When Pierre Charles L’Enfant laid out the capital grid in 1791, he envisioned the Mall as the nation’s spiritual heart. Limited funding and 19th‑century industrial growth, however, turned the National Mall into a chaotic mix of train yards, sewage‑filled canals, and construction that obscured the monuments. This episode traces how the Mall remained an industrial dumping ground for about a century, the dramatic reclamation after the Great Potomac Flood of 1881, and the fixes that transformed it into the park we know today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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