WMS Map: General Motors Massena, 1995 vs 2020
About General Motors Massena, 1995 vs 2020 ....
On October 4, 1957, Ground is broken on the Chevrolet Motor Division's Massena Aluminum Foundry, as part of production planning for a new car called the Chevrolet Corvair. In May 2007, GM announces facility will cease operations by December 2008. The company cites rising gas prices, which have put a damper on vehicle sales and caused the corporation's production capacity to outpace demand. The plant's workforce drops from over 500 in the early 2000's to approximately 250 by 2008. On April 23, 2009, the last part rolls off the line at GM Massena.
About halfway through the cleanup, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the site was far more polluted than originally thought. General Motors had left its 217-acre property in Massena laced with extremely toxic PCBs. PCB oil was used as a coolant until it was banned in the late 1970s. The EPA removed half a million tons of contaminated materials. The project has taken years. "We are down to the last active remediation," says Bruce Rasher, redevelopment manager for RACER trust, the federal entity that took over all of GM's abandoned properties when the automaker went bankrupt during the recession.
http://www.naphausa.org/chron-gm/
https://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/36301/20180529/gm-land-in-massena-almost-cleaned-up-bitcoin-miners-among-the-suitors
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Data Sources
Road Trip to Coal Country by Nate Matthews - You can download the KMZ File used in creation of this map.
NY Aerial (1995) - High-resolution aerial photography from National Agricultural Photograph Program taken between 1994 and 1998. These are false color images. NYSGIS. WMS Service: https://orthos.its.ny.gov/arcgis/services/wms/napp/MapServer/WMSServer, Layer: 0
NY Aerial (2020) - High-resolution aerial photography from NYSGIS, photos taken with leaves off in spring time between the years 2016-2020. NYSGIS. WMS Service: https://orthos.its.ny.gov/ArcGIS/services/wms/Latest/MapServer/WMSServer, Layer: 0,1,2,3
3DEP Elevation Hillshade. LIDAR and legacy USGS DRG Topo Derived hillshades used as a background. DEM - WMS Service: https://elevation.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/services/3DEPElevation/ImageServer/WMSServer, Layer: 3DEPElevation:Hillshade Gray
Full List of WMS and ArcMap Services - CSV Spreadsheet with all web map services currently used on the blog.
More about St. Lawrence County...
St. Lawrence County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 111,944.[1] The county seat is Canton.
Saint Lawrence County is home to St. Lawrence University, State University of New York at Potsdam, Clarkson University, the SUNY-ESF Ranger School, and the State University of New York at Canton. Part of the County is in the Adirondack Park and includes much of the Oswegatchie River, Cranberry Lake and Lake Ozonia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Lawrence_County,_New_York
Maps and Interactives
Whipporwill Corners State Forest
Walter Pratt Camping Area
Streeter Lake Roadside Camping
Streeter Lake
Silver Hill State Forest
Russell, New York
Racquette River Campsites
Racquette River
Potsdam 1995 and 2020
Potsdam
Oxbow of the Oswegatchie River
Outside Of Gouvernor
Huckleberry Lake
Horseshoe Lake 1907
Grasse River in Massena
General Motors Massena, 1995 vs 2020
Downerville State Forest
Deer River State Forest
Cranberry Lake
Clear Pond
Campsites along the Bog River Flow
Bombay – Brasher State Forests
Benson Mines
Balmat No. 2, 3, and 4 mines
Horseshoe Lake
... photos, maps and other content from from St. Lawrence County.