potomac river, virginia

Leesylvania State Park - National Parks Gallery

Native Americans lived on this land for thousands of years. Capt. John Smith visited the area in 1608 on his voyage of discovery.

A survey of a plot in Lancaster and Northumberland counties bounded by...

Relief shown by hachures. Cadastral survey map. Title devised by cataloger. Pen-and-ink on tracing paper, mounted on cloth with an index of place names and resident houses on 2 sheets of blue lined paper attach... More

A survey of the Northern Neck of Virginia : being the lands belonging ...

Public domain scan of an 18th-century map, vintage, old, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Potomack / Historic map, Library of Congress

Covers the Potomac River (estuary and river), its tributaries, and the Rappahannock River. Also covers "The Northern Neck of Virginia". Title from annotation on verso. Gift; Robert Lee Brown, Woodville, Va.; Oc... More

Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial

Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial is located in Arlington National Cemetery. The land was once a 1,100 acre plantation owned by George Washington Parke Custis. His only surviving child, Mary Anna Rand... More

Map of part of the Potomac River, from the head of tide water to Alexa...

Chart of the Potomac River and Eastern Branch from the Sister Islands ...

Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by contours and soundings. Also shows block numbers and major buildings. "Approved--T.C. Mendenhall, Superintendent, U.S.C. & G.S." Includes text. Available also through t... More

Chart of the head of navigation of the Potomac River shewing the route...

Nautical chart of the Potomac estuary within the District of Columbia. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by contours and soundings. Oriented with north toward the lower right. Stephenson. Cartography of no... More

Chart of the head of navigation of the Potomac River shewing the route...

Nautical chart with extensive annotations in col. and lead pencils to show proposed railroad routes connecting central Washington and Alexandria (Va.). Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by contours and sou... More

Head of navigation of the Potomac River / nautical chart

Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by contours and soundings. Photocopy of ms. map. Oriented with north toward the upper left. Includes notes. LC copy originally printed on separate sheets, assembled to 1 s... More

Alexandria on the Potomac, Washington in the distance

Sketch shows ships docked on the waterfront of Alexandria, Virginia, with Washington's Capitol dome rising in the distance. Wallis was a British Commissioner from the Foreign Office to the United States in 1853... More

Potomac looking towards Washington June 26

Sketch shows the Potomac River in Virginia looking up towards Washington, probably from a boat. The city is not visible. Wallis was a British Commissioner from the Foreign Office to the United States in 1853. O... More

On the Potomac - Public domain scenic drawing

Sketch shows the shore of the Potomac River in Virginia looking across the water. Wallis was a British Commissioner from the Foreign Office to the United States in 1853. Originally 1 of 37 drawings in portfolio... More

River boat on the Potomac - Public domain scan / drawing

Sketch shows a sidewheel steamboat on the Potomac River. Wallis was a British Commissioner from the Foreign Office to the United States in 1853. Originally 1 of 37 drawings in portfolios with binder's title: Sk... More

The Potomac morning June 26 - Public domain scenic drawing

Sketch shows the Potomac River in Virginia, probably from a boat. Wallis was a British Commissioner from the Foreign Office to the United States in 1853. Originally 1 of 37 drawings in portfolios with binder's ... More

Potomac River from Aquia Creek Virginia

Drawing shows the Potomac River, as seen from Aquia Creek in Virginia. Wallis was a British Commissioner from the Foreign Office to the United States in 1853. Originally 1 of 37 drawings in portfolios with bind... More

On the Potomac - Public domain scan / drawing

Sketch shows the Potomac River in Virginia looking across water. Wallis was a British Commissioner from the Foreign Office to the United States in 1853. Originally 1 of 37 drawings in portfolios with binder's t... More

Chart of the head of navigation of the Potomac River : surveyed by ord...

Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by contours and soundings. Oriented with north toward the upper left. Includes note. LC copy fold-lined, laminated, halved, and mounted on cloth backing. Available also th... More

White House, Potomac, Washington, D.C.

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Bridge over Potomac Virginia side

Sketch of a covered railroad bridge. Title inscribed above image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.680) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[Map of the northern part of Virginia and West Virginia, between the B...

Relief shown by hachures and shading. Date and title from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. In upper left: The square are miles. Pen-and-ink on pencil grid, mounted on cloth. Imperfect: horizontal creases and ... More

Topographical copy of a Map of the Valley of the Shenandoah River From...

Topographical copy of a Map of the Valley of the Shenandoah River From Strasburg, [Va.], to Harper's Ferry. [W.] Va., with the adjacent counties west of it and south of the Potomac River, Captured in the rebel ... More

[Detailed map of part of Virginia from Alexandria to the Potomac River...

Relief shown by form lines. Shows parts of Arlington and Fairfax counties, part of the defenses of Washington, roads, railroads, towns, vegetation, houses, fences, names of residents, and drainage. "211, L. She... More

Virginia, [Partial map of Virginia.]. American Civil War 1861-1865.

No scale given. Octagonal shape, surrounded by 32 portraits of military heroes of the Civil War.

New bridge over Potomac River on the Washington, Alexandria and George...

Photograph showing a railroad bridge across the Potomac River. Three men are seated at right: S. Seymour, chief engineer, C.B. Morse, constructing engineer, S.S. Post & Co., contractors. Exhibited: "East of th... More

Blockade of the Potomac - by Rebels, winter of 1861

Shows the Potomac River with the Confederate forces located near Cockpit Point, Prince William County, Va. NOTE: Researchers will be served a color photocopy of this scrapbook image. Color coding indicates the ... More

Fort Washington (Fort Washington, Maryland)

Fort Washington was the lone citadel that protected the nation's capital at the start of the Civil War in 1861. The fort was lightly garrisoned by Federal troops throughout the war. The Union Army designed and ... More

Army map of the seat of war in Virginia, showing the battle fields, fo...

Scale ca. 1:183,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 448 Map of the Potomac River and vicinity from Harpers Ferry to Swan Point showing towns, roads, railroads, names and boundaries of counties, drainage, and reli... More

[Map of the lower Potomac River showing picket lines, January 1862]

Concerns Union and Confederate pickets positioned north and south around Pohick Church and Accotink in Fairfax County, Va., in January 1862. Includes a balloon pictured near Pohick Church and labelled as "Decr... More

[Map of the Potomac River]. - Public domain old map

Regional map of Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania showing the Potomac River and its tributaries.

Falls of the Potomac from Maryland Shore

Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Published in: New York Illustrated News, January 4, 1862, p. 132. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.714) Forms part of: Morgan collection of C... More

Government coal wharf, Alexandria, Virginia (Andrew J. Russel)

Photograph shows two men on the shore of the Potomac River facing the wharf. No. 123.

Battery Rodgers, Potomac River, near Alexandria

No. B469. Hand written on verso: 15 inch Rodman. Hand written on verso: Miller, vol. 5, p. 87. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Long Bridge, Washington, D.C. (Andrew J. Russel)

Photograph shows Long Bridge over the Potomac River from the Virginia shore. No. 275.

New bridge over Potomac River on the Washington, Alexandria and George...

Photograph showing construction on a trestle railroad bridge across the Potomac River. Caption continues: S. Seymour, chief engineer, C.B. Morse, constructing engineer, S.S. Post & Co., contractors.

New bridge over Potomac River on the Washington, Alexandria and George...

Photograph showing a trestle railroad bridge across the Potomac River. Caption continues: S. Seymour, chief engineer, C.B. Morse, constructing engineer, S.S. Post & Co., contractors.

Battery Rodgers, Potomac River, near Alexandria

No. 143. Hand written on verso: Miller, vol. V, p. 87. Hand written on verso: also BH825-16. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Bacon's new army map of the seat of war in Virginia, showing the battl...

Public domain scan of a vintage map, plan, atlas, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

[Military construction in northern Virginia: man rowing raft of blanke...

No. 81 (handwritten) and 2582 (stamped) on mount. Forms part of Civil War photos, military construction and transportation in Northern Virginia and elsewhere / United States Military Railway Department (Librar... More

Bacon's new army map of the seat of war in Virginia, showing the battl...

Scale ca. 1:180,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 452 Map of northeast Virginia, Washington, D.C., and part of Maryland showing the location and date of engagements, battles in which cannons were used, country ... More

Contours of Union forts on south side of Potomac, 1862 [map].

This map shows the names and configurations of Union fortifications on the Virginia side of the Potomac River in 1862, and in some cases lists the name of the regiment that built the structure.

Blockade of the Potomac. Map showing Union and Rebel batteries January...

"The Rebel troops and batteries were commanded by Genl. Holmes, C.S.A. during the blockade which lasted from Decr 1861 to 9th March 1862." -- Page caption. Color coding shows location of Union and Confederate f... More

Alexandria, Virginia (vicinity). Battery Rodgers, erected in 1863, ove...

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[Military construction in northern Virginia: raft of blanket boats fer...

No. 77b (handwritten) and 2578 (stamped) on mount. Forms part of Civil War photos, military construction and transportation in Northern Virginia and elsewhere / United States Military Railway Department (Libra... More

[Military construction in northern Virginia: raft of blanket boats fer...

No. 76 (handwritten) and 2576 (stamped) on mount. Forms part of Civil War photos, military construction and transportation in Northern Virginia and elsewhere / United States Military Railway Department (Librar... More

The war in Georgia -- Reconnoissance of a detachment of national troop...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 13, no. 336 (1862 April 19), p. 376.

[Military construction in northern Virginia: men sitting in blanket bo...

No. 74 (handwritten) and 2574 (stamped) on mount. Forms part of Civil War photos, military construction and transportation in Northern Virginia and elsewhere / United States Military Railway Department (Librar... More

Contours of Union forts on south side of Potomac, 1862 map

This map shows the names and configurations of Union fortifications on the Virginia side of the Potomac River in 1862, and in some cases lists the name of the regiment that built the structure. NOTE: Researcher... More

Map of the Potomac River, Va. : from Alexandria to below the Occoquan.

Regional map of the lower Potomac River in Virginia, including Alexandria and Fairfax Court House. The Loudoun & Hampshire Railroad is also indicated.

[Military construction in northern Virginia: men sitting in blanket bo...

No. 73 (handwritten) and 2573 (stamped) on mount. Forms part of Civil War photos, military construction and transportation in Northern Virginia and elsewhere / United States Military Railway Department (Librar... More

[Military construction in northern Virginia: raft of blanket boats fer...

No. 78 (handwritten) and 2579 (stamped) on mount. Forms part of Civil War photos, military construction and transportation in Northern Virginia and elsewhere / United States Military Railway Department (Librar... More

Map of the Potomac River, Va. : from Alexandria to below the Occoquan

Regional map of the lower Potomac River in Virginia, including Alexandria and Fairfax Court House. The Loudoun & Hampshire Railroad is also indicated. "Copy of the Official map furnished by the War Dept., 1861.... More

[Military construction in northern Virginia: raft of blanket boats fer...

No. 77a (handwritten) and 2577 (stamped) on mount. Forms part of Civil War photos, military construction and transportation in Northern Virginia and elsewhere / United States Military Railway Department (Libra... More

Transports at Alexandria removing troops

Signed lower right: Alf. R Waud. Title inscribed lower right. Inscribed in pencil above image: Washington and the Capitol in the distance 5 miles away; Maryland shore; Fort; Steamer Vanderbilt, Steamer John Bro... More

Army map of the seat of war in Virginia, showing the battle fields, fo...

Scale ca. 1:183,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 455 Map of the Potomac River and vicinity from Harpers Ferry to Swan Point showing towns, roads, railroads, names and boundaries of counties, drainage, and reli... More

Army map of the seat of war in Virginia : showing the battle fields, f...

"Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1861, by John Disturnell, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York." Lithograph of P.S. Duval & S... More

Blockade of the Potomac. Map showing Union and Rebel batteries January...

Map shewing [sic] vicinity of Harper's Ferry, Virginia, and the upper ...

Concerns an area of Maryland and Virginia between the towns of Cumberland, Md., on the west and Harpers Ferry, Va. [now W.Va.], on the eastern side of the map. Sneden details the mountainous topography highlig... More

Jones Point, Potomac River, near Alexandria, Virginia /

Relief shown by contours, hachures, and spot heights. At head of title: U.S. Coast Survey, A.D. Bache, supdt. At lower right: Coast Survey Office, Washington D.C., April 29th 1863. India ink, red ink, and lead ... More

Belle Plain, Virginia. Potomac River, Upper Wharf

James Gardner (American, born 1832) The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt... More

Long Bridge across Potomac River, 1865

Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Copy neg. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. General information about the National Photo Company collection is ... More

Potomac River at Washington, D.C., map showing progress of work : June...

Shows dredged and reclaimed Potomac park areas. Depths shown by soundings and contours. Oriented with north toward the upper left. LC copy mounted on cloth backing. Available also through the Library of Congres... More

The Potomac from Mt. Vernon - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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The Potomac from Mt. Vernon - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain...

Corresponding glass transparency (with same series code) available on videodisc frame 1A-29529. Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). "Use with 10512 to be same as AAC, 7 section 10512 R" on negative. Detr... More

The Potomac, Virginia side - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

"W.H. Jackson & Co., Denver", "110" and "1788" on negative. Commissioned by Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 01788. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Mouth of the Dutchman, Potomac - Glass negative photogrpah. Public dom...

"W.H. Jackson & Co., Denver", "113" and "1791" on negative. Sky masked. Commissioned by Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 01791. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Harper's Ferry from Loudoun Heights, mammoth plate negative

"W.H. Jackson & Co., Denver.", "80" and "1759" on negative. Commissioned by West Virginia and Pittsburgh Railroad. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 01759. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

The Potomac from Pang's Rock - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domai...

Jacket title is: Pang's Rock, Harper's Ferry from Weverton. "W.H. Jackson & Co., Denver." and "91" and "1769" on negative. Sky masked. Commissioned by Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 01769... More

Potomac River at Washington D.C., plan showing how reclaimed area may ...

Shows dredged and reclaimed areas with proposed roads and plantings for the Potomac parks. Depths shown by soundings. Oriented with north toward the upper left. Includes text, 3 cross-sections, statistical tabl... More

[Washington and Potomac from Arlington, Arlington, Virginia]

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Washington and Potomac from Arlington, Arlington, Virginia

Title from jacket. Possibly from Arlington House in the Arlington National Cemetery. "X 148" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 032189. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Potomac River from below Alexandria, Virginia

Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: Gardens for a Beautiful America / Sam Watters. New York : Acanthus Press, 2012. Figure 21.

[The Potomac & Maryland hills, from Mt. Vernon, Virginia]

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The Steamer landing, Mt. Vernon, Virginia

Title from jacket. "Charles Macalester" on boat. "G 9015" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 500558. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Cabin John Bridge, Washington - Public domain image. Dry plate negativ...

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). "X 120" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 013030. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[Steamboat landing, Mt. Vernon, Virginia]

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Cabin John Bridge, Potomac River, Washington, D.C

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 013028. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Cabin John Bridge, Potomac River, Washington, D.C.

Picryl description: Public domain image of an arch bridge, stone structure, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[From the Potomac, Mt. Vernon, Virginia]

Public domain photograph of a lake, water, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph of river bank, water, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl... More

[The Steamer landing, Mt. Vernon, Virginia]

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Cabin John Bridge, Washington - Public domain image. Dry plate negativ...

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From the Potomac, Mt. Vernon, Virginia

Title from jacket. "G 9115" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 500534. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

The Potomac & Maryland hills, from Mt. Vernon, Virginia

Title from jacket. "G 9051" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 500555. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Steamboat landing, Mt. Vernon, Virginia

Title and date from Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). "X 139" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 013036. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Great Falls of the Potomac - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Part of a panorama; almost fits with negative D4-13031. "13031," "2 sec L," and "X 115" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 010510. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Cabin John Bridge, Washington sic

"x121" on negative. Corresponding glass transparency (same series code) available on videodisc frame 1A-29527. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 013029. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Great Falls of the Potomac - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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Cabin John Bridge, Washington [sic]

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Washington & the Potomac River from Arlington, Washington, D.C.

Title from jacket. "G 8057" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 039995. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[Washington and the Potomac River from Arlington, Washington, D.C.]

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[Washington & the Potomac River from Arlington, Washington, D.C.]

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Washington and the Potomac River from Arlington, Washington, D.C.

Title from jacket. "G 8058" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 039996. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Potomac River at Alexandria, Virginia : surveyed in compliance with th...

Depths shown by contours and soundings. "House Doc. 1253; 60th Cong., 2d Sess." Oriented with north toward the lower left. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. DCP 2 copies... More

Potomac river Dickies Tavern, Washington DC

View of "Dickies" tavern in Great Falls

Down the Potomac from Mt. Vernon

"G 9022" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 072808. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

George Washington Birthplace National Monument

The house that stands today is a 20th-century replica of the Washington residence. The original house burned down on Christmas day in 1779.

George Washington Birthplace National Monument

The House that stands today is a 20th-century replica of the Washington residence. The original house burned down on Christmas day in 1779.

Down the Potomac from Mt. Vernon

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GAP Trail- Big Savage Tunnel (West Entrance)

Construction on Big Savage Tunnel was completed in 1911. Originally part of the Western Maryland Railroad system, it is now one of the most notable landmarks along the Great Allegheny Passage (GAP Trail).

Fossil Beach at Westmoreland State Park

Fossil Beach is a short hike from the Westmoreland State Park Visitors Center