So this is an interesting story and a strange scene. These are vines that have completely overgrown chain link fencing. It turns out that about 10 years ago some builder bought about 5 lots that were along Shore road, and prepared to build houses on them. Somehow there was some testing done after the lots were sold, and they discovered that the ground was polluted! There had been a plant about half a mile down the road that produced gas from burning coal in the absence of air. The remains of this process included nasty stuff like tar, clinkers from the coal, and ammonia. So the remains were apparently dumped where these 5 lots are located. So everything came to a halt, and the area was fenced off, and the vines began to grow. And this is the result.
3 comments:
Creepy looking. But looks like a great fort and place to play. Of course, not possible since it's contaminated. betsey
Looks very dry, needs a lot of work! I would hope that the company would be forced to pay for clean up. Trace
Hi Trace: I am not exactly sure, but I think the plant was in operation back in the very early part of the 20th century, so any company that was responsible is long gone, sad to say. And of course back then, no one considered that if someone polluted, they were responsible. the Environmental Protection Agency wasn't established until 1970.
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