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This photo is supposed to represent the enormous influx of new immigrants to Washington D.C. The Tiber Creek as well as other bodies of water such as the Tidal Basin would be subject to their vagaries. With them the mass of immigrants ushered in…

This map reveals that after the influx of immigrants with inadequate bathing options subsided the Tidal Basin was returned to a more scenic area. A small bathing area was placed away from the main body of water. The basin had became more relaxed by…

These two text analysis are supposed to work together to exhibit that even in a document affiliated with the Tiber Creek in Washington D.C. subtle hints about encroaching urbanization occur. The article was about the serenity and beauty of the Tiber…

The survey that produced this sketch was conducted under the direction of Dr. Joseph M. Toner. It is a sketch of Washington D.C. prior to any survey done by Major L'enfant. It depicts Washington D.C. at one of its earliest and wildest times. Before…

A description of the Tiber Creek, and summery of the experiences of James F. Duhamel, the authors, contemporary peers around the Tiber. It is a lengthy paper and highlights many notable things concerning the Creek

Garnett Williams writes about several bodies of water the existed in the past and present.

Balloon view of Washington D.C. The picture was located within an old journal, and a more recent historical book. It is an image made possible by the army's balloon division which experimented in Washington D.C.

The map was used as part of a Geological survey circular produced by the department of the interior. The circular is called Washington D.C.'s vanishing streams and waterways.

The Tiber creek has reached one of the lowest points in its existence. Shunned by the public for reaching to the surface after nearly a century of entrapment, the Washington Post details the effects of the rising water.