Seneca Army Depot
| Seneca Army Depot | |
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| Varick and Romulus | |
 Seneca Army Depot
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| Coordinates | 42°45′16″N 76°51′57″W / 42.754367°N 76.865845°W |
| Type | Munitions storage and disposal |
| Site information | |
| Owner | Seneca County Industrial Development Agency |
| Site history | |
| In use | 1941 to 1990s |
The former Seneca Army Depot occupied 10,587 acres (4,284 ha) between Seneca Lake and Cayuga Lake in Seneca County, New York. It was used as a munitions storage and disposal facility by the United States Army from 1941 until the 1990s. The Depot was listed in the 1995 Base Realignment and Closure Commission and formally shut down in 2000. The property has since been transferred to the Seneca County Industrial Development Agency, which leases it to Seneca County Economic Development Corp.
Home to the world's largest herd of white deer, the base is in the towns of Varick and Romulus. Adjacent to the storage facility is the now closed Seneca Army Airfield, whose long runway could handle large cargo aircraft.
During the 1940s, the Army stored radioactive materials in connection with the Manhattan Project in igloos E0801 through E0811, on the south end of the Depot. Despite no formal confirmation from the Department of Defense, it is known that during the cold war the depot held the largest stockpile of Army nuclear weapons in the country. The Army RADCON team performed a survey on these igloos during the week of 13 May 1985.
In 1978 the United States Coast Guard opened a Loran-C transmitter station on the base. It closed in 2010.
The depot was a major employer in the region. It was linked to the outside world by the airfield, railroad lines and highways (NY-96 and NY-96A). The 1995 Base Realignment and Closure Commission recommended closing the depot and it formally shut down on September 30, 2000.
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