Washington D.C. – In a chilling warning to the Washington Board of Trade, engineer Harold A. Kemp painted a grim picture of the Potomac River’s impending doom. By 1956, the river’s pollution will reach a critical stage, transforming it from a hazardous threat to a menacing menace, unless drastic action is taken. Kemp, chairman of the Interstate Commission on Pollution Abatement and director of sanitary engineering for the District, made his dire prediction at the first meeting of the Board’s Rivers and Harbor Committee at the Corinthian Yacht Club.
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Key Facts
- State: National
- Category: Environmental Crime
- Era: Historical
- Source: Library of Congress — Chronicling America ↗
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