The “People’s Bridge” was built in 1890. The iron came from a company that provided some of the PRR’s original rails and the iron for the Eiffel Tower.Read More »

From the Editor It has been many years since the Capital Area Greenbelt Association has published a newsletter. I recently volunteered to create a new quarterly publication in an effort …Read More »

Due to a remarkable feat of engineering, the span east of City Island is higher that the span to the west. Learn why.Read More »

Named for a fort the British built on the site in 1756, archeological digs on the property found Native American artifacts going back 9,000 years.Read More »