Washington Aqueduct

Washington Aqueduct

Every day, 158 million gallons of the Potomac River detours into the Washington Aqueduct system and serves the many water needs of the nation’s capital. George Washington devised the plan in 1798 to help with the building of the young city, but no one really took the project seriously for another 50 years. Learn more.

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