tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37353682.post737275856272992959..comments2024-03-28T19:12:11.348-07:00Comments on Just A Car Guy: looks like a bit of abandoned rail road, which would be a good place to ride with a custom bike for riding rails, from County Rd DL to Devils Lake, and then on to the Wisconsin River, in Sauk City Wisconsin (90 miles West of Milwaukee)Jessehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18429349943129907930noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37353682.post-50258032481114595652019-10-22T18:57:10.418-07:002019-10-22T18:57:10.418-07:00wow, that's a crazy coincidence of where you n...wow, that's a crazy coincidence of where you now work, and my randomly made post! I didn't set out to find, or post about, this ammo factory. <br />I didn't know that Uniroyal made naugahyde! <br />History... so often it surprises the hell out of meJessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18429349943129907930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37353682.post-64546972164304045482019-10-22T10:08:03.982-07:002019-10-22T10:08:03.982-07:00My new job is located at what used to be the Erie ...My new job is located at what used to be the Erie Ordnance Depot. From WWI until 1965, artillery pieces were test fired here day and night. In addition to whatever chemicals may be in the ground, there are probably thousands of inert rounds and possible live rounds in the ground and out in Lake Erie. I was told that the Corps of Engineers and bomb squad have done a few clean ups along the beach to pick up projectiles that wash onto the beach.<br /><br />https://unearthedohio.com/2013/08/04/excursion-8-part-4-depot-man/<br /><br />The 9th picture down shows the buildings that my company, ARES, uses and the concrete wall in the background is where the range starts.<br /><br />There is also a vacant factory on the property where Uniroyal used to make Naugahyde.<br /><br />https://www.flickr.com/photos/army_arch/with/36865865440/Marc Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06605121355650119523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37353682.post-35010897864128164152019-10-05T22:00:31.492-07:002019-10-05T22:00:31.492-07:00300,000 drums, so, about 1.6 million gallons of DD...300,000 drums, so, about 1.6 million gallons of DDt and Carbon Tetra Chloride.. <br />Good grief. Why the hell couldn't they have put all that in some train cars made up of oil tanks... the kind that transport oil from field to refinery, and left it in a train yard somewhere for us to deal with when we could figure out what to do with the stuff? Buried, it's just going to foul the water supply.. couldn't they find a friendly volcano and pour it in? Jessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18429349943129907930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37353682.post-60030635826697231742019-10-05T15:55:45.031-07:002019-10-05T15:55:45.031-07:00All of the old Ammo production plants are terribly...All of the old Ammo production plants are terribly contaminated,<br />Ive helped test the ground water at the Volunteer Army Ammunition Plant in Chattanooga TN <br /> part of it was that back then no one knew all those chemical were terrible pollutants, and the other part was that if we didnt win the war against the Germans and Japanese, then what difference would some pollution make?<br /><br />another terribly polluted site in in Hardeman County TN, where a company called Velsicol (which was never fined and is still in business polluting every site they have) buried 300,000 fifty-five gallon drums of D-D-T and carbon tetra chloride. <br /> userbroncohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07564803379372058829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37353682.post-60290223908024554702019-10-05T04:42:08.035-07:002019-10-05T04:42:08.035-07:00Epic post. Well done!Epic post. Well done!Minnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37353682.post-25794181438534010032019-10-03T17:09:12.012-07:002019-10-03T17:09:12.012-07:00That river looks like sludge...That river looks like sludge...Billy Olearyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09030802349398088514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37353682.post-20950770736033658472019-10-02T15:47:03.849-07:002019-10-02T15:47:03.849-07:00Excellent bit of work BTW. Hadn't thought of t...Excellent bit of work BTW. Hadn't thought of the water supply, that's often troublesome with these old military installations and ammo factories as well. Dinitrotoluenetoluene (DNT) is nasty because it doesn't degrade much when its in groundwater. Carbon tet is bad too but isn't completely soluble in water so it can be filtered, or aerated out-but that's tough because you have to figure out where it is, and it can take decades for the chemicals to bloom in the groundwater. Al Bergstrazerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18108771211584899497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37353682.post-91865510044609626612019-10-02T15:15:50.118-07:002019-10-02T15:15:50.118-07:00Agreed.... and contaminated water... I added some ...Agreed.... and contaminated water... I added some more to the post, I'm not sure how complete it was when you read it, I worked on it all afternoonJessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18429349943129907930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37353682.post-61503479748196377292019-10-02T15:10:07.957-07:002019-10-02T15:10:07.957-07:00Soil remediation is probably the big issue for fun...Soil remediation is probably the big issue for funding. Al Bergstrazerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18108771211584899497noreply@blogger.com