http://www.tceq.texas.gov A collections of photos from the International Creosoting state Superfund site. daily 1 2011-08-17T01:01:35Z http://www.tceq.texas.gov/remediation/superfund/photo_gallery/international/photo1 In this aerial photograph supplied by the Texas Department of Transportation, the major highway at the right is I-10. Pine Street loops across the top. The light area in the lower center is the Beaumont city landfill. Across the bayou from the landfill is the 14.7-acre International Creosoting site. By 1975, work was already under way to get rid of some of the creosote-settling pits. No publisher Robin Maiorisi 2011-08-24T19:15:38Z Image http://www.tceq.texas.gov/remediation/superfund/photo_gallery/international/photo2 Although the site had not been used for wood treatment since 1973, an operation control tower and some of the grid of creosote surface impoundments were still present at the site in November 1991. The site was used for treating wood from 1898 through 1973. No publisher Robin Maiorisi 2011-08-24T19:15:40Z Image http://www.tceq.texas.gov/remediation/superfund/photo_gallery/international/photo3 The size of a water tower, this heat exchanger was one of the last structures to be removed from the site. No publisher Robin Maiorisi 2011-08-24T19:15:40Z Image http://www.tceq.texas.gov/remediation/superfund/photo_gallery/international/photo4 Dismantling this heat exchanger was easier than it would have been to knock it down and then cut up the pieces. More than 25 feet tall, this unit was nearly 100 years old. No publisher Robin Maiorisi 2011-08-24T19:15:41Z Image http://www.tceq.texas.gov/remediation/superfund/photo_gallery/international/photo5 The former wood treatment business left behind numerous unlabeled drums of waste that had to be identified and classified for disposal. No publisher Robin Maiorisi 2011-08-24T19:15:41Z Image http://www.tceq.texas.gov/remediation/superfund/photo_gallery/international/photo6 During a removal action in February 1992, drums of waste were placed in larger containers and sealed for safe transportation to a disposal site. No publisher Robin Maiorisi 2011-08-24T19:15:42Z Image http://www.tceq.texas.gov/remediation/superfund/photo_gallery/international/photo7 The wood treatment chemical settling ponds were six feet wide, thirty feet long and three feet deep No publisher Robin Maiorisi 2011-08-24T19:15:42Z Image http://www.tceq.texas.gov/remediation/superfund/photo_gallery/international/photo8 For several years after the site was abandoned by the wood treatment business, stormwater could flood the settling ponds and contaminate the surrounding soils. No publisher Robin Maiorisi 2011-08-24T19:15:43Z Image http://www.tceq.texas.gov/remediation/superfund/photo_gallery/international/photo9 This view was from the banks of Brakes Bayou in mid-October 2000, looking across the bayou toward the Trinity Industries facility. The marker on the near bank of the bayou was to be the location of the bulkhead along the bayou bank. No publisher Robin Maiorisi 2011-08-24T19:15:43Z Image http://www.tceq.texas.gov/remediation/superfund/photo_gallery/international/photo10 In October 2000, this view was looking along the line of the planned 50-foot deep slurry wall trench. No publisher Robin Maiorisi 2011-08-24T19:15:44Z Image http://www.tceq.texas.gov/remediation/superfund/photo_gallery/international/photo11 Former site occupants had apparently buried timbers and other debris to raise the level of the site. It was inevitable that the planned 50-foot deep trench would run into some of the buried nests of timbers. No publisher Robin Maiorisi 2011-08-24T19:15:44Z Image http://www.tceq.texas.gov/remediation/superfund/photo_gallery/international/photo12 The planned 50-foot deep trench for the slurry wall, also had to be cleared of rocks and concrete. No publisher Robin Maiorisi 2011-08-24T19:15:45Z Image http://www.tceq.texas.gov/remediation/superfund/photo_gallery/international/photo13 This is one of two large underground storage tanks found during excavation for the slurry wall. The pre-World War II tanks contained fuel oil. No publisher Robin Maiorisi 2011-08-24T19:15:45Z Image http://www.tceq.texas.gov/remediation/superfund/photo_gallery/international/photo14 The bulkhead is intended to keep the flow from eroding the banks of the bayou. The bulkhead was framed around the storm drain that empties into the bayou. No publisher Robin Maiorisi 2011-08-24T19:15:46Z Image http://www.tceq.texas.gov/remediation/superfund/photo_gallery/international/photo15 The bulkhead is intended to keep the bayou flow from eroding the banks. No publisher Robin Maiorisi 2011-08-24T19:15:46Z Image