DuPont — Niagara Falls, Buffalo Avenue
The Buffalo Avenue manufacturing plant must be distinguished from the DuPont/Necco Park disposal property. EPA records describe manufacturing at the Buffalo Avenue location since 1898.
Which workplace do you remember?
Start with the exact property, employer, job, years and department. Nearby sites with related names may have different operations and records.
Dates that may bring back a memory
1898 onward
EPA describes manufacturing at the Buffalo Avenue plant from 1898.
Mid-1930s–1977
EPA describes Necco Park disposal of industrial and process wastes from the Niagara plant during this period.
1990s
EPA and New York remediation records describe investigation and remedial work at separate Niagara properties.
Details that help identify your workplace
- Did you work at the Buffalo Avenue manufacturing plant or at a separate waste, construction or maintenance location?
- Can you identify a building number, process area, shift, department or contractor?
- Did your work involve a production line, utilities, laboratories, maintenance or construction?
Think about entrances, routes to work, equipment, coworkers, shift changes, expansions, contractors and nearby landmarks.
Keep the manufacturing plant separate from disposal records
Buffalo Avenue manufacturing
Begin with the entrance, building, process department, laboratory, utility system, maintenance shop or loading point the worker actually used.
Necco Park
EPA describes a distinct disposal property. Someone recalling trucking, excavation or remediation should identify the property and employer rather than treating the sites as interchangeable.
Contractor assignments
A construction, shutdown or repair crew may have entered only one part of a large industrial property. Record the project and approximate year.
Changing industrial landscape
Old street names, fence lines, railroad access and neighboring businesses can help place a remembered entrance on a historical map.
Questions worth asking
- Was the person employed by DuPont or a separate contractor?
- Did the work occur during ordinary production, a plant shutdown, a construction project or later remediation?
Put the years beside the place
A job title or company name may span several sites and decades. Start with the earliest and latest years you remember, then add changes in department, building, employer, supervisor, shift or equipment. A photograph, pay stub, union record or former coworker may help place an event in time.
Even ordinary details—where you entered, the route you traveled, what the plant produced that year—can help distinguish one workplace from another.
From a remembered workplace to records
Potential next sources include property maps, historical photographs, employment and union records, equipment manuals, work orders, contractor records, building plans and testimony. The correct evidence depends on the identified location and dates.
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