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SOUTH AND EAST FACADES OF BRASS FOUNDRY, LOOKING NORTH, MORE RECENTLY USED FOR STORAGE. - Carnegie Institute of Washington, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Brass Foundry, 5241 Broad Branch Drive Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC
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Lowe, Jet

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Hardy, Shaun J, researcher
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SOUTH AND EAST FACADES OF BRASS FOUNDRY, LOOKING NORTH, MORE RECENTLY USED FOR STORAGE. - Carnegie Institute of Washington, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Brass Foundry, 5241 Broad Branch Drive Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC
Depicted place District of Columbia; District of Columbia; Washington
Date 1988
date QS:P571,+1988-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Dimensions 5 x 7 in.
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HAER DC,WASH,579B-1
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • Significance: This building originally served as a foundry to cast nonferrous materials for tools, measuring instruments, and various fasteners and fittings used in magnetic observations undertaken the Carnegie Institute of Washington's Department of Terrestrial Magnetism. (See Site and Buildings, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, July 1941," drawing in possession of Carnegie Institution of Washington, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Library.)
  • Survey number: HAER DC-52-B
  • Building/structure dates: 1914 Initial Construction
  • Building/structure dates: 1988 Demolished
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/dc0932.photos.183975p
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Camera location38° 53′ 42″ N, 77° 02′ 12.01″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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