Jennison-Wright Corporation Superfund Site
Groundwater Investigation
Granite City, Illinois
The Jennison-Wright Corporation site is an abandoned railroad tie-treating
facility and is comprised of
approximately 20 acres at 900 West 22nd Street within the corporate boundaries
of Granite City,
Madison County, Illinois. Jennison-Wright treated wood products (railroad ties
and wood block flooring)
with pentacholorphenol (PCP), creosote, and zinc naphthenate. Operations at
the facility began prior to
1921 and continued until 1989 with three separate companies operating at the
site: Midland Creosoting
Company (prior to 1921-1940), The Jennison-Wright Corporation (1940-1981) and
2-B-J.W., Inc. (1981-
1989), authorized to do business as Jennison-Wright Corporation.
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