WELCOME to THE GREEN HISTORY DETECTIVES
Episode 24
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Who can tell us what the area in the aerial photograph(s) below is of?
The year that each aerial photo was taken is given in the upper left corner of the photo.
The clues will consist of adding another aerial photo of a later year to the set.
CLUE:
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SOLUTION
The aerial photo below includes a white rectangle to identify the area in the aerial photos above
and a red rectangle to show where the former Boettler Auto Salvage Yard was located in that area,
which is now Federal Express and, across the road, Green High School.
NOTE:
The red polygons east-northeast and southeast of the area above identify the following sites that
the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) believes and has documented as being "responsible for
negatively impacting the surrounding groundwater with the potential of presenting a significant
human health concern": Industrial Excess Landfill (IEL), Superfund Site, Uniontown, Ohio, U.S. EPA ID: OHD000377911 WISE ROAD DISPOSAL SITE, Green Township, Summit County, Ohio, U.S. EPA ID: OH0001328350
Those sites are investigated, explained, and explored in the
The Green History Detectives
SOLUTIONs for Episode 5
and
Episode 23
respectively.
The photo below is of Federal Express, precisely where Boettler Auto Salvage Yard was located:
The photo below is of Green High School, across the road from where Boettler Auto Salvage Yard
was located:
The aerial photos below of the former Boettler Auto Salvage Yard are oriented with north to the
right (i.e. west is up) to use the computer screen most effectively.
