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New Bedford Harbor
New Bedford Harbor
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and other hazardous materials were released into New Bedford Harbor over a period of 40 years as a result of electrical component manufacturing. Restoration activities are designed to restore natural resources that were lost, injured, or destroyed by the releases. Priorities for restoration include salt marshes and other wetlands, recreational areas, water-column quality, living marine resources, habitats, shellfish and endangered species. Collectively, these actions will help restore an ecosystem severely degraded by long-term, broad-scale contaminant releases, industrial development and shoreline modification.
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Fort Robbins, the southern end of Clarks Point.
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Acushnet, MA., Hamilin Street Bridge.
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The EPA confined disposal facility.
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An air monitoring facility at the combined disposal facility.
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The New Bedford side of the Inner Harbor near one of the combined disposalfacilities on the New Bedford side. The sign here specifically warns peopleto keep out of the facility.
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The New Bedford side of the Inner Harbor near one of the combined disposalfacilities on the New Bedford side. The sign here is in Portugese andEnglish. The sign warns people to keep out of the river because it iscontaminated.
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Pre restoration, since this image was taken Fort Robbins has been cleaned-up.
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The future site of the New Bedford Oceanarium.
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The marsh on the Fairhaven side of New Bedford Harbor looking across at the oldfactories.
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The Combined Disposal Facility (CDF) on the New Bedford side of the innerharbor.
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Clarks Point Wastewater Treatment Facility.
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Clarks Point Wastewater Treatment Facility.
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New Bedford Harbor, CDF 1. The retaining wall on the eastern edge.
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Salt piles on Popes Island, New Bedford Harbor.
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Sewage treatment plant settling tank at the southern tip of Clarks Point. Thefacility is now gone.
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Workers dressed in full hazmat gear conduct research to determine the levelof contaminants or PCB levels.
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Welding the pieces of fabric together at the bottom and sides of the combineddisposal facility.
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New Bedford Harbor, laying liner at CDF 1.
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New Bedford Harbor, placing liner at CDF 1.
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New Bedford Harbor, CDF 1 looking north.
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