If I'm remembering correctly, Redfield Gunsight Co. ceased business in 1999.

One source I just googled up said they closed the factory in June of '98

Thanks ldholton. Guess I have to recalibrate my rememberer.

Brown shoe company paying cleanup bills? What type of toxic waste would a scope company generate?

prob, chemicals paint/thinner/lead maybe .I am sure they use to just dump left over stuff on the ground in the old days

I had just sent them a 4 power Widefield for a going over. Didn’t think I would ever see it again but it arrived about 6 months later.

The primary chemicals that have been detected
in the groundwater include:
• 1,1 Dichloroethene (1,1-DCE). This compound
can be formed in groundwater as a breakdown
product of 1,1,1 Trichloroethane (TCA), TCE and
Perchloroethylene (PCE).
• Trichloroethene (TCE). TCE is a solvent that
commonly was used in the past for cleaning
manufactured and machined parts, and in common
household products such as pesticides, glues
and adhesives. TCE continues to be used as an
industrial cleaner in the automotive and metals
industries, and still may be found in household
products such as cleaning fluids for rugs, paint
removers and cleaning solvents.
• 1,1,1 Trichloroethane (TCA). TCA is a common
industrial and home-cleaning compound. For
example, it is used in spot removers and automobile
cleaning supplies.
• Perchloroethylene (or Tetrachloroethylene)
(PCE). This chemical primarily was (and continues
to be) used in the dry cleaning process, but also was
a cleaning agent used in manufacturing operations.
Methylene Chloride. This compound is a paint
thinner and stripper, and is used in some industrial testing applications.
• Benzene. This chemical is a constituent of gasoline.
It is in the groundwater beneath and near the
Redfield site due to releases of gasoline from other
properties upgradient of the Redfield site.

Long ago I drove by the site and mourned a tad

Redfield Information Line: (303) 637-2503
Redfield Web site: http://www.redfieldsite.org

Information Repositories:

Virginia Village Library
1500 S. Dahlia St.
Denver, CO 80224
(303) 757-6662

Glendale Public Library
999 S. Clermont St.
Glendale, CO 80246
(303) 691-0331