Repairs to SI Building Sewer System
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PrintThe annual report of the building committee for 1856 describes repairs made to the Smithsonian Institution Building or "Castle" in order to remove a "very disagreeable odor" in the East Wing related to the effects of Potomac tidal action on the main sewer.
Chronology of Smithsonian History
Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1856, p. 84
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1856
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