Love Canal

Love Canal: A Hazardous Disaster In the 1890's, an entrepreneur by the name of William T. Love planned to build a canal connecting the Niagara River to Lake Ontario. Soon, a problem arose, and he lost all funding and had to abandon the project midway. Furthermore, a huge hole was left behind in the center of the small residential area: about 50 feet wide and 10 to 40 feet deep. With no uses for the large pit, the Niagara Power and Development Company allowed Hooker Chemical Company to dump…

The history of love canal is one that precedes the great second world war; a period when regulations were uncommon, and the United States government was not focused on holding giant companies liable. To fully understand the what happened at Love Canal, one must carefully revisit the history of its origin. It all started out as dream when William T. Love arrived in Niagara Falls; his dream was to build an industrial city with expedient access to inexpensive water power and major markets such as…

The pollution disaster of the Love Canal happened after a canal in LaSalle, a Niagara Falls town, was drained and acted as a municipal and industrial chemical dump, mainly being used by Hooker Chemical Cooperation between 1948-1953. Over the five years more than 21,000 tons of hazardous chemicals were dumped into the canal which contaminated the soil and groundwater. In 1953 the canal was covered over with clay and soil and declared safe, and soon after it was sold to the school board who then…

The Love Canal is located in Niagara Falls, New York. It is named after William T. Love who intended for this location to become a dream community where water could be used to power the surrounding industries and homes. By 1910 it became evident that Love would not see his dream fulfilled. Ten years later industries began to use the abandoned ditch to dispose of various chemicals. Landfills can be safely used if they are managed properly. In 1942 a company began using the Love Canal as a…

On May of 1980, Jimmy Carter who was the President of the United States at that time issued an emergency disaster declaration, based on the mental distress the residents of the Love Canal had experienced, instead of the chemical and physical hazards the community was exposed to. The state of New York subsidized the project and sold the houses at a lower rate with the intention to end the disaster that occurred in the area, as both New York and the city of Niagara Falls wanted to put to rest and…

The Love Canal Tragedy is regarded as one of the most notorious hazardous waste dumpsites in United States history. In 1942, Hooker Chemicals and Plastics Corporation (now Occidental Petroleum Corporation) purchased the site of Love Canal. During the time period from 1942 to 1953 Hooker Chemical dumped approximately 22,000 tons of mixed chemical waste into the Love Canal. After Hooker Chemical was finished using the site it was sold to the Niagara Falls School Board for the price of $1.00, with…

while development of transportation systems benefits humans economically, the natural ecosystem is significantly changed by the “road economy” because of land separation. Which is to say, the changing of the landscape, such as a highway or a man-made canal, damages the integrality of the natural habitat for several decades. C. Researchers are required to concern if the…

at around AD 950. They are well known for many aspects of their culture, but the feature that most likely lead to their large populations and lasting culture was their irrigation canal systems. The Hohokam were focused primarily around the Salt and Gila rivers of Southern Arizona as depicted in Figure 1. The massive canal systems that they build off of these rivers allowed for the support of a large population, and allowed the growth of a wide variety of crops which could not be grown without…

The market revolution is a term used to describe the increase of the exchange of goods and services in market transaction. In the first few decades of the nineteenth century, the transportation system was limited. The great rivers west of the Appalachians could not connect with the western famers to eastern markets since they flowed north to south. The roads were poor, expensive to maintain and horse-drawn wagons had limited capacity. So how were the farmers supposed to turn a profit from their…

Changing America The United States was only a country for about 15 years before the basic way of life for people in the country started to change drastically. We developed politically and economically, expanded westward and divided along sectional borders. However these are not the only characteristics that define this time period. 1790-1860 was a period of rapid industrialization, market revolution and changing social order. This was largely due to new methods of transportation, mechanization…