Foundry Branch is a
tributary
A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainag ...
stream of the
Potomac River
The Potomac River () drains the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic United States, flowing from the Potomac Highlands of West Virginia, Potomac Highlands into Chesapeake Bay. It is long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Datas ...
in
Washington, DC
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. The historic
headwaters
The headwaters of a river or stream is the farthest place in that river or stream from its estuary or downstream confluence with another river, as measured along the course of the river. It is also known as a river's source.
Definition
Th ...
of the stream originate in the
Tenleytown area in Northwest Washington, however at present the section of the stream north of Massachusetts Avenue is hydrologically separated from the lower section and runs through a large
stormwater
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pipe under the daylighted portion. The daylight portion of the stream can be seen south of Massachusetts Avenue, in
Glover-Archbold Park
Glover Archbold Park is a 183-acre, frequently-used, quasi-natural, stream-valley park in Northwest, Washington, D.C., on the western edge of Georgetown University and the Burleith-Hillandale, Glover Park, McLean Gardens, and Westchester neighbor ...
, and the stream continues to the Potomac, which drains to the
Chesapeake Bay
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.
The stream was named for the
Columbia Foundry, established in
Georgetown Georgetown or George Town may refer to:
Places
Africa
*George, South Africa, formerly known as Georgetown
* Janjanbureh, Gambia, formerly known as Georgetown
*Georgetown, Ascension Island, main settlement of the British territory of Ascension Isl ...
by
Henry Foxall in 1799, along the banks of the stream which had previously been known as Deep or Mill Creek.
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See also
*
List of District of Columbia rivers
List of rivers and creeks of Washington, D.C. (District of Columbia), sorted alphabetically.
* Anacostia River
* Barnaby Run
* Bennings Branch (historical)
* Bingham Run
* Broad Branch
* Davis Branch (historical)
* Deep Branch (historical)
* ...
References
* United States Geological Survey. Reston, VA
"Foundry Branch."''
Geographic Names Information System
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(GNIS).'' Accessed 2009-09-22.
External links
EPA report on Foundry Branch (2006)
Tributaries of the Potomac River
Rivers of Washington, D.C.
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