Vartiokylä dumping ground
The Vartiokylä dumping ground was a dumping ground in the Vartiokylä area of Helsinki between 1954 and 1962. It was located in the present-day neighbourhood of Myllypuro; the site is also known as the "Alakiventie Street area". This dumping ground caused the best-known environmental disaster in the history of Helsinki. Part of the neighbourhood of Myllypuro was built on this site with no thought given to possible environmental hazards. In 1999, the city of Helsinki admitted that there was a problem with this neighbourhood and, as a result, apartment buildings on part of Alakiventie Street were torn down, and the land below was rehabilitated so as not to cause further problems.
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Myllyväenpolku, Helsinki Vartiokylä (Eastern major district)
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N 60.218888888889 ° | E 25.071666666667 ° |
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Myllypuron yläaste
Myllyväenpolku
00920 Helsinki, Vartiokylä (Eastern major district)
Finland
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