Lost streams

See also the main D.C. lost streams project page, with maps and background.

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Slash Run: How a DC stream became a sewer, and then a secret 10 April 2024

An article for GGWash

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City of streams, city of pipes 28 March 2024

Mapping D.C.'s lost streams — 2024 edition

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Putting a name to Blagden Run 24 January 2024
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Slash Run and Brown’s Run 28 November 2023

A new lost streams map

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CSO #043, Rock Creek, D.C. 3 June 2018

Combined sewer overflow

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Northwest Branch 28 February 2016

Along the Northwest Branch of the Anacostia

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More D.C. streams in 1859 Updated 28 February 2016

Uncovering long-lost historic hydrologic features.

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Anacostia River at Bladensburg, Md. 30 June 2014

Floodgates, levees, and marshes

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Swampoodle is back on Google Maps 5 October 2013

Chalk one up for historic neighborhood names

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SE/SW Waterfront 26 September 2013

Pictures from the SE/SW waterfront area

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DC streams in 1859, plotted on a modern map 7 July 2013

Uncovering long-lost historic hydrologic features.

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Really big pipes 24 May 2013

Preview of the Hidden Rivers and Lost Neighborhoods bike tour.

Lost Watercourses of D.C. 23 May 2013

Maps of DC's long-lost rivers.