Sewer Lines Under Construction, Washington DC
National Archives Record Group 69-N
Description
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) built sewer lines in front of the Washington Auditorium in Washington DC. Pictured are work crews building the sewer lines in 1936.
The Washington Auditorium, built in the 1920s and demolished in 1964, was located on E Street NW. The site is now an extension of Rawlins Park.
Washington Auditorium hosted the inaugural ball of President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933 and the Federal Emergency Relief Administration leased the entire building in 1935 – which may be why a new sewer was put in place in front. It subsequently held the US Geological Survey and other federal offices.
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Washington Auditorium (demolished) - Washington DC
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Sewer Lines Under Construction, Washington DC
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Sewer Lines Under Construction, Washington DC (verso)
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Sewer Lines Under Construction, Washington DC (verso)
Source notes
National Archives Record Group 69-N.
Project originally submitted by Brent McKee on January 6, 2018.
Additional contributions by Maureen Budetti.
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