156 
ARTESIAN WELLS ON THE ATLANTIC COAST. 
[BULL. 138. 
DEEP WELLS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 
There are quite a number of deep wells in the District, and they 
have been so satisfactory that plans have been made for sinking many 
others. The following list is thought to be nearly complete: 
List of deep wells in District of Columbia. 
Location. 
Depth. 
Capacity 
per minute. 
Remarks. 
Feet. 
Gallons. 
Reform School 
270 
60 
Low in Potomac. 
EckiDgton power house 
159 
65 
Basal Potomac. 
Ice Works, Fifteenth and E streets NE. . 
150 
Many. 
Low in Potomac. 
Do 
90 
320 
208 
30 
15 
20 
In Potomac. 
Do 
Basal Potomac. 
Metropolitan Railroad power house, 
Do. 
Four-and-a-half and streets SW. 
St. Elizabeth Asylum : 
Twenty or more small wells 
240-350 
130 in all. 
Low and basal Potomac beds. 
Two 6-inch wells 
350 and 380 
65 each. 
Basal Potomac beds. Flowing 
wells. 
Anacostia stables 
170 
Many. 
7 
Heurich's Brewery, Twentieth and M 
900 
In crystalline rocks. 
streets NW. 
Storage warehouse, Fifteenth and M 
97 
40 
Basal Potomac. Rock at 97 feet. 
streets NW. 
"The Cairo," Q and Sixteenth streets 
70 
15 
70-312 feet, in crystalline rock. 
NW. 
Water is at base of Columbia. 
"Mount Vernon,' - Ninth street and New 
183 
40 
133-183 feet, in crystalline rocks. 
York avenue NW. 
No water above. 
The Shoreham, Fiiteenth and H streets.. 
25 gallons per minute were found 
in gravel on top of crystalline 
rocks at 110 feet. 
312 Pennsylvania avenue 
93 
Many. 
(?) 
E, between Twenty-first and Twenty- 
132 
In crystalline rocks. 
second streets NW. 
Lafayette Square Opera House 
70 
16 
Basal Potomac. 
Riggs House 
558 
None. 
In crystalline rocks. 
Do. 
Fifteenth street, near M street JN VV 
97 
Many. 
Palais Royal, Eleventh and G streets N W . 
97 
35 
Basal Potomac beds. 
Brightwood 
146 
20? 
In crystalline rocks. 
Do. 
J. P. Clark, Conduit road 
100 
60 
15 
20 
W. H.Bolton, Somerset Heights 
Do. 
Bethesda Park 
67 
380 
10? 
Do. 
Good Hope Hill 
Unfinished. 
Hotel at North Takoma 
251 
20 
In crystalline rocks. 
National Brewery, Fourteenth and D 
310 
120 
Basal Potomac. 
streets SE. 
Washington Brewery, Fourth and F 
300 
75 
Do. 
streets NE. 
Do 
275 
100 
Do. 
Highland Station, 5-inch well 
96 
Many. 
Low iu Potomac. 
Gas Works, Twelfth street SE 
290 
Do. 
