Ship's Propeller / Airplane Propeller / Truck Wheel

Historical marker location:

1200 New Jersey Avenue Southeast, Navy Yard, District of Columbia

( Marker is on M Street Southeast east of New Jersey Avenue Southeast, on the right when traveling east.)

Transportation Walk

The District was originally much larger: The District of Columbia originally included land from both Maryland and Virginia, but in 1846, the portion of the District that had been taken from Virginia was returned to the state.