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New Bedford Harbor
New Bedford Harbor
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and other hazardous materials were released into New Bedford Harbor over a period of 40 years as a result of electrical component manufacturing. Restoration activities are designed to restore natural resources that were lost, injured, or destroyed by the releases. Priorities for restoration include salt marshes and other wetlands, recreational areas, water-column quality, living marine resources, habitats, shellfish and endangered species. Collectively, these actions will help restore an ecosystem severely degraded by long-term, broad-scale contaminant releases, industrial development and shoreline modification.
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From Fairhaven, a view of New Bedford and the Aerovox facility, one of thecontamination sources of PCBs.
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From the west looking toward Coggeshall Street. The image defines the upper andlower harbor.
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Clark Point, New Bedford. Prior to restoration, the primary wastewaterplant is now gone and a park was developed at the site.
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Fish Island, New Bedford.
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The hurricane barrier in New Bedford Harbor, Fairhaven shore on the East side.
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Clarks Point, Clarks Cove.
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A distant view of Fairhaven and New Bedford Harbor with Sconicut Neck on theright. The property at the bottom was purchased as a land trust.
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A close-up view of one of the three PCB sources. West side of inner New BedfordHarbor.
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Fort Rodman at Clarks Point. This fort existed from the Civil War through the1960s. A wastewater treatment plant, as part of the remedial activities toclean New Bedford Harbor, was placed at the site, after clean-up was completed,the facility was re
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A good view of the whole west side of New Bedford Harbor. At the bottom of theimage is I95 and in the far off distance one of the contamination sources can beseen.
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New Bedford Harbor, looking east toward Fairhaven.
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The New Bedford side of the Harbor looking north.
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Inner New Bedford Harbor looking south and at the site of Fort Pierce Mill. Themill burned and the trustees overseeing restoration at New Bedford Harbor arecontributing funds toward construction of the future Riverside Park.
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Upper Buzzards Bay just south of the Atlas and Tack Superfund site.
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The New Bedford side of New Bedford Harbor.
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The beginning of the hurricane barrier, inside of the northern side of thebarrier.
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A view of the new wastewater treatment plant at Fort Taber.
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The combined sewer outfall pipe.
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Acushnet, MA, Hamilin Street Bridge.
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Nonquit Marsh, this culvert is scheduled to be replaced in the round 2 projects.
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