Fairfax County Trunk Sewer – Falls Church VA

City:
Falls Church, VA

Site Type:
Infrastructure and Utilities, Sanitation and Water Disposal

New Deal Agencies:
Public Works Funding, Federal Works Agency (FWA)

Started:
1943

Quality of Information:
Minimal

Site Survival:
Unknown

Description

The FWA constructed two sewers as part of the work done in Fairfax County. From the Washington Post: “The biggest sewer job in this area is the 20-mile Fairfax County trunk sewer costing approximately $1,500,000. There are two branches of the sewer. One starts at Lee Highway near Falls Church, and the other at Lee Highway a few miles beyond Falls Church which follows Tripps and Holmes Runs joining below the Barcroft Reservoir of the Alexandria Water Company. From that point the sewer follows Holmes and Cameron Runs to the lower part of the county and discharges into the Potomac River and Cameron Run.”

Source notes

“A struggle for home front morale,” Washington Post, July 18, 1943, p. B5

Site originally submitted by Brent McKee - wpatoday.org on April 3, 2015.

Location Info


Lake Barcroft
Falls Church, VA 22041
Fairfax County

Location notes: Location is approximate, based on description of junction point of two sewer lines

Coordinates: 38.842509, -77.145244

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