GENERAL VIEW LOOKING NORTHEAST SHOWING CONNECTOR BRIDGE IN FOREGROUND - Cabin John Aqueduct Bridge, MacArthur Boulevard, spanning Cabin John Creek at Parkway, Cabin John, Montgomery County, MD

ID: 3310 ~ Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

This file appears in: Washington Aqueduct: The Washington Aqueduct was among the earliest major aqueduct projects in the country and still operates today.

This file appears in: Washington Aqueduct: The Washington Aqueduct was among the earliest major aqueduct projects in the country and still operates today.

Washington Aqueduct: The Washington Aqueduct was among the earliest major aqueduct projects in the country and still operates today.

By The DC Historic Sites team

One of the first major aqueduct projects in the United States, the Washington Aqueduct was commissioned by Congress in 1852, and construction began in 1853 under the supervision of Montgomery C. Meigs…