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DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER
805 KIDDER BREESE SE -- WASHINGTON NAVY YARD
WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060

Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 57944-A

Washington Navy Yard, D.C.


View of the ordnance test shed near the the Navy Yard's waterfront, taken by Brady & Company in June 1866.
Note the cannon near the shed, some on field carriages and others on naval carriages, and the steamer tied up to the waterfront beyond the shed.
The photograph, which has been badly water-damaged, looks southwest from a location in the present (1997) Willard Park, south of the present Building 111.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 131KB; 740 x 600 pixels

Note:
For more information on where this photograph was taken, see: Washington Navy Yard -- Comments on 1860s Views.

 

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3 December 2001