McMillan Reservoir
The McMillan Reservoir is a reservoir in Washington, D.C., that supplies most of the city's municipal water. It was originally called the Howard University Reservoir or the Washington City Reservoir, and was completed in 1902 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
- Reservoir
- …has a surface elevation of 141 feet (43 metres)
- …is also known as “Howard University Reservoir”
- Description: artificial lake in Washington, D.C., United States
- Historically known as“New Reservoir”“Washington City Reservoir”
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McMillan Reservoir
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Latitude
38.92501° or 38° 55′ 30″ north
Longitude
-77.01665° or 77° 0′ 60″ west
Open location code
87C4WXGM+28
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural = water
OpenStreetMap feature
water = reservoir
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In Other Languages
From French to Polish—“McMillan Reservoir” goes by many names.
McMillan ReservoirPolish
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