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Walton & Lonsbury Site

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EXTERIOR: Walton & Lonsbury, Inc. Sign along North Avenue<br />Date Taken: 8/10/2010<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 41.9577139379097<br />Longitude: -71.2965461611748<br />Tags:
Walton & Lonsbury - Historic Photograph Circa 1944, Plating Operations<br />Date Taken: <br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Walton & Lonsbury - Historic Photograph (Estimated Circa 1944) - Finishing Room (Griding & Polishing)<br />Date Taken: <br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
2005 - Site Photographs during Plating Operations<br />Date Taken: <br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
2005 - Site Photographs during Plating Operations<br />Date Taken: <br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
2005 - Site Photographs during Plating Operations<br />Date Taken: <br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
2005 - Site Photographs during Plating Operations<br />Date Taken: <br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
EXTERIOR: Walton & Lonsbury Site - facing West with North Avenue behind photographer<br />Date Taken: 8/10/2010<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 41.9578505674377<br />Longitude: -71.2965756654739<br />Tags:
EXTERIOR: Walton & Lonsbury Site - facing South with Walton St. behind photographer, and North Ave to the left of photographer<br />Date Taken: 8/10/2010<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 41.9579981668905<br />Longitude: -71.2970101833344<br />Tags:
EXTERIOR: Walton & Lonsbury Site - facing South<br />Date Taken: 8/10/2010<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 41.9579742318673<br />Longitude: -71.2971067428589<br />Tags:
EXTERIOR: Walton & Lonsbury Site - facing SouthEast. <br />Date Taken: 8/10/2010<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 41.9576870108879<br />Longitude: -71.2974071502686<br />Tags:
EXTERIOR: Walton & Lonsbury Site - facing SE<br />Date Taken: 8/10/2010<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 41.9577029676429<br />Longitude: -71.2970960140228<br />Tags:
EXTERIOR: Walton & Lonsbury Site - facing North with wetland behind photographer<br />Date Taken: 8/10/2010<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 41.9573549100167<br />Longitude: -71.2971094250679<br />Tags:
EXTERIOR: Walton & Lonsbury Site - facing North<br />Date Taken: 8/10/2010<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 41.9573918101989<br />Longitude: -71.2970423698425<br />Tags:
EXTERIOR: Walton & Lonsbury Site - facing East, with North Avenue ahead of photographer beyond air handling units.<br />Date Taken: 8/10/2010<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 41.9573878209911<br />Longitude: -71.2969779968262<br />Tags:
EXTERIOR: Walton & Lonsbury Site - facing North with North Avenue to the East (right) of the photographer, wetlands behind, and facility in front.<br />Date Taken: 8/10/2010<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 41.9574995187169<br />Longitude: -71.296673566103<br />Tags:
INTERIOR: Walton & Lonsbury - Main Plating Room<br />Date Taken: 8/10/2010<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 41.9577009730487<br />Longitude: -71.2970034778118<br />Tags:
INTERIOR: Walton & Lonsbury - Main Plating Room (Dipping Tanks - Rinse & Neutralization)<br />Date Taken: 8/10/2010<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 41.9577059595341<br />Longitude: -71.2969994544983<br />Tags:
INTERIOR: Walton & Lonsbury - Main Plating Room (Plating Tank/Vat #1)<br />Date Taken: 8/10/2010<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
INTERIOR: Walton & Lonsbury - Main Plating Room<br />Date Taken: 8/10/2010<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:

EXTERIOR: Walton & Lonsbury, Inc. Sign along North Avenue Walton & Lonsbury - Historic Photograph Circa 1944, Plating Operations Walton & Lonsbury - Historic Photograph (Estimated Circa 1944) - Finishing Room (Griding & Polishing) 2005 - Site Photographs during Plating Operations 2005 - Site Photographs during Plating Operations 2005 - Site Photographs during Plating Operations 2005 - Site Photographs during Plating Operations EXTERIOR: Walton & Lonsbury Site - facing West with North Avenue behind photographer EXTERIOR: Walton & Lonsbury Site - facing South with Walton St. behind photographer, and North Ave to the left of photographer EXTERIOR: Walton & Lonsbury Site - facing South EXTERIOR: Walton & Lonsbury Site - facing SouthEast. EXTERIOR: Walton & Lonsbury Site - facing SE EXTERIOR: Walton & Lonsbury Site - facing North with wetland behind photographer EXTERIOR: Walton & Lonsbury Site - facing North EXTERIOR: Walton & Lonsbury Site - facing East, with North Avenue ahead of photographer beyond air handling units. EXTERIOR: Walton & Lonsbury Site - facing North with North Avenue to the East (right) of the photographer, wetlands behind, and facility in front. INTERIOR: Walton & Lonsbury - Main Plating Room INTERIOR: Walton & Lonsbury - Main Plating Room (Dipping Tanks - Rinse & Neutralization) INTERIOR: Walton & Lonsbury - Main Plating Room (Plating Tank/Vat #1) INTERIOR: Walton & Lonsbury - Main Plating Room INTERIOR: Walton & Lonsbury - Main Plating Room Walls with Cores removed (yellow indicates chrome contamination saturating bricks) INTERIOR: Walton & Lonsbury - Main Plating Room (Tank/Vat with chromic acid and sludge) INTERIOR: Walton & Lonsbury - Main Plating Room (Plating Tank) INTERIOR: Walton & Lonsbury - Main Plating Room (looking up towards offices, Tanks 1, 2 & 3 to the right). INTERIOR: Walton & Lonsbury - Main Plating Room (Tank 4, elevated), with empty Hydrochloric Acid dip tank in front) INTERIOR: Walton & Lonsbury - Main Plating Room (Plating Tank/Vat) INTERIOR: Walton & Lonsbury - Main Plating Room (Plating Tank/Vat) INTERIOR: Walton & Lonsbury - Main Plating Room (Tank/Vat) INTERIOR: Walton & Lonsbury - Main Plating Room (inside TankVat - sludge and chromic acid) INTERIOR: Walton & Lonsbury - Main Plating Room (Tank 6 to the left) INTERIOR: Walton & Lonsbury - Main Plating Room (Tanks 4, 5 & 6) INTERIOR: Walton & Lonsbury - Main Plating Room (Mobile Steel Beam with 3 Ton Capacity Crane) INTERIOR: Walton & Lonsbury - Main Plating Room (Interior Wall facing North of Main Plating Room - this used to be the original exterior wall) INTERIOR: Walton & Lonsbury - Former Small Plating Room INTERIOR: Walton & Lonsbury - Former Small Plating Room INTERIOR: Walton & Lonsbury - Maintenance Room INTERIOR: Walton & Lonsbury - Maintenance Room & Lead Smelting Area INTERIOR: Walton & Lonsbury - Maintenance Room & Lead Smelting Area INTERIOR: Walton & Lonsbury - Maintenance Room INTERIOR: Walton & Lonsbury - Maintenance Room & Lead Smelting Area INTERIOR: Walton & Lonsbury - Boiler Room INTERIOR: Walton & Lonsbury - Laboratory INTERIOR: Walton & Lonsbury - Laboratory INTERIOR: Walton & Lonsbury - Wastewater Treatment Plant (a.k.a. INTERIOR: Walton & Lonsbury - Wastewater Treatment Plant (a.k.a. INTERIOR: Walton & Lonsbury - Door to Generator Room from Main Plating Room INTERIOR: Walton & Lonsbury - Generator Room INTERIOR: Walton & Lonsbury - Generator Room INTERIOR: Walton & Lonsbury - Generator Room. Room is directly behind plating tanks, this location is behind Tanks 5 & 6 - chromic acid has saturated the wall, and corroded it, leaving behind high levels of chromium. INTERIOR/EXTERIOR: Walton & Lonsbury - Compressor Room INTERIOR: Walton & Lonsbury - Shipping & Receiving Area INTERIOR: Walton & Lonsbury - S&H area INTERIOR: Walton & Lonsbury - Loading Dock INTERIOR: Walton & Lonsbury - Outside of offices, facing S&H Area INTERIOR: Walton & Lonsbury - Loading Dock, ground floor INTERIOR: Walton & Lonsbury - Loading Dock, hydraulic lift (sub floor) INTERIOR: Walton & Lonsbury - Basement INTERIOR: Walton & Lonsbury - Basement INTERIOR: Walton & Lonsbury - Basement INTERIOR: Walton & Lonsbury - Basement INTERIOR: Walton & Lonsbury - Basement INTERIOR: Walton & Lonsbury - Basement INTERIOR: Walton & Lonsbury - Basement INTERIOR: Walton & Lonsbury - Basement INTERIOR: Walton & Lonsbury - Basement Chromic Acid leaching through the wall INTERIOR: Walton & Lonsbury - Basement Demolition begins Demolishing mechanics shop first dust suppression while demolition continues roof of machine room coming down Machine shop nearly demolished Last seconds standing - the stack comes down at W&L Site. SEE DOCUMENTS SECTION FOR VIDEO (video won't post in images section) Just after the fall of the stack at W&L The stack - down at last waste water treatment plant demolition Photo collage taken from video stills of the stack collapsing at W&L Site. photo collage of polishing room demolition at W&L Site collage of polishing room demolition Significant metal contamination below plating vats. excavator pulling up chrome and lead contaminated sludge and soils under the plating room floor. Under the plating room floor. High levels of chromic acid sludge. chromic acid and plating vat sludge found under the plating room floors of the Walton & Lonsbury facility. excavating below the plating room floor excavating the plating vats and removing them from below ground surface. Plating vat acid bricks, contaminated with plating sludge. Cross section of soils beneath the plating vats preparing Site for excavation preparing site for excavation