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One of nine photos posted by Bubba Dubs
[The gasometer is a reminder that gas was an important byproduct of manufacturing coke.]
Hallie Strohmeyer: These sting a little, not gonna lie. I've been watching the progress from the ground, but seeing it all at once from overhead is an entirely different feeling. 😕 Thanks for sharing, Bubba Dubs!
As far as her history, there were some white hats who managed to capture a lot of photos in our last few months. My husband and I are in possession of probably 1200+ between the two of us. I have to agree that these old coke plants have to go once they're closed, as much as I hate to see them demolished. There's just too much risk to the environment and the cost to keep them from crumbling as they decay would be astronomical. Better to remember them as they were through photos and allow the land to be cleaned up, heal, and be reused for something else or be reclaimed by the ecosystem. |
After years of fighting legal issues concerning air quality violations, it was not the state agency that bought the plant operations to a halt. It was Erie "cutting off Erie Coke's ability to discharge its wastewater through the city of Erie sewer system." The company could not afford the cost of trucking away their wastewater. 100 jobs were lost. [
GoErie]
A 3D Satellite image caught it before the piles were removed and the demolition started.
They were pre-treating the water before they dumped it into the sewers.
Daniel Harmon
posted seven photos with the comment: "Old photos of Interlake Steel, Erie Pa. Courtesy of my friend Jerry Skrypzak."
Jon Hart: The coke works here later became Erie Coke?
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