Oil seeping from the old Grove Laundry building was first discovered in 1986 by Edward and Margaret McCoy, whose property at 164 12th St. is adjacent and downhill from the old site.
The old laundry building once housed boilers fired by bunker oil that was stored in underground sumps on the property at Lighthouse Avenue and 12th Street. The leak was discovered after part of the building was torn down.
The McCoys bought their 111-year-old house in 1947 and had been renting it out at the time the oil seep was discovered, said their daughter, Cecelia "C.C." McCoy, who inherited the property after their deaths and now lives in the house.
"It's been my Love Canal," she said, referring to the environmental contamination of a housing project and school built over a chemical waste dump near Niagara, N.Y., that was discovered in 1978 when residents became ill.
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