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The Baltimore Sun ran a story today about industrial threats to two battlefields in Frederick County, MD. The first is a huge waste-to-energy plant that is planned just across the Monocacy River from the Monocacy Battlefield, which will feature a 270-foot smokestack. If you think the observation tower at Gettysburg was an eyesore, wait till you see this thing--even the building next to the smokestack will be 150 feet high.
The other threat is the proposed gas compressor station that Dominion Power wants to build next to Fox's Tavern and the South Mountain Battlefield. We've been fighting this one since 2008:
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Fox's Tavern and the South Mountain Battlefield area have been on the CWT's 10 Most Endangered Battlefield Sites list for the last two years. They've been nominated for 2011 as well:
A lot of people and a number of organizations are involved in preservation efforts for South Mountain and considerable progress has been made. But as the saying goes, "it aint over till it's over," and it won't be over for South Mountain for some time to come--because of the spread-out nature of the battlefield, which occurred in three separate gaps, there's increasing pressure on the area by residential encroachment and utility companies (high power transmission lines already cut through parts of the battlefield).
Please sign all posts with your full name - Mike Chapman
The other threat is the proposed gas compressor station that Dominion Power wants to build next to Fox's Tavern and the South Mountain Battlefield. We've been fighting this one since 2008:
Fox's Tavern and the South Mountain Battlefield area have been on the CWT's 10 Most Endangered Battlefield Sites list for the last two years. They've been nominated for 2011 as well:
A lot of people and a number of organizations are involved in preservation efforts for South Mountain and considerable progress has been made. But as the saying goes, "it aint over till it's over," and it won't be over for South Mountain for some time to come--because of the spread-out nature of the battlefield, which occurred in three separate gaps, there's increasing pressure on the area by residential encroachment and utility companies (high power transmission lines already cut through parts of the battlefield).
Please sign all posts with your full name - Mike Chapman
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