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The Lincoln Memorial under construction, 1917.
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I mean, that's why DC gets called "The swamp". It's not just a metaphor for corruption, it comes from the fact that it's built on a literal swamp
IIRC several presidents and prominent politicians became sickened and/or died by drinking local water. There's a modern theory that Harrison was one of them, I recall.