Fresh Kills Landfill
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The Fresh Kills Landfill was a landfill covering 2,200 acres (890 ha) in the New York City borough of Staten Island in the United States. The name comes from the landfill's location along the banks of the Fresh Kills estuary in western Staten Island.
Garbage scows bring solid waste to Plant #2 at Fresh Kills Landfill in 1973
Fresh Kills Landfill on the western edge of Staten Island
A D7 Tractor with two Athey Wagons dumping, 1973.
Worker combing through debris from the World Trade Center at the Fresh Kills landfill; Manhattan is visible in the distance
Arthur Kill
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The Arthur Kill is a tidal strait in the New York–New Jersey Harbor Estuary between Staten Island, New York and Union and Middlesex counties, New Jersey. It is a major navigational channel of the Port of New York and New Jersey.
Aerial view of Arthur Kill, with the Rahway River joining from the left and Prall's Island visible near center.
Shown in red, between New Jersey and Staten Island, Arthur Kill connects Raritan Bay on the south with Newark Bay on the north
As seen from Staten Island, with Carteret, New Jersey, in the background and small creek in foreground
Chemical Coast & Howland Hook