Congressional Document Related to the Contamination of the Tidal Basin caused by its overuse as a bathing site.
Title
Congressional Document Related to the Contamination of the Tidal Basin caused by its overuse as a bathing site.
Subject
Tidal Basin, Disease
Description
The United States Congress has authority of the public functions within Washington D.C.. Congress in reviewing what to do about the inhabitants of the Districts lack of bathing resources touched on the consequences of the bathing sites in action. The Tidal Basin is mentioned as a particularly atrocious example of what overuse by bathers was doing to water quality.
Creator
Congress
Date
1925
Language
english
Type
Congressional document
Coverage
the District of Columbia
Original Format
document
- Date Added
- May 7, 2014
- Collection
- The Tiber's Troubles Through Time
- Item Type
- Still Image
- Tags
- basin, Disease, Overuse, Senator, Tiber, tidal, Walsh, Water
- Citation
- Congress, “Congressional Document Related to the Contamination of the Tidal Basin caused by its overuse as a bathing site.,” The eye of the Tiber: Visions into the past, accessed May 18, 2024, https://thedigitalpast.omeka.net/items/show/7.