Northport Power Station: work-history and asbestos evidence
New York court records preserve unusually concrete Northport details: a late-1960s electrician, contractor names, pump-motor work and a separate powerhouse case involving Treadwell employees.
What the public record tells us
Northport, 1967–1968
In Smith, the court described Alvin Smith as an electrician at Northport during 1967 and 1968. Employment records identified Rao Electrical Equipment Co. and the Rao/Arc joint venture during that period.
Pump motors and cleanup
The Smith decision records the plaintiff’s allegation that he encountered asbestos dust while working on and cleaning pump motors. The court also preserved testimony about who directed and oversaw the work.
Treadwell work at Northport
The Croteau decision describes Treadwell as a contractor working at Northport, Bowline Point and Astoria Unit 6, with Robert Croteau working those projects at various times from 1967 to 1975.
How to use these records
Public records can narrow a work-history investigation when they are connected to the person who was actually there. The most useful next details are usually the worker's years, employer or contractor, department, trade, daily tasks, nearby crews, equipment and remembered materials.
Who employed the worker?
The utility, electrical contractor, mechanical contractor or another employer can determine which records and witnesses are most useful.
What equipment or area?
Pump motors, electrical systems, turbine areas, boilers, piping and maintenance spaces can lead to different documentary trails.
What years?
Construction-era work and later maintenance work should be researched separately rather than treated as one undifferentiated history.
Primary and authoritative sources
Continue the investigation
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