"Picture Decatur" (Decatur IL)

Last July, we posted photos of the work site downtown where the clean-up of the old coal gasification facility was taking place.  View those photos HERE . Now, 12 months later, work is wrapping up, and the dismantling of the large "circus tent" is well underway. Here are shots from today:

have you seen the large white tent that has been erected along Martin Luther King Drive between Main and Wood Streets? No, it's not a circus that's come to town. Ameren (formerly Illinois Power) has started an 18 month project to clean-up contamination from the former coal gasification plant that was located on this site dating all the way back to 1865. piece of air quality monitoring equipment on site another piece of air quality monitoring equipment on site read more about the project in these 2 articles from the Herald & Review: http://herald-review.com/news/local/ameren-cleaning-up-former-coal-gasification-site-in-decatur/article_57afe116-daf6-11e2-bc4e-001a4bcf887a.html http://herald-review.com/business/local/ameren-shows-precautions-at-old-gasification-site/article_43f23842-de19-11e2-a91c-001a4bcf887a.html (most pictures can be enlarged by clicking on it)