The Love Canal

  • A Picture of an Aerial View of the Love Canal

    A Picture of an Aerial View of the Love Canal
    This photo was taken sometime before 1953 of the Love Canal community in Niagara Falls, New York. Businessman William T. Love had the dream of creating the Love Canal to use as a source of power to fuel his model city in the late 1890s.
  • Toxic Waste At Love Canal

    Toxic Waste At Love Canal
  • Love Canal Protestors

    Love Canal Protestors
    Many protests began to take place in hopes to make a change and help the people living in the Love Canal community.
  • Evacuation of Love Canal Homes

    Evacuation of Love Canal Homes
    Evacuation of the Love Canal families began in 1978, but more and more families were urged to evacuate their homes each year. The children living in the Love Canal area would return from playing outside with burns on their faces and hands.
  • Love Canal Resident Memo to President Jimmy Carter

    Love Canal Resident Memo to President Jimmy Carter
  • Demolition of Abandoned Love Canal Homes

    Demolition of Abandoned Love Canal Homes
  • Remediation Work at Love Canal

    Remediation Work at Love Canal