Crane Runway

Historical marker location:

1331 4th Street Southeast, Navy Yard, District of Columbia

( Marker is on Water Street Southeast near 4th Street Southeast, on the left when traveling east.)

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.