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Aquia Creek

Field	Value
name	Aquia Creek
image	AquiaCreekLanding.jpg
image_size	250px
image_caption	Aquia Creek Landing under Union control in February 1863 during the American Civil War; this position swapped hands between the two armies during 1861 and 1862, until the Union established a logistical supply point at Aquia Creek for the Army of the Potomac.
mouth_location	Potomac River
subdivision_type1	Country
subdivision_type2	Location
subdivision_name2	Fauquier and Stafford counties, Virginia, U.S.
length_mi	27.6
mouth_elevation	0 ft

Aquia Creek () is a 27.6 mi tributary of the tidal segment of the Potomac River and is located in Northern Virginia. The creek's headwaters lie in southeastern Fauquier County, and it empties into the Potomac at Brent Point in Stafford County, 45 mi south of Washington, D.C.

The White House was built largely using sandstone quarried from Aquia Creek from 1792 to 1799.

Aquia Creek Landing as it appeared in February, 2024.

History

The Public Quarry at Government Island in the creek served as the source for Aquia Creek sandstone. This sandstone was used in numerous public buildings; the National Capitol Columns were quarried in the early 1800s, and transported to Washington on a barge. The White House, which began its construction in 1799, was built largely from sandstone material that was quarried from the banks of Aquia Creek from the previous seven years (1792-1799).

In an early American Civil War skirmish, the Battle of Aquia Creek, three Union gunships fired on a battery garrison during the Union campaign to blockade Chesapeake Bay between May and June 1861. There were an estimated ten casualties.

References

U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. [http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ The National Map] {{webarchive. link. (2011-05-06 , accessed August 15, 2011)
(1 April 2010). "A Capitol Idea". [[United States National Arboretum.
[https://web.archive.org/web/20070814102913/http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/abpp/battles/va002.htm Battles] , National Park Service

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