Two children walking in winter on a clay-capped Love Canal in the containment area toward Wheatfield Avenue with abandoned residences and earthmoving equipment in the background, February 1979
Title
Two children walking in winter on a clay-capped Love Canal in the containment area toward Wheatfield Avenue with abandoned residences and earthmoving equipment in the background, February 1979
Subject
Hazardous waste site remediation
Abandoned houses
Earthmoving machinery
Hazardous waste sites
Love Canal Chemical Waste Landfill (Niagara Falls, N.Y.)
Description
Two childrenwalk along a cleared dirt path surrounded by snow-covered ground on a clay-capped Love Canal in the containment area toward Wheatfield Avenue with abandoned residences and earthmoving equipment in the background. In the distance, houses, trees, and an industrial building are visible, with construction equipment on the right side. The photograph was taken with a telephoto lens from inside the 99th Street Elementary School by Penelope D. Ploughman.
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
MS100.91
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-, “Two children walking in winter on a clay-capped Love Canal in the containment area toward Wheatfield Avenue with abandoned residences and earthmoving equipment in the background, February 1979,” Digital Collections - University at Buffalo Libraries, accessed January 31, 2026, https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/index.php/items/show/16345.