| From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
| Date: | Tue, 17 Nov 2020 12:57:33 -0800 (PST) |
| Reply: | cpeo-brownfields |
| Subject: | [CPEO-BIF] Lonsdale mill complex and village, Lincoln and Cumberland, Rhode Island |
Final Clean Up of Chronic Pollution at Historic Mill Site By TIM FAULKNER ecoRI News (RI) November 16, 2020 The Lonsdale Company left behind a legacy of pollution. It’s just now being completely remediated. (DEM Bureau of Environmental Protection photos) A nearly 200-year-old hangover from the Industrial Revolution is finally getting cured, as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) cleans a stubborn oil leak along the Blackstone River in Rhode Island. The 30-acre Lonsdale mill complex and village in Lincoln and Cumberland dates back to 1831 with the construction of mills, homes, and amenities for workers. Most of it was built in a floodplain. The precursor to today’s live-work community was started by Nicholas Brown Jr., the namesake of Brown University, and his future brother-in-law Thomas Ives to became one of the largest mill complexes in the country. … For the entire article, see https://www.ecori.org/pollution-contamination/2020/11/15/more-cleanup-of-chronic-pollution-at-historic-mill-site -- Lenny Siegel Executive Director Center for Public Environmental Oversight A project of the Pacific Studies Cent LSiegel@cpeo.org P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042 Voice/Fax: 650-961-8918 http://www.cpeo.org _______________________________________________ Brownfields mailing list Brownfields@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/brownfields-cpeo.org | |
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