Keim's illustrated hand-bookWashington and its environs: a descriptive and historical hand-book of the capital of the United States of America . 5 sections. 1. The Georgetown andSlash Run District. Draining that city, the , portions of Washington, Slash Run, and small streams N. W. of the main sewer, J4 ni. long, lo ft. span, with 7 miles of brick and 30 miles ofIjiipe tributary sewers, disembogues into Rock Creek. S EWE us. 33 2. The Boundary District, intercepting the storm waters of the rural dis-tricts N. of the city, and hitherto finding outlet through the over-fiooded Tiberse
Keim's illustrated hand-bookWashington and its environs: a descriptive and historical hand-book of the capital of the United States of America . 5 sections. 1. The Georgetown andSlash Run District. Draining that city, the , portions of Washington, Slash Run, and small streams N. W. of the main sewer, J4 ni. long, lo ft. span, with 7 miles of brick and 30 miles ofIjiipe tributary sewers, disembogues into Rock Creek. S EWE us. 33 2. The Boundary District, intercepting the storm waters of the rural dis-tricts N. of the city, and hitherto finding outlet through the over-fiooded Tibersewer, and also draining the contiguous parts of the N. section of the city, be-tween Boundary N. and 14 streets. The main sewer consists of a 9 ft. conduit2 m. long, emptying into the Anacostia, and 5 m. brick and 15 m. pipe tribu-tary sewers. 3. The Tiber District, draining the entire city east of 6lh st. W., about3,000 acres, embraces 16 m. brick and 30 m. pipe sewers. This is one of thelargest sewers in the world, named after the Tiber Creek, which finds outlet hrough it, and might be called the Cloaca Maxima of Washington, as that was. WARD s STATUE OF THOMAS, (bee page 39;the great drain of Rome. The main sewer consists of a brick arch 24 to 30 ftspan, 15 ft. high, and over 2 m. long. It extends through the basin of the valley, and winds around the base of Capitol Hill under the Botanical Gardenand thence under the Tiber arch (see engraving page 32), into James Creek,and thence into the Anacostia east of the aisenal. 4. The B Street Area, draining all the central and most populous parts ofthe city N. and S. of the Mall, and between the foot of Capitol Hill and 17thstreet, and embraces 14 m. of brick and 18 m. of pipe sewers. The mainseweiI m. long and 12 ft. in diameter, follows the line of the old canal on B street,and discharges into the Potomac at the foot of 17th street. 5. The Potomac and Anacostia Areas, embracing the portions of the citycontiguous to the two rivers,
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