The Soldiers' Home, officially designated the Southern Branch of the
National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, is just outside the
municipal limits of Phoebus. Over nine-tenths of the water used is ob-
tained from the Newport News Co. A few driven wells about the grounds
furnish drinking water. Cistern water is used for flushing, and salt water
for flushing and for fire protection.
In Phoebus there are many driven wells 13 to 15 feet deep which get
water in Columbia gravels, under quicksand and yellow loam. The water
is generally hard, but is used for all household purposes. In 1906 probably
three-fourths of the population used such wells, the remainder taking
Newport News water.
