Washington Aqueduct - Montgomery County, MD / Washington, DC
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N 39° 00.034 W 077° 14.908
18S E 305292 N 4319244
The Washington Aqueduct begins here at Great Falls, and continues 12 miles to Dalecarlia Reservoir. The above coordinates are for the beginning of the Aqueduct at Great Falls.
Waymark Code: WM13V2M
Location: Maryland, United States
Date Posted: 02/20/2021
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Taken from Wikipedia, "The Washington Aqueduct is an aqueduct that provides the public water supply system serving Washington, D.C., and parts of its suburbs. One of the first major aqueduct projects in the United States, the Aqueduct was commissioned by Congress in 1852, and construction began in 1853 under the supervision of Montgomery C. Meigs and the US Army Corps of Engineers (which still owns and operates the system out of Baltimore District of the Corps). Portions of the Aqueduct went online on January 3, 1859, and the full pipeline began operating in 1864.[1] The system has been in continuous use ever since. It is listed as a National Historic Landmark, and the Union Arch Bridge within the system is listed as a Historic Civil Engineering Landmark."
County / Borough / Parish: Montgomery County / Washington, DC
Year listed: 1973
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering
Periods of significance: 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Historic function: Industry/Processing/Extraction
Current function: Industry/Processing/Extraction
Privately owned?: no
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
Street address: Not listed
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Hours of operation: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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