Thursday Daily Delawhere [10.20.11]

Filed in National by Delaware Dem on October 20, 2011

From what location is this picture of the Chester-Marcus Hook refinery skyline and the Philadelphia skyline taken?

puck says:

October 20, 2011 at 8:16 am

I’ve never been to the shoreline there but from the view I’d say Fox Point State Park.
Delaware Dem says:

October 20, 2011 at 8:20 am

Correct.
skippertee says:

October 20, 2011 at 9:20 am

Puck, you should go there. The ship channel runs so close to the shore at Fox Point you can hit ’em with a rock!
puck says:

October 20, 2011 at 9:34 am

I used to live in the area, right around the time the park was opened. As I recall they had to cap off and seal a giant mound of dioxin or something before they could let people on it. It’s also a stone’s throw from the Dupont Edgemoor plant.
JustSomeGuy says:

October 20, 2011 at 10:14 am

Better living through Chemistry…. or so they told me when i was just youngin’ 🙂
skippertee says:

October 20, 2011 at 12:31 pm

I helped install a 20″ pipeline to connect to the GAS-TURBINES at Delmarva through there. There was definitely some STRANGE soil.
Another Mike says:

October 20, 2011 at 12:57 pm

From the state website: “Past dumping practices at Fox Point had contaminated the soil at the site.These practices included the disposal of industrial waste and the application of sewage sludge.”

I think the state had to be sued to disclose the exact nature of the industrial waste. I live close by, and most days the place looks deserted. It’s a nice piece of land with lots of potential, but so far has not lived up to it.