View through a chain-link fence of the Love Canal Chemical Waste Landfill remediation processes of clay capping and laying of leachate collection piping with a crane at center, Niagara Falls, New York, December 12, 1978
Title
View through a chain-link fence of the Love Canal Chemical Waste Landfill remediation processes of clay capping and laying of leachate collection piping with a crane at center, Niagara Falls, New York, December 12, 1978
Subject
Hazardous waste site remediation
Cranes, derricks, etc.
Fences
Abandoned houses
Elementary schools
Abandoned buildings
Leachate
Piping
Hazardous waste sites
Love Canal Chemical Waste Landfill (Niagara Falls, N.Y.)
Description
View of a snow-covered Love Canal Chemical Waste Landfill remediation site as viewed through a chain-link fence. In the distance, a large crane is positioned near scattered equipment and material necessary for the clay capping and laying of leachate collection piping processes. Several abandoned 97th Street residences are at left, a crane at center, and the 99th Street Elementary School in the background. Abandoned and boarded-up Love Canal houses line the left side of the image, and the ground is marked with tracks and uneven terrain; photographed 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
1978-12-12
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Format
image/jpeg
Type
Image
Identifier
MS100.69
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 through a chain-link fence of the Love Canal Chemical Waste Landfill remediation processes of clay capping and laying of leachate collection piping with a crane at center, Niagara Falls, New York, December 12, 1978,” Digital Collections - University at Buffalo Libraries, accessed February 3, 2026, https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/items/show/16322.