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Orange dusting in baton rouge
Posted on 4/20/23 at 11:10 am
Posted on 4/20/23 at 11:10 am
Just crossed old bridge from Port Allen to Baton Rouge. As a kid 30-40 years ago, everything on the BR side of bridge was coated with an orange dusting. What was that?
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Posted on 4/20/23 at 11:13 am to tigerdude12
Cancer powder
Posted on 4/20/23 at 11:13 am to tigerdude12
That was from Bauxite. Kaiser Aluminum had a refinery located right there. Bauxite is the orangish colored dirt that contains a high % of alumina which is extracted to produce aluminum.
Posted on 4/20/23 at 11:17 am to tigerdude12
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what was that?
Goldust's brother, Orangedust?
This post was edited on 4/20/23 at 11:19 am
Posted on 4/20/23 at 11:17 am to tigerdude12
Agent Orange baw. Little known fact, BR had a NVA issue in the early 80's.
Posted on 4/20/23 at 11:24 am to tigerdude12
This guy was there.
Posted on 4/20/23 at 11:36 am to tigerdude12
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crossed old bridge from Port Allen to Baton Rouge
quote:thug seed
everything on the BR side of bridge was coated with an orange dusting. What was that?
Posted on 4/20/23 at 11:46 am to tigerdude12
It’s in Gonzales now
Posted on 4/20/23 at 11:50 am to tigerdude12
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As a kid 30-40 years ago, everything on the BR side of bridge was coated with an orange dusting. What was that?
Posted on 4/20/23 at 12:28 pm to rosstheboss
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That was from Bauxite
Here it is spelled Bawxite
Posted on 4/20/23 at 12:30 pm to weadjust
More like:
Posted on 4/20/23 at 12:30 pm to rosstheboss
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That was from Bauxite. Kaiser Aluminum had a refinery located right there. Bauxite is the orangish colored dirt that contains a high % of alumina which is extracted to produce aluminum.
this ^^^^^^
and that dust gets crusty hard almost like concrete too.
my uncle used to work at kaiser aluminum and he had to run the sprinkler on his truck for at least an hour to soften it up enough to be able to wash his truck. and when he was done it still had a dull finish. most who worked there had a separate work vehicle just to drive to work, because they got so trashed, inside and out, with that damn dust
Posted on 4/20/23 at 12:32 pm to Bonghole
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Goldust's brother, Orangedust?
I figured it was Orange Cassidy.
Posted on 4/20/23 at 12:35 pm to keakar
Didn’t they sell out to Discovery Aluminus then to Alcoa?
Posted on 4/20/23 at 12:36 pm to MyRockstarComplex
Dad worked at a chemical plant in Lake Chuck in the 70’s and 80’s. Had a car wash on the exit of the office building. If it was bad for your car I’m sure it was great to breath in every day.
Posted on 4/20/23 at 12:36 pm to Bullfrog
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Didn’t they sell out to Discovery Aluminus then to Alcoa?
ya, the one over here in gonzales is now called alcoa
Posted on 4/20/23 at 1:14 pm to tigerdude12
spraying that ‘tism
Posted on 4/20/23 at 1:45 pm to WylieTiger
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Cancer powder
The smell of ITEP tax exemptions. It’s worth it muh
Posted on 4/20/23 at 1:47 pm to tigerdude12
sorry for the agent orange baw, it was made across the river from Baton Rouge
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