harlem's best park - what's under riverbank state park
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RIVERBANK STATE PARK IN
HARLEM, NY IS LOCATED ON
145TH & RIVERSIDE DRIVE,
OVER AN OPEN SEWER
RIVERBANK STATE PARK AND
NORTH RIVER WATER POLLUTION
TREATMENT PLANT (SEWER)
Hangin’ on the Hudson
Pictures from under
Riverbank State Park
Intake Area
Sewage Under
the Floor
OVER 100 MILLION
GALLONS PER DAY
PUMPS
PUMPS
Systems
Control
RUNNING EXCREMENT
Primary Tank
Covers
Secondary
Tanks
UNCOVERED
Notice The Steam
The water in this tank is 85-95% clean.
What’s in the other 5-15% that is strong
enough to survive chlorine?
Nobody knows
This thickner helps transform the sewage
into fertilizer that is used to grow food.
Boat going out with Sludge (sewage material without most of the liquids)
Boats leave 5-7 times a week
AIR SCRUBBER
TANKS
AIR FILTERS
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
Year NYC Harlem
1984 -Plant Construction
13.6 16.0
1985 - Plant built 13.4 23.3
1986 12.8 27.6
1987 13.1 20.9
1988 13.4 22.0
1989 13.3 23.4
1990 7.6 27.7
1991 -Primary Tanks Covered
11.4 19.2
1992 10.2 15.9
1993 - Crack in tank 10.2 25.
North River Plant and Infant Mortality Rates
in NYC and Harlem 1984-1993
©1998, all rights reserved
By:
J. Nayer Hardin
Computer Underground Railroad Enterprises