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Not our historical period, but this news from the CBS news site shows what can happen when the watchdogs are napping:
FORT EDWARD, N.Y., Aug. 14, 2009
Crews Tear out Remnants of Old N.Y. Fort
G.E. Crews were Removing PCBs from Hudson River
* Dredgers remove PCB-laden sediment from the upper Hudson River, on May 15, 2009, more than three decades after the oily chemicals fouled the waterway in Fort Edward, N.Y. The crews tore out a piece of a colonial fort while working today. Photo
Dredgers remove PCB-laden sediment from the upper Hudson River, on May 15, 2009, more than three decades after the oily chemicals fouled the waterway in Fort Edward, N.Y. The crews tore out a piece of a colonial fort while working today. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)
(AP) Crews dredging PCBs from the Hudson River have ripped away remnants of what was once Britain's largest fort in Colonial America.
Neal Orsini says he was awoken around 4 a.m. Friday by the sound of dredging along his riverside property in Fort Edward, north of Albany.
Orsini says he discovered dredgers had torn out the riverbank along with two wooden beams that had been part of the fort's waterfront bastion. A third beam was later found still buried.
He says crews were supposed to stay away from that stretch of river bank because of its archaeological significance.
General Electric is dredging PCBs from the river bottom as part of a $750 million cleanup project. A GE spokesman didn't immediately return a call.
A shame.
Paul Hadley
FORT EDWARD, N.Y., Aug. 14, 2009
Crews Tear out Remnants of Old N.Y. Fort
G.E. Crews were Removing PCBs from Hudson River
* Dredgers remove PCB-laden sediment from the upper Hudson River, on May 15, 2009, more than three decades after the oily chemicals fouled the waterway in Fort Edward, N.Y. The crews tore out a piece of a colonial fort while working today. Photo
Dredgers remove PCB-laden sediment from the upper Hudson River, on May 15, 2009, more than three decades after the oily chemicals fouled the waterway in Fort Edward, N.Y. The crews tore out a piece of a colonial fort while working today. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)
(AP) Crews dredging PCBs from the Hudson River have ripped away remnants of what was once Britain's largest fort in Colonial America.
Neal Orsini says he was awoken around 4 a.m. Friday by the sound of dredging along his riverside property in Fort Edward, north of Albany.
Orsini says he discovered dredgers had torn out the riverbank along with two wooden beams that had been part of the fort's waterfront bastion. A third beam was later found still buried.
He says crews were supposed to stay away from that stretch of river bank because of its archaeological significance.
General Electric is dredging PCBs from the river bottom as part of a $750 million cleanup project. A GE spokesman didn't immediately return a call.
A shame.
Paul Hadley
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