[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS: U.S. Military Academy, West Point (NY)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

West Point searching for old explosives

By Adam Bosch
Middletown Times Herald-Record (NY)
April 1, 2011
WEST POINT - A high-tech hunt for old munitions and explosives will  
begin its next phase this month at West Point.

Contractors armed with soil-testing kits and metal detectors will  
scour 673.5 acres of the military base on a search for artillery  
dating back to 1802. Their work will mostly concentrate around  
academic buildings, housing units and athletic complexes at West Point.

That main portion of the base, known as the cantonment, used to be  
several firing ranges. Through the 1930s, cadets training for the  
Army fired artillery from these old ranges toward various targets,  
including Crows Nest, a mountain adjacent to Storm King State Park.

Some old munitions exploded on Crows Nest when a multi-day fire  
engulfed it in 1999. The ongoing investigation at West Point is meant  
to prevent similar hazards.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110401/NEWS/ 
104010351/-1/NEWS

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