Mississippi River Oil Spill, 1962–1963
Image from the Hastings Gazette Weekly, April 11, 1963, page 3. Digitized with permission from the Hastings Star Gazette.
Bibliography
Robert A. Taft Sanitary Engineering Center, Report on Oil Spills Affecting the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers, Winter of 1962–1963 Cincinnati: N.p., 1963.
"Blame Oil Slick for Ducks' Deaths," Mankato Free Press, April 1, 1963.
"3 Million Gallons Soybean Oil Spill When Tank Splits," Mankato Free Press, January 23, 1963.
Rigger, Don. "Edible Oils: Are They Really That Different?." 1997 International Oil Spill Conference, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1997.
"A Report on Pollution of the Upper Mississippi River and Major Tributaries." U.S. Department of the Interior, Federal Water Pollution Control Administration Great Lakes Region, Twin Cities- Upper Mississippi River Project, 1966.
National Service for Environmental Publication, Washington, D.C.
http://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPURL.cgi?Dockey=20016R37.txt
Description: Describes major pollution events and water quality from 1957–1965. Contains details about water quality and policy of the Mississippi near the Twin Cities before the spill.
Chronology
December 8, 1962
January 23, 1963
January 24, 1963
January 30, 1963
March 28, 1963
April 3, 1963
April 8, 1963
May 22, 1963
May 18, 1967
Bibliography
Robert A. Taft Sanitary Engineering Center, Report on Oil Spills Affecting the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers, Winter of 1962–1963 Cincinnati: N.p., 1963.
"Blame Oil Slick for Ducks' Deaths," Mankato Free Press, April 1, 1963.
"3 Million Gallons Soybean Oil Spill When Tank Splits," Mankato Free Press, January 23, 1963.
Rigger, Don. "Edible Oils: Are They Really That Different?." 1997 International Oil Spill Conference, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1997.
"A Report on Pollution of the Upper Mississippi River and Major Tributaries." U.S. Department of the Interior, Federal Water Pollution Control Administration Great Lakes Region, Twin Cities- Upper Mississippi River Project, 1966.
National Service for Environmental Publication, Washington, D.C.
http://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPURL.cgi?Dockey=20016R37.txt
Description: Describes major pollution events and water quality from 1957–1965. Contains details about water quality and policy of the Mississippi near the Twin Cities before the spill.