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Photographer
Date
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Collection
Geographic Term
Subject Term
Earthmoving machinery
Historic sites--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
Historic parks
Gas manufacture and works--Environmental aspects
Coal gasification--Environmental aspects
Environmental protection
Soil protection
Soil remediation
Recreation areas--Maintenance
Parks--Maintenance
Grounds maintenance
Physical Description
General Note
The Cascades was where two Florida delegates, one traveling from St. Augustine and the other from Pensacola, met and camped. Thereafter, this site was determined to be the mid-point between Florida's first two cities, and was designated the state capital.
Discarded coal tar from a nearby city operated gas plant contaminated the soil. Over 70,000 tons of impacted soil is contracted to be excavated from the former manufactured gas plant and surrounding area while three inches of sediment from within the entire Cascades Creek channel will be removed for transport to an EPA-approved landfill.
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