For 100 Years, This Coal Tar has Been Polluting the Hudson
October 27, 2015
Contamination from the manufactured gas plant covers several acres of river bottom to the north and south of the Walkway Over the Hudson state park. (Photo by Dan Shapley / Riverkeeper)
Bubbles of coal tar come to the surface and bloom into rainbow sheens, visible from the Walkway Over the Hudson state park above. (Photo by Dan Shapley / Riverkeeper)
This is what the coal tar at Poughkeepsie looks like from the vantage point of the Riverkeeper patrol boat. (Photo by Capt. John Lipscomb / Riverkeeper, 2012)
Coal tar covers a large acreage both north and south of the Walkway Over the Hudson State Park (Map courtesy DEC, modified for space and clarity by Riverkeeper)
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