Leesylvania in Prince William County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Pollution Solution

Photographed By Don Morfe, September 14, 2016

1. Pollution Solution Marker

Inscription. These two bioretention cells, completed by volunteers in June 2005, are designed to filter run-off from the parking lot, thereby decreasing the pollution entering the Potomac River and Chesapeake Bay. The drawing below shows how a bioretention cell is constructed.

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Volunteers installing bioretention plantings in 2005

Plantings include bald cypress, red maple, sycamore, green ash, and northern red oak trees, nannyberry, sweet pepperbush, winterberry holy, northern bayberry, and spicebush shrubs. Herbaccous groundcovers include bluestem, switchgrass, New York aster, swamp milkweed, blue mistflower, and black-eyed Susan’s.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Environment.

Location. 38° 35.287′ N, 77° 15.207′ W. Marker is in Leesylvania, Virginia, in Prince William County. Marker can be reached from Daniel K Ludwig Drive, 2 miles south of Neabsco Road, on the right when traveling east. The marker is located in Leesylvania State Park. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2201 Daniel K Ludwig Drive, Woodbridge VA 22191, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. War in the Chesapeake (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Annoying the Enemy (about 600 feet away); Mill Wheel

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(about 700 feet away); “Pleasureland of the East” (approx. ¼ mile away); Swimming in Bounty (approx. ¼ mile away); The Freestone Fisheries (approx. ¼ mile away); Iron Pulley Wheel (approx. ¼ mile away); Seasonal Encampments (approx. ¼ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Leesylvania.

Photographed By Don Morfe, September 14, 2016

2. Pollution Solution Marker

Sign at the entrance to Leesylvania State Park image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Don Morfe, September 14, 2016

3. Sign at the entrance to Leesylvania State Park

Credits. This page was last revised on December 2, 2023. It was originally submitted on September 24, 2016, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 225 times since then and 9 times this year. Last updated on October 3, 2023, by N. Jozsa of Woodbridge, Virginia. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on September 24, 2016, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.