Historic Pumping Station

Historic Pumping Station (HM25J1)

Location: Washington, DC 20003
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Country: United States of America
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N 38° 52.362', W 77° 0.185'

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Water Is Life

More Than a Century of Service
You're standing before water pumping history—
DC Water's Main Pumping Station. This beautiful and distinctive building was built in 1905 in the Beaux Arts style, like Union Station and the Corcoran Gallery of Art. It was fully renovated in 2005, now handles up to 400 million gallons of wastewater a day, and is one of nine such stations throughout DC.

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Main Pumping Station construction

Giving Gravity a Boost
DC's sewer system works mainly through gravity, sending wastewater downhill to the Blue Plains Treatment Plant. But when things have to go uphill, pumping stations do the job gravity can't.

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Main Pumping Station interior
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HM NumberHM25J1
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Date Added Saturday, February 17th, 2018 at 7:02am PST -08:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18S E 326231 N 4304556
Decimal Degrees38.87270000, -77.00308333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 38° 52.362', W 77° 0.185'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds38° 52' 21.72" N, 77° 0' 11.1" W
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Area Code(s)202
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling West
Closest Postal AddressAt or near Anacostia Riverwalk Trail, Washington DC 20003, US
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