Interesting Items Found during the 2007 Cleanup
Appliances & Household Items: 6 Household Trash Cans, 3 A/C Units, 3 Fire Extinguishers, 2 Bathtubs, 2 Brooms, 2 Crab Pots/ Crab Pot Floats, 5 Gallon Tub, Air Conditioning Compressor (couldn’t be removed from mud), Antique Washing Machine, Chest Freezer, Coffee Maker, Fan w/ Bullet Holes, Full Bags of Household Trash, Homemade Toilet, Laundry Washtub, Microwave, Medicine Cabinet, Part of a Refrigerator, Refrigerator, Rolled up Carpet, Several Small Refrigerators, Sink, Sewing Machine, Tub
Automotive: 12 Hubcaps, 5 Car Batteries, 4 Mufflers, 4 Car Bumpers, 4 Gas Cans, 3 Automobile Hoods, 3 Gas Tanks, 2 Tractor Tire 1952 Chevy, 1968 License Plate, 2’ Diameter Solid Steele Flywheel, Battery Exhaust Light, Cab of a Truck, Car Door, Car Engine (couldn’t move), Car Jack, Car Parking Light Assembly, Car Parts, Car Radiator, Car Seat, Child Seat, Dashboard from a Honda Civic, Engine Blocks, Enormous Truck Axle, Fender from an Old Grand Prix, License Plates, Motorcycle, Mud Flap from Car, Pieces of a Pepsi Delivery Truck, Right Rear Half of a Vehicle Trunk, Remains of At Least 2 Cars, Rusted Skeleton of a VW Bug, SUV Running Board, Shock Absorber, Steering Wheels, Old Tractor, Truck Cap, Wheel Rim, Wheels
Boating: 16’ Cracked Boat, 2/3 of a Pier, 3 Boats, Boat Bumper, Boat Dock, Boat Hook, Buoy, Decoys, Gas Tank to a Boat, Half of a Canoe, Life Jacket, Life Raft, Life Vest, Parts of Broken Boats, Part of Child’s Boat, Water Buoy/ River Marker
Clothing & Accessories: 4 Unmatched Shoes, Bag of Clothes, Baseball Cap, Book Bags, Bra, Cane, Flip Flops, Green Lace Underwear, Hat (that a family member lost in the snow and was found at a storm sewer outlet 200 yards away!), Jock Strap, Ladies Dress Show, Man’s Ski Pants, Perfume Bottle, Polo Shirt, Purse, Shirt, Size 15 Shoes, Sneaker, Umbrella, Underwear, Watch, Wig, Work Glove
Electronics: 6 TVs, 3 Cell Phones, 2 TV Antennas, AC/DC Connector, Computer Monitor (pulled from stream), DVD Player, DirecTV Satellite Dish Used as BBQ Grill, Electrical Device, Game Cartridges Headphones, King Kong DVD, Old Metal Tire Parts to an Electric Box, Operational Handheld Nintendo, Personal Computer, Play Station Controller, Record Player, Satellite Dish, Stereo, “Young bloods” Album, Video Tape
Furniture & Bedding: 6 Carpets/ Rugs, 4 Mattresses, 3 Chairs, 2 Bed Frames, 2 Couches, 2 Headboards, 2 Mattress Springs, 2 Sofas, Bed Springs, Bed Sheets, Blankets, Chaise Lounge Cushions, Comforter, Cot, Desk, Old Coil Box Springs, Pillows
Hunting, Fishing & Camping: 2 Fishing Booms, 2 Fishing Poles, Fishing Line & Lure, Fishing Rod, Large Fishing Net
Industrial/ Commercial: 69 Barrels, 26 Shopping Carts, 60 Electric Motors, 350’ of Plastic Pipe, 100’ Electrical Wiring, 50’ Metal Handrail, 30’ Wire Pipes, 25’ of Guardrail, 15’ Long Store Banner, 12’ Water Tank, 10’ Iron Banister, 6’ White Aluminum Gutter, 5’ Cube Insulated Plastic Crate (for dry ice shipping), 4’ Plastic Shield, 3’ Metal Stake, 100 lbs. of Metal Piping, 40 lbs. of Construction Lumber, 6 5-Gallon Buckets, 4 Propane Tanks, 3 Long & Foster Sale Signs, 2 Cement Blocks, 2 Painters Buckets, 2X4s, 2X6s, Air Tank, Barbed Wire Fencing, Beer Keg, Box of Toilet Paper, Bread Racks, Broken Fire Slips, Buckets, Commercial Electronic Device, Commercial Grade Electrical Charger, Construction Debris, Construction Helmets, Door, Drain Lights, Egg Crate, Empty Can of Acetone, Empty Paint Cans, Enough Deck Lumbar to Build a Pier, entire Sump Pump w/ 10’ of Hose, Fencing, Fence Posts, Fuse Box, Ice Cream Freezer Doors, Large Form Mats, Lots of Iron Pipes & Poles, Milk Crates, Metal Poles and Sheeting, Propane Cylinder, Metal Buckets, Partial Roll of Tar Paper, Parts of a Blue Barrel, Pipe Guttering, Plastic Scraps, Real Estate Sign, Rebar, Rope, Several Hundred Foam Peanuts, Several Roles of Chain link Fencing, Signs for a Car Wash, Site Building Materials, Spray Paint Cans, Step Ladder, Styrofoam Mounds, Sump Pump, Tank to an Air Compressor, Tape Measure, Tiles, Window Frame, Wiring and Fencing, Wood Slabs or Wall Molding, Wooden Cable Spool, Wooden Platforms and Doors
Lawn & Garden: 3 Lawnmowers, 2 Flagpoles, Brass Statue of a Bull, Deck Chair, Folding Chair, Folding Chairs, Flower Pots, Garden Hose, Giant Plastic Crocodile Head, Headless Dog Lawn Sculpture, Hibachi, Irrigation Ground Cover, Iron Gate, Lawn Chairs, Lawn Furniture, Lawn Spreader, One 24” Plastic Cow Ornament, Part of a Double Blade Lawnmower, Plastic Flower Pots, Plastic Horse Leg, Plastic Chair, Patio Blocks, Plastic Chair, Picnic Table, Rake, Shovel, Water Hose Holder, Weed eater
Medical Waste: Bottle of Prescription Pills, IV Drip Bag, Pack of Hypodermic Needles, Prescription Bottle, Syringe Tube, Vial of Blood, X Ray
Miscellaneous: 3 Christmas Trees (one complete w/ light strands), 2 Coconuts, 2 Messages in Bottles, 2 $1 Bills, 2 Wooden Signs, ½ Chainsaw, Aquarium, Bag of Marijuana, Bong-Blown Glass (artistically crafted), Blockbuster Card, Business Cards, Ukrainian Wooden Easter Egg, Check for $25.32, DC Parking Ticket from 2005, Diapers, Driver’s License, Electric Hair Trimmer (New), Glass Bottles from 1940s, Handmade Machete, Plastic Mold of Female Torso (from a mannequin?), Political Signs, Plastic Bag w/ Lime and Three Coconuts in it (is there a song in there somewhere?), Skill Saw, Strollers, Toothbrush, Tins of Chewing Tobacco, Wallet with ID, Wooden Pallet
Municipal: 21 Traffic Cones, 8 Street Signs with Poles, 3 “No Parking” Signs, 2 Metro Bus Signs Complete w/ Posts, 2 Rolls Crime Scene Tape, Fire Hose, Handicap Sign, Lamp Post, Manhole Cover, New “Town of Leesburg” Recycle Bin, “No Dumping” Sign, Road Deflector Post, Safety Cone
Recreation and Sport: 1353.5 Athletic Balls (to be given back to teams), 20 Bicycles, 5 Propane Cans Used for Camping, 3 Abandoned Tents, 3 Rubber Duckys, 2 Sleds, Bad mitten racquet, Barbells, Baseball w/ Leather Gone (but plant growing out of it), Basketball Base & Stand, Bike Frames, Bike Seat, Bottle Rocket, Football Helmet-Gear, Free-Standing Basketball Backboard, Handlebars, Hockey Stick, Motorcycle, Oar, Old Tricycle, Plastic Sides of Above Ground Swimming Pool, Scooter, Several Bicycles, Ski Pole, Sleeping Bag, Trophies
Toys: “American Girls” Doll, Antique Toy Car, Barbie Car, Beanie Baby, Big Wheel Bike, Child’s Kiddy Car, Children’s Pool, Doll Head, Fischer Price Kiddy Car-large, G.I. Joe Doll, Helium Balloon Tank, “Little Tikes” Playhouse, “Little Tikes” Swimming Pool, Lots of Dog Toys, Montgomery City Frisbee, Playpen, Several Balloons, Stuffed Dog, Toy Car, Toy Car Wheels, Toy Cell Phone, Toy Dinosaur, Trampoline Frame, Wagon
Animals & Wildlife: 2 Decaying Cow Heads, Animal Bones, Animal Skull, Bag Rotting Chicken Parts, Chopped up Deer in a Bag, Dead Chicken, Dead Deer (intoxicated), Deer Antlers, Deer Carcass, Deer Skull, Ribs, Turtle Shell