1940's Advertising-Thermo anti freeze Traditional Cache
1940's Advertising-Thermo anti freeze
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A series dedicated to looking at 1940's advertising. Each cache is a look back at how the media portraid common products, some good, some bad.
All of the locations will have something in common. Look for the signs.
Taken from old magazines from 1947 that I found at my grandpas house.
THE PUBLICKER/CUYAHOGA WRECKING SITE IS A 37-ACRE, ABANDONED MANUFACTURING PLANT IN PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA. A CHEMICAL COMPANY LIES TO THE NORTH, A MARINE TERMINAL TO THE SOUTH, AND THE DELAWARE RIVER TO THE EAST. ALTHOUGH THE IMMEDIATE AREA SURROUNDING THE SITE IS PRIMARILY INDUSTRIAL, APPROXIMATELY 400,000 PEOPLE LIVE WITHIN ONE MILE OF THE SITE.
FROM 1912 TO 1985, PUBLICKER INDUSTRIES OWNED AND OPERATED A LIQUOR AND INDUSTRIAL ALCOHOL MANUFACTURING PLANT AT THE SITE. THE PLANT INCLUDED 440 LARGE TANKS, STORAGE DRUMS, PRODUCT STOCK, CHEMICAL LABORATORIES, REACTION VESSELS, PRODUCTION BUILDINGS, WAREHOUSES, A POWER PLANT, AND SEVERAL HUNDRED MILES OF ABOVE- AND BELOW-GROUND PROCESS LINES.
IN THE LATE 1970'S, BECASUE PRODUCTION SLOWED,PUBLICKER USED ITS TANKS TO STORE CHEMICLAS AND FUEL FOR OTHER COMPANIES. IN FEBRUARY 1986DUE TO CONTINUED DECLINE IN PRODUCTION, PUBLICKER CEASED OPERATIONS AND SOLD THE PROPERTY TO THE OVERLAND CORPORATION. THE FOLLOWING NOVEMBER AFTER AN EXPLOSION HAD KILLED 2 WORKERS, OVERLAND DECLARED BANKRUPTCY AND ABANDONED THE SITE.
EPA EVALUATED SITE CONDITIONS IN 1987 FOLLOWING THE TWO EXPLOSIONS AND A LARGE FIRE. (EPA DISCOVERED OVER 440 CONTAMINATED AND VANDALIZED STRUCTURES AND OVER 2 MILLION GALLONS OF TOXIC WASTE AT THE SITE) TANKERS, PITS/SUMPS, AND NUMEROUS PROCESS LINES WERE FOUND TO CONTAIN FUEL OILS OR OTHER CONTAMINATED OILS. EPA INITIATED AN EMERGENCY REMOVAL ACTION IN DECEMBER 1987 TO STABILIZE THE SITE AND CONTROL THE THREAT OF ADDITIONAL FIRES AND EXPLOSIONS. EMERGENCY REMOVAL ACTIVITIES INCLUDED ONSITE BULKING AND STORING OF SOLID AND LIQUID WASTE STREAMS; DISPOSING OF HIGHLY REACTIVE LABORATORY WASTES AND CYLINDERS OFFSITE; CRUSHING APPROXIMATELY 3,100 EMPTIED DRUMS; WRAPPING OVERHEAD PIPELINES INSULATED WITH ASBESTOS; AND IMPLEMENTING A 24-HOUR FIRE AND SECURITY WATCH.
ACCORDING TO EPA ESTIMATES, OVER ONE MILLION GALLONS OF BULKED WASTE MATERIALS REMAIN ONSITE STORED IN DILAPIDATED TANKS AND DRUMS. TWELVE WASTE STREAMS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED, INCLUDING BASE NEUTRAL LIQUIDS AND SOLIDS, ORGANIC LIQUIDS AND SOLIDS, OXIDIZING LIQUIDS AND SOLIDS, WATER REACTIVES, CHLORIDES, CRUSHED EMPTY METAL DRUMS, AND CONTAMINATED OILS. THIS REMEDIAL ACTION IS DESIGNED TO STABILIZE THE SITE AND ENABLE CONTINUED SITE CLEANUP OF SOIL, GROUND WATER, AND ASBESTOS. THE PRIMARY CONTAMINANTS OF CONCERN AFFECTING THE SOIL AND GROUND WATER ARE VOCS, AND OTHER ORGANICS INCLUDING PCBS AND PESTICIDES.
THE SELECTED REMEDIAL ACTION FOR THIS SITE INCLUDES OFFSITE TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL OF THE VARIOUS WASTE STREAMS IN RCRA-PERMITTED FACILITIES; DEMOLITION OF ABOVE-GROUND PROCESS LINES, WITH PROPER PACKAGING OF CONTAMINATED INSULATION AND ONSITE STORAGE PENDING DISPOSITION IN A SUBSEQUENT REMEDIAL ACTION; AND OFFSITE DISPOSAL OF HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS RECOVERED FROM WITHIN THE LINES. THE ESTIMATED CAPITAL COST FOR THIS REMEDIAL ACTION IS $13,900,000; THERE ARE NO O&M COSTS.
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