Remediation workers go about their tasks at the 99th Street Elementary School, Love Canal neighborhood, Niagara Falls, New York
Title
Remediation workers go about their tasks at the 99th Street Elementary School, Love Canal neighborhood, Niagara Falls, New York
Subject
Hazardous waste site remediation
Elementary schools
Abandoned buildings
Earthmoving machinery
Hazardous waste management industry--Employees
Hazardous waste sites
Love Canal Chemical Waste Landfill (Niagara Falls, N.Y.)
Description
The 99th Street Elementary School cleanup site, Love Canal neighborhood, Niagara Falls, New York, where remediation workers, dressed in white protective hazmat suits, yellow hard hats, and rubber boots are excavating a trench. Some workers are positioning large metal panels to reinforce the trench walls, while one is measuring the depth with a tape. An excavator arm is partially visible on the right, and a large yellow construction vehicle is parked nearby. Other workers are standing or kneeling on the grassy area behind the trench, with some pipes and construction materials scattered on the ground. In the background, a building with boarded-up windows and shrubbery can be seen. The ground appears muddy and disturbed.
Source
State University of New York at Buffalo. University Archives
Publisher
State University of New York at Buffalo. University Libraries
Date
1979
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Format
image/jpeg
Type
Image
Identifier
MS65.T1-63
Date Created
2009-01-28
Is Part Of
Love Canal Images. LIB-003
Ecumenical Task Force of the Niagara Frontier Records. MS-0065
Is Referenced By
Love Canal: The Issues and Controversies slideshow by Adeline Levine
Collection
Citation
“Remediation workers go about their tasks at the 99th Street Elementary School, Love Canal neighborhood, Niagara Falls, New York,” Digital Collections - University at Buffalo Libraries, accessed January 12, 2026, https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/index.php/items/show/16676.