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26_0049929 Rohr Collection Image

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• Chuck Walla said:

  I believe, but can't prove, this is Stringfellow Acid Pits in Jurupa Valley, California. If correct, it was a property with about 11 unlined ponds used to dump waste acids and other bad stuff. It was closed in 1972 when traces of waste were allegedly found in a nearby water district's wells.
  
  It's a visual shock to see materials handled like this in the United States.
  
  I hope the photographer was upwind.
  
  This was before the Department of Transportation had standardized placarding on trucks hauling various materials. Nowadays, there are placards on trucks that correspond to a Emergency Response Guide book. Truck on fire? Here's what you need to know...
  
  I remember seeing acid waste sumps at various enterprises. The local District Attorney's crime laboratory had an acid waste sump.
  
  I see a Peterbuilt emblem on the cab and think this tractor is a late 1950s 352. Feel free to correct me if you see something different.