Oily residue deposited on the Niagara River shoreline, south of Love Canal, summer 1978

Penelope D. Ploughman Love Canal Collection

Niagara River (N.Y. and Ont.)

Pollutants -- Environmental aspects

Shorelines -- Environmental aspects

Water -- Pollution

Hazardous wastes

Rough and broken stones, including porous concrete and reddish rock fragments, lie over dark, wet ground. A thin layer of oil creates a glistening sheen across parts of the soil. Scattered twigs and dried reeds are mixed among the debris.

Ploughman, Penelope, 1955-

State University of New York at Buffalo

University Archives

Summer 1978

0.933 x 1.36 inches

Image

Still Image

MS100.205

LIB-UA003

1/28/2009

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