Young Street, Pennsylvania Avenue, and Fairlawn Avenue SE Sewers – Washington DC

State:
WASHINGTON-DC

Site Type:
Infrastructure and Utilities, Sanitation and Water Disposal, Flood and Erosion Control

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Completed:
1940

Quality of Information:
Moderate

Marked:
No

Site Survival:
Unknown

Description

In 1940, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) installed sewers on Young Street, Pennsylvania Avenue, and Fairlawn Avenue in the district’s southeast quadrant.

The precise location is unknown, but these are probably storm sewers installed that connect to the outfall visible just downstream of the Anacostia Recreation Center.

This work was part of a massive New Deal era program for Washington of sewer construction, separation of sanitary and storm sewers, and sewage treatment at the new Blue Plains facility in order to clean up the badly polluted Anacostia and Potomac Rivers.

Source notes

“WPA works on 122 miles of D.C. streets,” Washington Post, April 1, 1940, p. 15

Site originally submitted by Brent McKee on March 10, 2015.

Location Info


Fairlawn Ave., Pennsylvania Ave., and Young St. SE
Washington, DC 20020

Location notes: Location is approximate

Coordinates: 38.8739, -76.9763

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