"The article “Workers' Fight for Justice: A retrospective exposure profile study of the GE factory in Peterborough, Ontario,” by Robert DeMatteo and Dale DeMatteo in this issue of New Solutions discusses the illness legacy among workers engaged in various production processes at the factory. We have the privilege of presenting a set of historical photographs of the factory. These images illustrate the intersection of the industrial and chemical revolutions that took place in twentieth century industrial production. The images track CGE's development over the years—from building trolleys in the last years of the nineteenth century, to war production for two world wars, to building giant hydroelectric turbines, and the first peace time refrigerator to come off CGE productions lines in the mid-1940s. What we don't see in these images are the tragic consequences of the toxic legacy CGE has left for the communities of its former employees as it closes its doors."

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