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We had one case where a woman caught the railroad burying a bunch of them
right along the Hudson River, and below the waterline perhaps, that led to a
big case for awhile. There is a Riverkeepers .org now that Mr. Harrison Ford
("Indiana Jones") and Ms. Glenn Close are honorary "riverkeepers" and of
course Pete Seegar still lives along the river.
George Myers
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From: "Stephen Austin" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 12:23 PM
Subject: Re: Wood-Treating/Railroad Tie Plant
> Creosote contamination is bad stuff - skin rashes to lung cancer. Take
caution. There have been some remediation efforts through the use of trees
and forbes.
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> Stephen
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> "American Resources Group, Cally" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hello,
> Has anyone done any work on wood-treating plants, which used kerasote to
> tread railroad ties, telephone poles, etc? Apparently there were few (less
> than 150?) of these plants in the United States. We are conducting
archival
> research on the former Koppers Plant (Ayer and Lord Tie Co., between 1902
> and 1930s) in Carbondale, Illinois, which was the largest railroad-tie
> plant in the country for some time. If anyone knows of any relevant
> literature on the subject, please let me know. Thanks.
>
> Cally Lence
> American Resources Group
> Carbondale, Illinois
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>
> S.P. Austin
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