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Lake Ontario Ordnance Works
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Lake_Ontario_Ordnance_Works
GPTKB entity
Statements (27)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
former military installation
gptkbp:area
7,500 acres
gptkbp:built
1941
gptkbp:country
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:currentUse
partly used as a hazardous waste site
partly used as a landfill
partly used as a wildlife refuge
partly used for waste storage
gptkbp:environmentalImpact
radioactive waste
chemical contamination
gptkbp:historicalSignificance
Cold War nuclear materials storage
Manhattan Project uranium storage
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Lake Ontario Ordnance Works
gptkbp:location
gptkb:Niagara_County,_New_York
gptkbp:nearby
gptkb:Lewiston,_New_York
gptkb:Lake_Ontario
gptkb:Youngstown,_New_York
gptkbp:notableSiteWithin
gptkb:Niagara_Falls_Storage_Site
gptkb:LOOW_Interim_Waste_Containment_Structure
gptkbp:operatedBy
gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:partOf
gptkb:U.S._Army_Ordnance_Department
gptkbp:purpose
production of TNT and other explosives
gptkbp:remediationBy
gptkb:U.S._Army_Corps_of_Engineers
gptkbp:status
decommissioned
gptkbp:usedDuring
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Manhattan_Project_sites
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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