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NH 86349 Washington Navy Yard, District of Columbia

Photo #: NH 86349  Washington Navy Yard, District of Columbia
Title: Washington Navy Yard, District of Columbia
Description: View looking north from atop the coal elevator at the southern end of the Experimental Model Basin (Building 70), circa 1900. Structures in the foreground are The Boat House (Building 51) at the extreme left and the Coal Storage Building (Building 103) in the center. In the middle distance are are (from left to right center): the Forge Shop (Building 111); the Breech Mechanism Shop (Building 76); and the Commandant's Office (Building # 1). Note the Capitol Building and the Library of Congress in the far left center distance. Courtesy of Lawrence Gichner, 1978. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 86349
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