[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS, FORMER SITES: Former Hingham Naval Ammunition Depot (MA)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Half century after Hingham depot closed, Army Corps still searching for munitions

By Mary Whitfill
Quincy Patriot Ledger (MA)
October 13, 2018

 
HINGHAM - The only bridge spanning the Back River between Hingham and Weymouth will be closed for three nights next week as dive teams search for any undetonated munitions left behind when the Hingham Naval Ammunition Depot shut down more than a half century ago.

The work, which is being overseen by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, is the latest phase in a multi-year investigation into potential hazards in and around the former depot, which once occupied close to 1,000 acres on the banks of the Weymouth Back River. Similar searches conducted in the river and adjacent wooded land over the last year have turned up no munitions or related debris.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.patriotledger.com/news/20181011/half-century-after-hingham-depot-closed-army-corps-still-searching-for-munitions

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Lenny Siegel
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Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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