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Event Type
Planning and Design
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Title
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Potomac Flats Reclaimed
Description
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In 1870 the Army Corps of Engineers, headed by Major Nathaniel Michler, began dredging the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/424">Potomac</a> to remove silt and improve ship traffic. Dredged material was dumped into the tidal flats along the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/378">Washington waterfront</a>. In 1875 the project was expanded to include reclaiming the flats. The initial experiment lasted until 1882, but the reclamation continued until August 30, 1911, by which time contractors had moved over 12 million cubic yards of material from the river to the flats, <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/321">creating Potomac Park.</a>
Date
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07/09/1875
Coverage
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1860-1889
Source
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. <a href="http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/dc0448.photos.025235p/">View original</a>.
building the mall
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