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“I am convinced that the future is lost somehwere in the dumps of the non-historical past... Time turns metaphors into things, and stacks them up in cold rooms, or places them in the celestial playgrounds of the suburbs.”
- Robert Smithson. The Monuments of Passaic
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Times Beach
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1925 - 1985.
4 churches, 4 taverns, 2,000 people.
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CAUTION.
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Buyout: $32 million
Clean-up cost: $700 million
October 1999: Route 66 State Park Opens
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> STAY IN YOUR CAR
> KEEP WINDOWS DOWN
> STAY ON PAVEMENT
> DRIVE SLOWLY
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4 churches, 4 taverns, 2,000 people.
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CAUTION.
Hazardous Waste Site.
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Buyout: $32 million
Clean-up cost: $700 million
October 1999: Route 66 State Park Opens
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> STAY IN YOUR CAR
> KEEP WINDOWS DOWN
> STAY ON PAVEMENT
> DRIVE SLOWLY
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Coldwater Creek
Uranium-238
Radium-226
Thorium-230
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Radium-226
Thorium-230
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Carrollton
“Carrollton existed between a radioactive
dump and a radioactive creek...
Multiple agencies were determined
to buyout our houses in Bridgeton...
Was there another motive?”
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dump and a radioactive creek...
Multiple agencies were determined
to buyout our houses in Bridgeton...
Was there another motive?”
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West Lake Landfill
Radium-226
Thorium-230
Subsurface Smoldering Event
1.2 miles from the Missouri River
43,000 tons of radioactive waste
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Thorium-230
Subsurface Smoldering Event
1.2 miles from the Missouri River
43,000 tons of radioactive waste
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Weldon Spring
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.75 miles from St. Charles’ drinking water source
1.5 million cubic yards of radioactive watse
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1.5 million cubic yards of radioactive watse
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Modern-Day
MOUND-BUILDING.
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PLAYLIST:
Atomic Musical Collection
Atomic Musical Collection
The Skatelllis: Nuclear Weapon <
Yo La Tengo: War-Version 1 <
Morrisey: Everyday is like Sunday <
William Onyeabor: Atomic Bomb <
Cherry Glazerr: Nuclear Bomb <
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizards: Nuclear Fusion <
Sigue Sigue Sputnik: Nuclear Bomb <
Os Nucleares: Sai Pra La <
Working for a Nuclear-Free City: Fallout <
Sun Ra: Nucleaer War <
Ariel Pink: Time to Live <
The Louvin’ Brothers: The Gerat Atomic Power <
Blondie: Atomic
<
Yo La Tengo: Nuclear War-Version 4 <
Working for a Nuclear-Free City: All-American Taste <
Yo La Tengo: War-Version 1 <
Morrisey: Everyday is like Sunday <
William Onyeabor: Atomic Bomb <
Cherry Glazerr: Nuclear Bomb <
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizards: Nuclear Fusion <
Sigue Sigue Sputnik: Nuclear Bomb <
Os Nucleares: Sai Pra La <
Working for a Nuclear-Free City: Fallout <
Sun Ra: Nucleaer War <
Ariel Pink: Time to Live <
The Louvin’ Brothers: The Gerat Atomic Power <
Blondie: Atomic
<
Yo La Tengo: Nuclear War-Version 4 <
Working for a Nuclear-Free City: All-American Taste <
> Portugal. The Man: Atomic Man
> Modest Mouse: Ionizes & Atomizes
> Bad Religion: Atomic Garden
> Nena: 99 Luftballons
> Kate Bush: Breathing
> The Postal Service: We Will Become Silhouettes
> David Bowie: Bombers
> Yo La Tengo: Nuclear War-Version
> Oppenheimer Analysis: Radiance
> Galaxie 500: Strange
> Ariel Pink: Not Enough Violence
> Andrew Bird: Tables and Chairs
> Uncle Tupelo: Atomic Power
> Yo La Tengo: Nuclear War-Version 3
> (Your suggestions here) ____________
> Modest Mouse: Ionizes & Atomizes
> Bad Religion: Atomic Garden
> Nena: 99 Luftballons
> Kate Bush: Breathing
> The Postal Service: We Will Become Silhouettes
> David Bowie: Bombers
> Yo La Tengo: Nuclear War-Version
> Oppenheimer Analysis: Radiance
> Galaxie 500: Strange
> Ariel Pink: Not Enough Violence
> Andrew Bird: Tables and Chairs
> Uncle Tupelo: Atomic Power
> Yo La Tengo: Nuclear War-Version 3
> (Your suggestions here) ____________
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USEFUL RESOURCES:
http://www.coldwatercreekfacts.com/
https://dnr.mo.gov/env/hwp/fedfac/westlakelandfill-ffs.htm
http://www.stlradwastelegacy.com/
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WE ARE MOST DEFINITELY NOT SPONSORED BY:
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http://www.coldwatercreekfacts.com/
https://dnr.mo.gov/env/hwp/fedfac/westlakelandfill-ffs.htm
http://www.stlradwastelegacy.com/
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WE ARE MOST DEFINITELY NOT SPONSORED BY:
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