All comments posted by users on the Greater Greater Washington post "Round-shots and bridge toll repeal sparked Anacostia" http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post/15268/round-shots-and-bridge-toll-repeal-sparked-anacostia/ en-us http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post/15268/round-shots-and-bridge-toll-repeal-sparked-anacostia/#comment-147200 @Tom Exactly. http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post/15268/round-shots-and-bridge-toll-repeal-sparked-anacostia/#comment-147200 Fri, 06 Jul 2012 01:16:33 EDT http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post/15268/round-shots-and-bridge-toll-repeal-sparked-anacostia/#comment-146697 So if the navy was test firing cannons by shooting them across the water, does this mean that the bottom of the river is covered in cannonballs? http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post/15268/round-shots-and-bridge-toll-repeal-sparked-anacostia/#comment-146697 Fri, 29 Jun 2012 11:57:00 EDT http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post/15268/round-shots-and-bridge-toll-repeal-sparked-anacostia/#comment-146648 Chrys B: Thanks, I&#39;ve fixed these. http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post/15268/round-shots-and-bridge-toll-repeal-sparked-anacostia/#comment-146648 Thu, 28 Jun 2012 18:33:32 EDT http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post/15268/round-shots-and-bridge-toll-repeal-sparked-anacostia/#comment-146645 I forever live on in lore because of this photo... http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post/15268/round-shots-and-bridge-toll-repeal-sparked-anacostia/#comment-146645 Thu, 28 Jun 2012 18:16:10 EDT http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post/15268/round-shots-and-bridge-toll-repeal-sparked-anacostia/#comment-146642 Please proofread... Towards the end: tools not tolls And towards the beginning: "In the early 1850s the Navy curtailed ship building at the Washington Navy Yard was curtailed, and many skilled workers were unemployed." Curtailed is twice, makes the sentence incorrect. http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post/15268/round-shots-and-bridge-toll-repeal-sparked-anacostia/#comment-146642 Thu, 28 Jun 2012 17:33:59 EDT http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post/15268/round-shots-and-bridge-toll-repeal-sparked-anacostia/#comment-146615 The Navy Yard wasn&#39;t the huge polluter -- that was the Washington Gas Works, located just East of the Navy Yard and 11th St Bridge. <p>These days, most of that pollution is actually gone from the river itself (but lingers in the soil on the shores). The big polluter is now rural/suburban runoff from Prince George&#39;s County, and other points to the north.</p> http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post/15268/round-shots-and-bridge-toll-repeal-sparked-anacostia/#comment-146615 Thu, 28 Jun 2012 14:14:11 EDT http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post/15268/round-shots-and-bridge-toll-repeal-sparked-anacostia/#comment-146606 Great story! How cities happen is so fascinating. <p>Also, the history of polluting the Anacostia River goes back hundreds of years. The Navy Yard was a major industrial facility for the best part of a century.</p> <p>As an aside, a print of the Brady photo hangs in my office.</p> http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post/15268/round-shots-and-bridge-toll-repeal-sparked-anacostia/#comment-146606 Thu, 28 Jun 2012 12:33:12 EDT