Slideshow for Aerial Photos-Contaminated sites

Ax Yard-Plumes Ax yard where GE workers maintain they were told to ax barrels of toxic chemicals and let them drain into the floodplain and Housatonic River Date: 12/07/2005 Ax yard where GE worker maintain they were told to ax barrels of toxic chemicals and let them drain into the floodplain and Housatonic River

Barrel site newell Street aerial Barrel site at Newell Street where HRI trained a video camera as they started to cap the site. At this time, (Dec.05) 350 barrels have been removed Date: 12/06/2005 Barrel site at Newell Street where HRI trained a video camera as they started to cap the site. At this time, (Dec.05) 350 barrels have been removed

contaminated oxbows These are oxbows of the river that were filled in with contaminated material Date: 12/06/2005 These are oxbows of the river that were filled in with contaminated material

Dorothy AmosChildrens Park Dorothy Amos Childrens Park where transformers were junked in a old junk yard and the drains wereopened to let PCB ladened oil contaminate the area and adjacent West Branch of the Housatonic Date: 12/06/2005 Dorothy Amos Childrens Park where transformers were junked in a old junk yard and the drains wereopened to let PCB ladened oil contaminate the area and adjacent West Branch of the Housatonic

Fasce Place-Grossmans Fasce Place and the old Grossmans Building where PCB plumes traveled under the buildings and leaked into the cellars Date: 12/06/2005 Fasce Place and the old Grossmans Building where PCB plumes traveled under the buildings and leaked into the cellars

Goodrich Pond Contaminated Goodrich Pond. It took four years of advocacy to get the agencies to test the Lake and another number of years to get them to post fish consumption advisorys. HRI put up our own mock signs with two headed ducks to force then to post the lake Date: 12/06/2005 Contaminated Goodrich Pond. It took four years of advocacy to get the agencies to test the Lake and another number of years to get them to post fish consumption advisorys. HRI put up our own mock signs with two headed ducks to force then to post the lake

Hill78aerial Hill 78 and Hill 71 the toxic dumps 50 feet from Allendale Elementary School which was itself a toxic dump until we won the clean up of the school in 1999.The entire playground was excavated Date: 12/06/2005 Hill 78 and Hill 71 the toxic dumps 50 feet from Allendale Elementary School which was itself a toxic dump until we won the clean up of the school in 1999.The entire playground was excavated

imploded bldWoodlawn Imploded building where GE workers maintain the building was filled with barrels and contaminated equipment before GE buried it into the ground. Date: 12/06/2005 Imploded building where GE workers maintain the building was filled with barrels and contaminated equipment before GE buried it into the ground.

LymanSt.parkinglot Lyman Street Parking Lot where underground plumes flow towards the Housatonic River with Pcb levels as high as 200,000 ppm. GE worker maintain it was a barrel site. Date: 12/06/2005 Lyman Street Parking Lot where underground plumes flow towards the Housatonic River with Pcb levels as high as 200,000 ppm. GE worker maintain it was a barrel site.

PittsfieldLandfill Pittsfield Landfill filled in with thousands of truckloads of contaminated materials. HRI exposed a barrel site at this landfill. State and federal officials maintained they weren't there until a bulldozer operator hit the mother load. Approximately 850 b Date: 12/06/2005 Pittsfield Landfill filled in with thousands of truckloads of contaminated materials. HRI exposed a barrel site at this landfill. State and federal officials maintained they weren't there until a bulldozer operator hit the mother load. Approximately 850 barrels right near the river.

Rosesiteaerial Rose site in Lanesboro,Ma just north of Pittsfield where barrels of chemicals were dumped. A pump and treat system has been running for two decades trying to stop the underground flow of chemicals Date: 12/06/2005 Rose site in Lanesboro,Ma just north of Pittsfield where barrels of chemicals were dumped. A pump and treat system has been running for two decades trying to stop the underground flow of chemicals

Silver Lake Silver Lake-highly contaminated with a toxic soup of chemicals. The EPA plan is to broadcast sand on the bottom of the lake to try to cap it. Date: 12/06/2005 Silver Lake-highly contaminated with a toxic soup of chemicals. The EPA plan is to broadcast sand on the bottom of the lake to try to cap it.

Unkamet Brook Area Unkamet Brook Area highly contaminated with solvents and other toxic materials which flow into the Housatonic River Date: 12/06/2005 Unkamet Brook Area highly contaminated with solvents and other toxic materials which flow into the Housatonic River

WoodsPond Woods Pond in Lenoxdale,MA. where a dam kept many of the PCBs from flowing down river. It is highly contaminated. Ducks tested in this area had some of the highest PCB levels ever recorded in wildlife. One duck tested at 3700 ppm. Date: 12/06/2005 Woods Pond in Lenoxdale,MA. where a dam kept many of the PCBs from flowing down river. It is highly contaminated. Ducks tested in this area had some of the highest PCB levels ever recorded in wildlife. One duck tested at 3700 ppm.

Devos Farm Devos Fram where PCBs found in milk in Connecticut were traced back to the cows drinking from the Housatonic River in the late 1970s Date: 12/06/2005 Devos Fram where PCBs found in milk in Connecticut were traced back to the cows drinking from the Housatonic River in the late 1970s

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