Dalecarlia Reservoir
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Dalecarlia Reservoir is the primary storage basin for drinking water in Washington, D.C., and Arlington County, Virginia. The reservoir is fed by an underground aqueduct in turn fed by low dams which
Filtration tanks at the reservoir in 1981
Residuals processing facility at the Dalecarlia Reservoir in 2011
Dalecarlia Reservoir in the early 20th century
Little Falls (Potomac River)
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Little Falls is an area of rapids located where the Potomac River crosses the Atlantic Seaboard fall line where Washington, DC; Maryland; and Virginia meet. Descending from the harder and older rocks
Dalecarlia Reservoir
…County, Virginia. The reservoir is fed by an underground aqueduct in turn fed by low dams which divert portions of the Potomac River near Great Falls and Little Falls. The reservoir is located between Spring Valley and the Palisades, two neighborhoods in Northwest Washington, D.C., and Brookmont, a neighborhood in…
View of the river near Little Falls from the Chain Bridge