An Industrial Georgetown
Historical marker location:
1111 34th Street Northwest, Georgetown, District of Columbia
( Marker can be reached from 34th Street Northwest south of M Street Northwest, on the right when traveling south. Reported unreadable.)
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park. National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior
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The city was built on a swamp: The area that is now Washington, D.C. was originally a swampy, marshy region along the Potomac River. The construction of the city involved extensive drainage and landfill projects to make the land suitable for building.