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Elliot Carter is a writer and historian in Washington, D.C. [1]
Carter is a contributing writer for the Washington Post, Politico, Washingtonian Magazine and Slate. [2] [3] [4] [5] His work has appeared in outlets such as Atlas Obscura, Vice, Real Clear Defense, and DCist. [6] [7] [8] [9] His work is heavily focused on Washington D.C.’s architecture, geography and history.
In 2016, Carter obtained and published maps of the District of Columbia compiled during the Cold War by a military intelligence office in the USSR. [10] [11] He noted in an interview that the Soviet maps were far more detailed than their publicly available U.S. counterparts, capturing sensitive information about military bases and the layout of utility infrastructure. [12]
In 2017, Carter’s research about the atomic bomb-proof vault that protects the U.S. Constitution led to the rediscovery of a refrigerator-sized electrical model of the vault in the basement of the National Archives. The device was subsequently restored, and now stands in the Archives building on Pennsylvania Avenue beside a commemorative historical plaque. [13]
In 2018 Carter was awarded a grant from the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities “to compile a meticulous anthology of all the tunnels in the District — subway and freight rail tunnels, pedestrian passageways, underground steam tunnels, sewage and water pipelines.” [14] According to an article in CityLab, Carter is using tunnels to explore the “cultural history of the federal government and the city where it sits.” [15]
This article may rely excessively on sources
too closely associated with the subject, potentially preventing the article from being
verifiable and
neutral. (November 2018) |
Elliot Carter is a writer and historian in Washington, D.C. [1]
Carter is a contributing writer for the Washington Post, Politico, Washingtonian Magazine and Slate. [2] [3] [4] [5] His work has appeared in outlets such as Atlas Obscura, Vice, Real Clear Defense, and DCist. [6] [7] [8] [9] His work is heavily focused on Washington D.C.’s architecture, geography and history.
In 2016, Carter obtained and published maps of the District of Columbia compiled during the Cold War by a military intelligence office in the USSR. [10] [11] He noted in an interview that the Soviet maps were far more detailed than their publicly available U.S. counterparts, capturing sensitive information about military bases and the layout of utility infrastructure. [12]
In 2017, Carter’s research about the atomic bomb-proof vault that protects the U.S. Constitution led to the rediscovery of a refrigerator-sized electrical model of the vault in the basement of the National Archives. The device was subsequently restored, and now stands in the Archives building on Pennsylvania Avenue beside a commemorative historical plaque. [13]
In 2018 Carter was awarded a grant from the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities “to compile a meticulous anthology of all the tunnels in the District — subway and freight rail tunnels, pedestrian passageways, underground steam tunnels, sewage and water pipelines.” [14] According to an article in CityLab, Carter is using tunnels to explore the “cultural history of the federal government and the city where it sits.” [15]