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Title: SMOKESTACKS OF THE HOLMES ROAD INCINERATOR, NO LONGER POLLUTE THE ATMOSPHERE. THE PLANT PREVIOUSLY BURNED OLD AUTOMOBILE BATTERIES, PLASTICS AND OTHER MODERN MUNICIPAL TRASH WHICH IT WAS NOT DESIGNED TO HANDLE. COMPLAINTS OF AIR POLLUTION BY RESIDENTS AND TEACHERS AT NEARBY SCHOOLS RESULTED IN AN EXECUTIVE ORDER BY HOUSTON'S MAYOR CLOSING THE INCINERATOR IN JANUARY, 1974 (SEE IMAGE #3750 FOR PICTURE OF PLANT IN OPERATION IN APRIL, 1972)
Credit: U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
Author: St. Gil, Marc, 1924-1992, Photographer (NARA record: 8464473)
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