William T. Love
William T. Love wanted to create a city, powered by hydroelectric dams on a canal connecting the upper and lower Niagara Rivers, in New York. His canal was never finished, but a town was built on that site.
Hooker Chemical Company
(Source:"Love Canal Images." New York Heritage. New York
Heritage Digital Collection)
The Hooker Chemical Company established a plant on 16 acres in the city of Niagara Falls in 1943, producing chemicals for plastics, pharmaceuticals, and water disinfectants.
They buried their waste in the unfinished canal.
This business remained active, employing hundreds of people in Love Canal until 1953.
They buried their waste in the unfinished canal.
This business remained active, employing hundreds of people in Love Canal until 1953.
(Source:"Love Canal - A Strange Kind of Love." YouTube.)
Community
Home building around the unfinished, abandoned canal began in the early 1950s.
This community consisted of over 100 homes.
This community consisted of over 100 homes.
