THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, March 26, 1995 TAG: 9503260294
SECTION: FRONT PAGE: A4 EDITION: FINAL
LENGTH: Short : 26 lines
Research by SCOTT HARPER
Graphic by ROBERT D. VOROS/Staff
Built in 1917, the former Nansemond Ordnance Depot is now the
subject of a federal environmental probe for possible chemical and
weapons contamination. Currently owned by the state of Virginia and
various government agencies, General Electric Co., and Dominion
Resources Inc., the old depot is eroding at its shoreline where
suspected waste sites once were operated. Munitions already have
been found on the beaches and throughout the property.
SOURCE: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
[For complete graphic, please see microfilm]
KEYWORDS: EXPLOSIVES HAZARDOUS WASTE WORLD WAR I
WORLD WAR II by CNB