Photo bv li. h. Crandal 



the; gre;at falls of thi; potomac 



Twelve miles from Washington are the Great Falls of the Potomac, pronounced by the 

 J:' me Arts Commission quite as well worth preservation as the greater passages of natural 

 scenery in the national parks of the West. They form one of the most splendid cataracts on 

 the Atlantic watershed. It is proposed in the plan of the ultimate Washington to make the 

 ./cf5r. •' ^ % terminus of a great Riverside Drive that will stretch westward from the 

 Tril fK? of Potomac Park and which will protect and preserve for future generations 

 some of the most beautiful river scenery in America. 



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