Abandoned Concrete Storage Tank (Cornwall, Ontario)

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Mostly buried in the ground, this concrete storage tank slowly rots away among the trees. In the 1980's, it was rumoured to have once been used to store mustard gas during World War I.
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Coordinates:   45°1'5"N   74°45'56"W

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  • Anyone who has info about this, leave a comment. I have always been curious about it.
  • Went to look for it a few weeks ago, found nothing.
  • https://cornwallcommunitymuseum.wordpress.com/2016/09/18/hill-70-cornwalls-deadly-mustard-gas-plant/
  • I too recall this tank and used to play on the tank when I was growing up in Cornwall. I'm grown up now and I wrote horror novels. Currently I'm incorporating this tank into a novel I am working on right now.
  • played on this tank in the 70's , I had heard it was a storage tank for nerve gas during WW2
  • Wish there were some photographs of these places from the 1980s. I wonder if the city has any paperwork on it. Who specifically removed it? Were they briefed on the contents/risks? I'm still convinced there's stuff buried in that field, though I have not been back since my visit almost a decade ago. Lyme disease, risky.
  • i lived 2 blocks away from it in Riverdale in cornwall the tanks were about 30 feet round with a dome roof it was 100% pure concrete about 3 feet thick.. i use to play on so did numerous other kids without knowing what it was ...it was torn down in the very late 80's due to some child falling through a snow coverd hole....then the city decided to remove it then ...the ground back in the bush it blue,orange,ruty red ,and yellow...600 yards away were 4 giant acids pits from the phizer chemical factory ..its all filled in now but we use to throw in logs within seconds it was gone...so now its a huge hill and everyone calls it blue mountain cause the soil is blue..i hope i've been of some use to your question...
  • Thanks. I lived about 6 blocks away from 1980 to 1983. Ages 11 to 14. Interesting to hear what happened.
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