the * original * 1st Street NW sewer tunnel -- a pic from 1888 (courtesy of DC Water)

See this message and pic from Bloomingdame's Bloomingdale History Project blog:

Thursday, February 27, 2014

1888: First Street

Notice anything missing? Houses?

From DC Water's archives (thanks!), a picture of the original sewer line being installed on First Street in 1888.