300 Years of Artifacts, Refuse and Pollution

300 Years of Artifacts, Refuse and Pollution. Lighthouse Point Clean Up. , 1749-1850 , European settlers and Ogdensburg's port and railroad development swelled industrial and population growth creating significant historical refuse., 1850's-1984 , Exxon Mobil operated a major oil storage facility here. The main terminal, to the west, housed above-ground tanks of petroleum products delivered via subsurface pipelines from a barge dock, on the east, then loaded on tanker trucks for distribution., July 6, 2001 , Contamination adjacent to the main terminal was revealed by an environmental assessment. Investigation showed contamination at the main terminal site and pipelines., 2005-2007 , 63,465 tons (Over 3000 dump truck loads) of contaminated soil was removed from the Fort La Presentation and Exxon Mobil properties. Soil removal, paid for by the Oil Spill Fund, was overseen by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, and trucked to the Development Authority of the North Country landfill in Jefferson County and Franklin County Solid Waste Authority., 2010 , The Fort La Presentation Site, Lighthouse Point was placed on the National Register of Historic Places., [Illustration captions, clockwise from top left, read] , . [Map of Fort la Presentation] 1750, 18th Century Artifacts , Items recovered during the 2012 archeological dig of the Fort La Presentation site. , . Excavation of bastion floor , . Assorted buttons , . Clay Pipes Smile/Frown, . Main Terminal, seven above-ground tanks that stored gasoline, diesel, fuel oil and kerosene. , [Also, inset reads] 1966 Aerial View of Van Rensselaer (Lighthouse) Point, Approximately 8 billion gallons annually of petroleum were distributed from the terminal to tanker trucks for retail distribution during its operation., Truck loading Dock and 1,500 feet of subsurface pipelines connected the barge dock facility to the Main Terminal., . Below: Images from 2005-2007 site clean up