The trash incinerator’s smokestack was demolished in 1974, but Old Smokey continues to cast a shadow over the lives of Grove residents who grew up near the City of Miami solid waste facility.
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Residents Testify About Old Smokey’s Harmful Effects
“It was bad. It was extremely bad,” one resident said when testifying in court about the smoke and ash that choked her neighborhood in the 1950s and 1960s before the City of Miami closed its Old Smokey incinerator on Jefferson Street.
Old Smokey Gears up for Class Action Hearing
As lawyers seek to have the Old Smokey lawsuit certified as a class action, West Grove community leaders want more residents to be tested for medical conditions.
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