H2O - Water Towers, Etc.: February 2014

Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Water towers from around the DMV (District, Maryland, Virginia)

It cracks me up when radio stations, newspapers, etc. refer to our area as the DMV. I always think of the Division of Motor Vehicles. They could have done MDV or VDM, but no - DMV. It also is very close to DMZ - De Militarized Zone which also doesn't have a good connotation in my mind. Be that as it may, we have tried hard to find water towers close to us. There are not many. In 2011, a year after we moved here, I posted some fruits of our labor from the area. This is only my second post in 3 years showing water towers from the DMV area.

However, on previous vacations to DC we have found others. Links to those are here -
1. 2005 drive from NC to MD for a friend's baby shower
2. 2006 Thanksgiving in MD with same friend that had baby (you know who you are!)

Providence Hospital in Northeast DC -
You might think I visited here, as I am accident prone, but we just drove by it.

Rooftop tower off NY Ave -
This is on our way to our favorite spot - The National Arboretum

Maplelawn, MD -
My friend lives up this way. It is a new planned community with all the appropriate big box stores.

Prince William County, Manassas, VA -
I took my interns to visit the local landfill and recycling center in Manassas and low and behold there was a great water tower near by. This picture is cluttered by I love showing all that goes on at a landfill. The school bus took us to the top of the landfill face.

Prince William Forest Park, Manassas, VA -
One day Millie and I just got in the car to go hiking and found this great park.
I was so surprised to see it had an old water tower there.

Vienna, VA -
This was a true water tower hunting weekend. We drove to the end of the Metro's orange line - Vienna - and found a water tower sporting the local high school mascot.