Seneca Army Depot
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| Seneca is a munitions storage site in upstate New York, that is being cleaned up and converted to civilian use. The 11,000-acre base was an explosives, chemical weapons, and hazardous material supply depot, with 519 ammunition storage igloos and over 20 large warehouses. Weapons were also disposed of at Seneca, by detonation, incineration, and open burning. The contents of some dumping areas is still classified by the Army. Though most radioactive material, some of which dated back to the Manhattan Project, has been removed from the site, some portions of this base may never be totally cleaned up. Reuses of the base include a new prison, and a proposed troubled-youth facility. Since the creation of the depot in 1941, a small group of rare white deer thrived - being off limits to hunters. The 200+ albino deer are reported to be the only of their kind in the world. |
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40 miles SW of Syracuse, in Romulus
(POINT(-76.863956451416 42.745814583164))
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| Romulus NY, 14541 |
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http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/seneca.htm
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Former Defense Site, Military, Munitions Plant / Ordnance Depot, Nuclear / Radioactive
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