Seneca Army Depot, NY USA
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Peter Steiner / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
BF5298File size:
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4800 x 3600 px | 40.6 x 30.5 cm | 16 x 12 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
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Seneca Army Depot, NY USAMore information:
The former Seneca Army Depot occupied 10, 587 acres (43 km²) between Seneca Lake and Cayuga Lake in Seneca County, New York. It was used as a munitions storage and disposal facility by the United States Army from 1941 until the 1990s. The Depot was listed in the 1995 Base Realignment and Closure program and formally shut down on September 30, 2000. The property has since been transferred to the Seneca County Industrial Development Agency, which leases it to Seneca County Economic Development Corp.[1] Home to the world's largest herd of white deer, the Depot is located between Seneca Lake and Cayuga Lake of the Finger Lakes in New York, southeast of the City of Geneva. The base is in the towns of Varick and Romulus. Adjacent to the storage facility is the Seneca Army Airfield, whose long runway can handle large cargo aircraft. During the 1940’s, the Army stored radioactive materials in connection with the Manhattan Project in igloos E0801 through E0811, on the south end of the Depot. The Army RADCON team performed a survey on these igloos during the week of 13 May 1985. [2] The depot was a major employer in the region. It was linked to the outside world by the airfield, railroad lines and highways (NY-96 and NY-96A).