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Piles of radioactive dirt greet visitors to Niagara Falls State Park

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Piles of radioactive dirt greet visitors to Niagara Falls State Park

"Some public officials regarded the discovery as just another day in Niagara Falls, a city with a decades long legacy of toxic pollution." "Hey, this is Western New York. You dig in something that was put down in the 1940s or 1950s, you might find something you didn't expect," Niagara Falls City Planner Thomas DeSantis said. "Usually, it's not anything particularly hazardous." "They buried stuff back in the day without any rules," said DeSantis said. "This stuff turns up everywhere."

Niagara Power Project’s recognized for influence on power production

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Niagara Power Project’s recognized for influence on power production

One of Robert Moses' biggest projects is now on the register of Historic Places ...

"The locale of a pioneering hydropower project near one of North America’s iconic natural wonders is now on the National Register of Historic Places."

"The National Park Service has approved the designation of the Niagara Power Project Historic District, a “massive complex engineering structure” that “dominates the Niagara River and the surrounding landscape through its massive scale and bold design.” Located in the town of Lewiston, the project sits along the 36-mile river that flows from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario and forms an international border between Ontario and New York."