Photographs of the oil spill at Alexandria Bay, New York
- MS-2-789, Box 12, Folder 5
- File
- 1976
Part of Bill Freedman fonds
File contains 12 photographs taken by Bill Freedman at Alexandria Bay, New York in 1976. Photographs show clean-up efforts after the oil Barge Nepco ran aground on June 23, 1976 and spilled 250,000 gallons of crude oil in the St. Lawrence Seaway. The barge was owned by the Oswego Barge Company of Wilmington, Delaware and held oil owned by the New England Petroleum Company.