1971 Press Photo Spreading oil slick from Esso Gettysburg elodes booms in CT
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Description
A spreading oil slick eludes flotation booms that could only be applied after the tanker Esso Gettysburg was tied up here Saturday, after she struck bottom 2 1/2 miles away in New Haven Harbor.A slick 3 1/2 miles long escaped the booms and headed for Long Island Sound.
