In 1905 when the Roebling family determined that they needed to expand their steel-mill facilities, a new town was born.rnLocated in Florence Township, N.J., near the Delaware River and named after its founders, Roebling changed drastically since its beginnings as farmland. Considering the remote location and lack of housing required for the mill workers needed to work in the new Roebling Steel Plant, the family designed and developed the surrounding area to accommodate all of the needs, including housing, stores, banks, even a town square.rnAfter the Roebling Steel Plant closed in 1981, the site was used for a variety of operations, including polymer reclamation operations, a storage site for insulating products and for refurbishing refrigerated trailers. Raw materials and waste products from these operations were stored or buried on several on-site locations. The abandoned buildings werernfilled with dust and asbestos, while the soil, rivers, creeks and ground-water in the surrounding area were contaminated with heavy metals and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.
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