Oil Storage Tanks

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  Ben (guest)

  Actually the site of the accident (which killed 37 workers and 3 safety inspectors) is just south of the Goethals (287) bridge (scroll up north along the arthur kill and you'll see the remains of a massive tank farm). These tanks were never used because of public outcry about the safety of LNG facilities, so they've just sat here rotting for 30-something years. http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyrichmo/history.shtml "Feb. 10, 1973 An empty liquefied natural gas (LNG) tank in Bloomfield explodes, killing 40 workers cleaning the inside. The incident, which stands as the borough's worst industrial accident ever, energizes local opposition to filling larger tanks, in Rossville, with the gas. The tanks are never filled, ending a 13-year battle against the plan."

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  timmy062 (guest)

  this is true ive been up on these tanks and the roof(s) are still in tact, so theres no way these could be the 1973 accident tanks. as the previous user stated, these were built but never used

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  Jackie (guest)

  As stated by the above commentors, this is not where the fire was. The fire was on Bloomfield Avenue in Staten Island. You can map the intersection of Bloomfield Avenue and Bloomfield Road in Staten Island if you would like to see the circles left by the long gone LNG tanks. Here is the correct information about the location shown in the photos posted above and the web site I found it on. http://www.vallejocpr.org/background/economic-future.html Towns Taken Down by LNG Rossville, New Jersey This sleepy seaside resort near the shore of the Arthur Kill was once scattered with lovely Victorian houses and beautiful bridle paths. “Many of the 500 families who live there chose this village on the shore of the Arthur Kill because it was a good place to bring up children. Safe.” On July 25th, 1970, the Distrigas Company announced that it would construct nine fourteen-story LNG storage tanks on a 97-acre tract in Rossville. Distrigas eventually erected two tanks. By the late 1970s Rossville was a dilapidated town littered with for sale signs. One family living within 500 feet of the two LNG tanks gave up trying to sell their house. (From, Time Bomb, Peter Vanderlinde with Naomi A Hintz, page 50, Doubleday & Co., 1978)

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