[CPEO-MEF] Cannonballs found at Lawrenceville construction site

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Cannonballs found at Lawrenceville construction site set to be removed

by AARON AUPPERLEE 
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (PA)
April 24, 2017


Cannonballs found at a construction site in Pittsburgh's Lawrenceville neighborhood will be removed this week. 

The city's Public Safety Department said the removal process starting Tuesday should take five days — unless more cannonballs than expected are found. The department discouraged people from visiting the area of the construction site at 39th and Butler streets to get a glimpse of the work. 

At least  20 Civil War-era cannonballs were found March 27 by a construction crew preparing the site for apartments. The area is the site of the former Allegheny Arsenal.

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For the entire article, see
http://triblive.com/local/allegheny/12227126-74/workers-to-begin-removing-buried-cannonballs-from-lawrenceville-construction-site

See also http://www.cbsnews.com/news/civil-war-era-cannonballs-removed-in-pennsylvania/

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Lenny Siegel
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Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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