[CPEO-MEF] "Unexploded shells hurt lake businesses relying on tourism"

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Unexploded shells hurt lake businesses relying on tourism
Army corps dredges river, but removing explosives too expensive for towns 
http://www.ohio.com/all/2001/April/29/newsdocs/005507.htm
The Akron Beacon Journal

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SANDUSKY: Businesses that rely on Lake Erie tourism hope the cleanup of
unexploded shells from an old Army test range will revive their trade, but
finding money for the project is no easy task. 

Business has suffered for 10 years since the government discovered during
dredging that the Toussaint River west of Port Clinton was contaminated with
grenades, rockets and ammunition. 

The Erie Ordnance Depot, now closed, operated for almost 50 years there. The
military fired howitzers and machine guns from the Army site toward Lake Erie
from 1918 until 1966. During war years, there was shelling nearly every day. 

Most of the spent ammunition is inert, but live explosives were used during
training, and 10 percent to 20 percent did not explode.

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http://www.ohio.com/all/2001/April/29/newsdocs/005507.htm

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