Wheatfield Ave and 97th Street with containment tanks from the Environmental Protection Agency in the Love Canal neighborhood, Niagara Falls, New York, November 10, 1978
Title
Wheatfield Ave and 97th Street with containment tanks from the Environmental Protection Agency in the Love Canal neighborhood, Niagara Falls, New York, November 10, 1978
Subject
Hazardous waste site remediation
United States. Environmental Protection Agency
Tanks
Trailers
Hazardous waste sites
Love Canal Chemical Waste Landfill (Niagara Falls, N.Y.)
Description
A large blue trailer marked "U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Emergency Response Unit, Edison, N.J." is positioned behind a chain-link fence along a residential street. Stacks of lumber lie next to a yellow fire hydrant in the foreground. A stop sign and leafless trees line the sidewalk. Power lines cross overhead, and a white cylindrical tank is visible near the trailer. The sky is overcast.
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
1978-11-10
Rights
Format
image/jpeg
Type
Image
Identifier
MS100.309
Date Created
2009-01-28
Is Part Of
Love Canal Images. LIB-003
Penelope D. Ploughman Love Canal Collection. MS100
Is Referenced By
Collection
Citation
Ploughman, Penelope, 1955-, “Wheatfield Ave and 97th Street with containment tanks from the Environmental Protection Agency in the Love Canal neighborhood, Niagara Falls, New York, November 10, 1978,” Digital Collections - University at Buffalo Libraries, accessed August 15, 2025, https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/items/show/16417.