Elliot Carter Explained

Elliot Carter is a writer and historian in Washington, D.C.[1]

Life and career

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]

References

  1. Web site: Metro 1967 plan: ‘SERVICE WILL BE FREQUENT: Air conditioned trains will run every two minutes’. Siddiqui. Faiz. June 27, 2016. Washington Post.
  2. Web site: Author Page. Carter. Elliot. November 1, 2018. Slate Magazine.
  3. Web site: Author Page. Carter. Elliot. November 1, 2018. Washingtonian Magazine.
  4. News: When the Washington Easter Egg Roll Was Chaos. Carter. Elliot. April 21, 2019. Politico. April 21, 2019.
  5. News: In 1919, driving cross-country was a crazy idea. An Army convoy set out to show it could be done.. Carter. Elliot. July 7, 2019. The Washington Post.
  6. Web site: What Do You Do When the President Gets Trapped in an Elevator?. Carter. Elliot. January 3, 2018. Atlas Obscura.
  7. Web site: Poo Sank This Nazi Submarine. Carter. Elliot.
  8. Web site: The Next Front in the Syrian Civil War: Tunnel Wars. Carter. Elliot. March 16, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150317034731/https://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2015/03/16/the_next_front_in_the_syrian_civil_war_tunnel_wars.html. 2015-03-17. dead.
  9. Web site: This Massive Pool In Bethesda Is Made For Model Ships. Carter. Elliot. October 26, 2016. DCist. https://web.archive.org/web/20190623113114/https://dcist.com/story/16/10/17/this-massive-pool-in-bethesda-is-ma/. June 23, 2019. live.
  10. Web site: Check Out These Amazing Soviet Maps Of D.C.. Kurzius. Rachel. August 29, 2016. DCist. https://web.archive.org/web/20190521061701/https://dcist.com/story/16/08/29/check-out-these-amazing-soviet-maps/. May 21, 2019. live.
  11. Web site: Russia Spied on DC for Decades Using This Inaccurate Map. Carter. Elliot. December 2, 2016.
  12. Web site: Detailed Soviet maps of Washington DC discovered. Lokay. Jim. August 30, 2016. Fox 5.
  13. Web site: Found: A Miniature Working Model of the National Archives Vault. Carter. Elliot. March 6, 2017. Atlas Obscura.
  14. Web site: Amateur archivist takes on a quest through history — and the D.C. region’s extensive tunnel system. Martine. Powers. October 8, 2018. Washington Post.
  15. Web site: Mapping the Many Tunnels Under Washington, D.C.. Small. Andrew. October 30, 2018. CityLab.

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