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Gulf Mobile and Ohio Railyard
Murphysboro, Illinois
Properties near the Meadows of Murphy Subdivision were previously operated
as the Greenburg Junkyard. Battery plates and other debris left from this operation
suggest that the lead contamination was deposited in this area from a battery
cracking operation. Earlier in this century this property, in northern Murphysboro,
was part of the former Mobile & Ohio rail yard site and was used as a railroad
switching yard, roundhouse, and storage for railroad ties. Soil sampling indicated
elevated levels of lead, dioxin, and other contaminants in and around the subdivision.
Recently, the homeowners in the mobile home park accepted a buyout offer by
the Canadian National Railway. The Canadian National Railway accepted responsibility
of the cleanup.
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