How many names can one remembered General Motors plant have?
EPA’s Superfund records show that the Massena facility appears under multiple historical naming variants. Legacy preserves those aliases so a memory, document or search result can resolve to one canonical facility without treating every name as a different site.
Documented evidence
- EPA identifies the site canonically as General Motors (Central Foundry Division), Massena, New York.
- EPA lists multiple alternate forms including G M - Massena, G M Central Foundry, G.M. Central Foundry, and General Motors/Central Foundry Division.
- EPA records describe the site as an aluminum-casting facility and preserve a long cleanup and regulatory history under the same site identity.
What the record does not establish
Name resolution establishes identity, not asbestos use or individual exposure. Any asbestos relationship requires a separate source that actually supports that proposition.
Why this becomes graph value
The record is published as a reconstruction object, not a list entry. Legacy preserves the source, time context, material or task context, and the boundary between documentation and inference so the same evidence can support more than one historical question without being overstated.
Next reconstruction questions
Useful next questions include: What years? Which building, department, vehicle, machine, trade or maintenance task? What records, specifications, photographs, purchase documents, union records or coworkers can narrow the history?
Primary source
Primary source record Primary / authoritative source