Foundry Branch is a
tributary
A tributary, or an ''affluent'', is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream (''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 into which they ...
stream of the
Potomac River
The Potomac River () is in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region of the United States and flows from the Potomac Highlands in West Virginia to Chesapeake Bay in Maryland. It is long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography D ...
in
Washington, D.C.
The historic
headwaters of the stream were in the
Tenleytown area in Northwest Washington. Today, the section of the stream north of Massachusetts Avenue is hydrologically separated from the lower section and runs through a large
stormwater pipe under the daylighted portion. The daylight portion of the stream can be seen south of Massachusetts Avenue and in
Glover-Archbold Park. The stream continues to the Potomac, which drains to the
Chesapeake Bay
The Chesapeake Bay ( ) is the largest estuary in the United States. The bay is located in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region and is primarily separated from the Atlantic Ocean by the Delmarva Peninsula, including parts of the Ea ...
.
Originally known to settlers as Deep or Mill Creek, the stream eventually was named for the
Columbia Foundry, established in
Georgetown by
Henry Foxall in 1799.
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See also
*
List of District of Columbia rivers
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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