbia 1860-1868.” Records of the Columbia Historical Society, Washington, D.C. 52 (1989): 289–303.

Curry, Mary E. “Theodore Roosevelt Island: A Broken Link to Early Washington, D.C. History.” Records of the Columbia Historical Society, Washington, D.C. 71/72 (1971-72): 14–33.

Curtis, William T. S. “Cabin John Bridge.” Records of the Columbia Historical Society, Washington, D.C. 2 (1899): 293–307.

Davis, Madison. “The Navy Yard Section during the Life of the Rev. William Ryland.” Records of the Columbia Historical Society, Washington, D.C. 4 (1901): 199–221.

Duhamel, James F. “Analostan Island.” Records of the Columbia Historical Society, Washington, D.C. 35/36 (1935): 133–45.

———. “Tiber Creek.” Records of the Columbia Historical Society, Washington, D.C. 28 (1926): 203–25.

Formwalt, Lee W. “Benjamin Henry Latrobe and the Development of Transportation in the District of Columbia, 1802-1817.” Records of the Columbia Historical Society, Washington, D.C. 50 (1980): 36–66.

Friis, Herman R., and Ralph E. Ehrenberg. “Nicholas King and His Wharfing Plans of the City of Washington, 1797.” Records of the Columbia Historical Society, Washington, D.C. 66/68 (1966-68): 34–46.

Gahn, Bessie Wilmarth. “Major John Adlum of Rock Creek.” Records of the Columbia Historical Society, Washington, D.C. 39 (1938): 127–39.

Gannon, Sr., James A. “Washington at the Turn of the Century.” Records of the Columbia Historical Society, Washington, D.C. 63/65 (1963-65): 313–19.

Gutheim, Frederick, and Wilcomb E. Washburn. The Federal City: Plans and Realities. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1976.

Hahn, Thomas F. The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal: Pathway to the Nation’s Capital, 1984.

Heine, Cornelius W. “A History of the Washington City Canal, 1791-1882.” M.A., Catholic University of America, 1951.

———. “The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal: Testimony to an Age Yet to Come.” Records of the Columbia Historical Society, Washington, D.C. 66/68 (1966-68): 57–70.

———. “The Washington City Canal.” Records of the Columbia Historical Society, Washington, D.C. 53/56 (1953-56): 1–27.

Horne, Robert C. “Bridges Across the Potomac.” Records of the Columbia Historical Society, Washington, D.C. 53/56 (1956 1953): 249–58.

Howe, Franklin T. “The Board of Public Works.” Records of the Columbia Historical Society, Washington, D.C. 3 (1900): 256–78.

Humphreys, Andrew A., and Henry L. Abbot. Report on the Physics and Hydraulics of the Mississippi River; Upon the Protection of the Alluvial Region Against Overflow; and Upon the Deepening of the Mouths: Based Upon Surveys and Investigations Made Under the Acts of Congress Directing the Topographical and Hydrographical Survey of the Delta of the Mississippi River, with Such Investigations as Might Lead to Determine the Most Practicable Plan for Securing It from Inundation, and the Best Mode of Deepening the Channels at the Mouths of the River. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1867.

Lee, Ronald F. “Chesapeake and Ohio Canal.” Records of the Columbia Historical Society, Washington, D.C. 40/41 (1940): 185–95.

Maury, William M. “Alexander R. Shepherd and the Board of Public Works.” Records of the Columbia Historical Society, Washington, D.C. 71/72 (1971-71): 394–410.

Melosi, Martin. The Sanitary City: Urban Infrastructure in America from Colonial Times to the Present. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000.

Mills, Robert. Water Works for the Metropolitan City of Washington. Washington, D.C., 1853.

Myer, Donald Beekman. Bridges and the City of Washington. Washington D.C.: U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, 1974.

Passonneau, Joseph R. Washington Through Two Centuries: A History in Maps and Images. New York: Monacelli, 2004.

Paullin, Charles O. “Washington City and the Old Navy.” Records of the Columbia Historical Society, Washington, D.C. 33/34 (1932): 163–77.

Peterson, Jon A. “The Mall, the McMillan Plan, and the Origins of American City Planning.” Studies in the History of Art 30, no. Symposium Papers XIV: The Mall in Washington, 1791-1991 (1991): 100–115.

Press, Emil A. “Growing Up in Swampoodle.” Records of the Columbia Historical Society, Washington, D.C. 49 (1973-74): 618–21.

Reps, John W. Monumental Washington: The Planning and Development of the Capital Center. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1967.

Rogers, William Edgar. “The Historic Potomac River.” Records of the Columbia Historical Society, Washington, D.C. 16 (1913): 25–63.

Sanderlin, Walter S. The Great National Project: A History of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1946.

Scott, Pamela. Capital Engineers: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the Development of Washington, D.C., 1790-2004. Washington, D.C.: Office of History, United States Army Corps of Engineers, 2012.

Shoemaker, Louis P. “Historic Rock Creek.” Records of the Columbia Historical Society, Washington, D.C. 12 (1909): 38–52.

Skramstad, Harold K. “The Engineer as Architect in Washington: The Contribution of Montgomery Meigs.” Records of the Columbia Historical Society, Washington, D.C. 69/70 (1969-70): 266–84.

Spratt, Zack. “Rock Creek’s Bridges.” Records of the Columbia Historical Society, Washington, D.C. 53/56 (1953-56): 101–34.

Tarr, Joel A. “The Search for the Ultimate Sink: Urban Air, Land, and Water Pollution in Historical Perspective.” Records of the Columbia Historical Society, Washington, D.C. 51 (1984): 1–29.

Tindall, William. “A Sketch of Alexander Robey Shepherd.” Records of the Columbia Historical Society, Washington, D.C. 14 (1911): 49–66.

Unrau, Harlan D. Historic Resource Study: Chesapeake & Ohio Canal. Hagerstown, Maryland: United States Department of Interior, National Park Service, 2007.

Ways, Harry C. The Washington Aqueduct 1852-1992. Baltimore: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1992.

A note on the maps

This atlas draws on cartographic materials, both digital and analog, from a number of sources, including the U.S. Geological Survey, OpenStreetMap, the Library of Congress, the Cartographic Division of the National Archives and Records Administration, the Washingtoniana Division of the Martin Luther King Jr. Branch of the District of Columbia Public Library, and the Special Collections Research Center of Gelman Library, George Washington University.