View of the clay capping and remediation work at Wheatfield Avenue and 99th Street in the Love Canal neighborhood, Niagara Falls, New York with 97th Street abandoned residences in the background and playground equipment in the foreground, February 1979
Title
View of the clay capping and remediation work at Wheatfield Avenue and 99th Street in the Love Canal neighborhood, Niagara Falls, New York with 97th Street abandoned residences in the background and playground equipment in the foreground, February 1979
Subject
Hazardous waste site remediation
United States. Environmental Protection Agency
Hazardous waste treatment facilities
Abandoned houses
Playgrounds
Hazardous waste sites
Love Canal Chemical Waste Landfill (Niagara Falls, N.Y.)
Description
A snow-covered playground with empty swing frames is seen in the foreground. Clay capping and remediation work at Wheatfield Avenue and 99th Street in the Love Canal neighborhood, Niagara Falls, New York is carried out with a small white trailer nearby. In the background, a raised dirt embankment with construction equipment and a row of houses can be seen. This photograph was taken with a telephoto lens from inside the 99th Street Elementary School by Penelope Ploughman.
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Creator
Ploughman, Penelope, 1955-
Source
State University of New York at Buffalo. University Archives
Publisher
State University of New York at Buffalo. University Libraries
Date
1979-02
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Format
image/jpeg
Type
Image
Identifier
MS100.85
Date Created
2009-01-28
Is Part Of
Love Canal Images. LIB-003
Penelope D. Ploughman Love Canal Collection. MS-0100
Is Referenced By
Collection
Citation
Ploughman, Penelope, 1955-, “View of the clay capping and remediation work at Wheatfield Avenue and 99th Street in the Love Canal neighborhood, Niagara Falls, New York with 97th Street abandoned residences in the background and playground equipment in the foreground, February 1979,” Digital Collections - University at Buffalo Libraries, accessed January 31, 2026, https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/index.php/items/show/16337.