West Calumet Public Housing (site) (East Chicago, Indiana)

USA / Indiana / Hammond / East Chicago, Indiana

EPA superfund, public housing estate

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,In 1968, the East Chicago Housing Authority chose the former site of the Anaconda Lead Products facility, which was built in the early 1900s, to become the future home of the West Calumet Housing Complex. the development is highly contaminated and was demolished in 2018.

www.nytimes.com/2016/08/31/us/lead-contamination-public...

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Coordinates: 41°37'24"N 87°28'7"W

Calumet 0.3 km
Union Tank Car Company (site) 0.4 km
US Smelter and Lead Refinery Superfund Site 0.8 km
East Calumet 1.1 km
BP Whiting Refinery - Fuel Storage Tankage 1.2 km
Citgo East Chicago Terminal 2.2 km
IHB Gibson Yard 2.2 km
Dupont Natural Area 2.3 km
East Hammond 2.8 km
Hessville 3.8 km

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Calumet Union Tank Car Company (site) US Smelter and Lead Refinery Superfund Site East Calumet BP Whiting Refinery - Fuel Storage Tankage Citgo East Chicago Terminal IHB Gibson Yard Dupont Natural Area East Hammond Hessville