im trying to find information articles about prestolite battery factory in Vincennes Indiana during the 1960's

Question

im looking for any information or articles dealing with the prestolite battery factory that was located in Vincennes ,Indiana, and the U.A.W. union that represented the employees working there. i have try without any REAL results. thank you

Answer 1

There was Lead contamination at the site of this factory. The factory was closed in 1985. The first link has a report of the cleanup by the EPA.

The UAW doesn't have anything related to Prestolite. I couldn't even tell which local represented that area of Indiana.

I found a note about a study in a file in a Congressman's papers at the site in the second link below. You may be able to write to the Congressman or the Library and ask for a brief of the contents or copies of the contents of the file. It resides at the Center for Archival Collections.

Center for Archival Collections
Bowling Green State University
5th Floor, Jerome Library
Bowling Green, OH 43403
Telephone: [phone]

Congressman Thomas L. Ashley founded a legal and congressional consulting firm in Washington, D.C.


If your interest was about possible lead poisoning in the 60's, I suppose you could contact the EPA, make your case and see where they send you. If you get a run around and you feel you have an actionable case, talk to an attorney.