Comments on: Dear PoPville – Wondering About the History of DC’s Sewer System? http://www.popville.com/2012/06/dear-popville-how-old-is-the-dc-sewer-system/ Welcome to the beautiful life Tue, 21 May 2013 08:38:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: wreckfish http://www.popville.com/2012/06/dear-popville-how-old-is-the-dc-sewer-system/#comment-483729 wreckfish Fri, 01 Jun 2012 20:42:36 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/?p=64727#comment-483729 This book has a lot of great history on DC’s sewers and water infrastructure. Human waste in DC, and probably every city, was picked up by guys at night and deposited in places like Dupont Circle!

http://www.amazon.com/Anacostia-John-R-Wennersten/dp/0963515969

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.popville.com/2012/06/dear-popville-how-old-is-the-dc-sewer-system/#comment-483702 Anonymous Fri, 01 Jun 2012 20:19:22 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/?p=64727#comment-483702 I don’t know if it’s the case here, but in a lot of areas, neighborhoods were planned out and utilities were in place well in advance of those areas being settled.

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]]> By: Anonymous http://www.popville.com/2012/06/dear-popville-how-old-is-the-dc-sewer-system/#comment-483638 Anonymous Fri, 01 Jun 2012 18:58:57 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/?p=64727#comment-483638 I love your history sections! They’re so interesting

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