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==Economy== [[Acclaim Entertainment]] had its headquarters in One Acclaim Plaza,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://acclaim.com/company/worldwideLocations.html |title=Headquarters |access-date=2017-04-03 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000623092021/http://acclaim.com/company/worldwideLocations.html |archive-date=June 23, 2000 }}. Acclaim Entertainment. June 23, 2000. Retrieved on July 8, 2010.</ref> located in Glen Cove. Acclaim bought the three-story, {{convert|65000|sqft|sqm}}, [[Class A office]] building in 1994 for $4 million.<ref>"[https://archive.today/20120630024215/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3601/is_n50_v40/ai_15611385/ Acclaim buys Glen Cove site]," ''[[Real Estate Weekly]]''. July 20, 1994. Retrieved on July 8, 2010.</ref> [[Glen Cove Creek]] was channelized in the early 20th century by the US Army Corps of Engineers. Li Tungsten produced tungsten powder and tungsten carbide powder, along with other specialty products.<ref name="LiEPA">{{cite web|url=http://www.glencove-li.com/vertical/Sites/%7B3F9AE542-E884-40CE-B382-DB66488726C1%7D/uploads/Appx_F_-_Remedial_Action_Report_for_OU1.pdf|title=US EPA Approval of the Remedial Action Report for Operable Unit 1, Li Tungsten Superfund Site, Glen Cove, NY|access-date=9 Apr 2014|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413141524/http://www.glencove-li.com/vertical/Sites/%7B3F9AE542-E884-40CE-B382-DB66488726C1%7D/uploads/Appx_F_-_Remedial_Action_Report_for_OU1.pdf|archive-date=April 13, 2014|df=mdy-all}}</ref> The company was first known as [[Wah Chang Corporation|Wah Chang Smelting and Refining Company]], and later as Teledyne Wah Chang.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/06/11/nyregion/old-plant-is-linked-to-health-threats.html|title=Old Plant Is Linked To Health Threats|date=11 Jun 1989|last=Saslow|first=Linda|website=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=9 Apr 2014|archive-date=December 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171219182437/http://www.nytimes.com/1989/06/11/nyregion/old-plant-is-linked-to-health-threats.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Columbia Ribbon and Carbon Manufacturing Company opened a Glen Cove research lab in 1932 and produced blue printing inks, carbon paper and typing ribbon until 1980.<ref>{{cite book|title=Industrial Research Laboratories of the United States Including Consulting Research Laboratories, 7th ed.|publisher=National Research Council (U.S.)|year=1940|pages=372|last=Hull|first=Callie}}</ref> Powers Chemco, which made photographic equipment and supplies, was renamed Chemco Technologies in 1987. It was later purchased and renamed Konica Imaging U.S.A., and is today known as Konica Minolta Holding USA Inc. The company closed its Glen Cove factory in 2006 and moved to Michigan.<ref name="powers">{{cite web|url=http://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/remediation_hudson_pdf/130028arod.pdf|title=AMENDED RECORD OF DECISION Powers Chemco|website=dec.ny.gov|date=Mar 2014|access-date=9 Apr 2014|archive-date=April 13, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413123519/http://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/remediation_hudson_pdf/130028arod.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1953 and 1958, [[Pall Corporation]] established factories to make filtration products. One site was occupied until 1999, the other until 1971, when the building was sold to August Thomsen Corp.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/remediation_hudson_pdf/130053bou2rod.pdf|title=Pall Corporation Record of Decision - NYDEC|access-date=9 Apr 2014|archive-date=April 13, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413123335/http://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/remediation_hudson_pdf/130053bou2rod.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> Photocircuits Corporation began manufacturing circuit boards in 1951, and employed 740 workers when it closed in 2007.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/11/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/11LInoticed.html?_r=2&|title=Glen Cove Circuit-Board Maker Will Close|newspaper=The New York Times|last=Ain|first=Steward|date=March 11, 2007|access-date=9 Apr 2014|archive-date=May 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140514094637/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/11/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/11LInoticed.html?_r=2&|url-status=live}}</ref> Another company, Slater Electric, began making electrical wiring devices in 1956.<ref name="successful">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/24/nyregion/a-successful-company-is-acquired-will-it-remain-on-li.html|title=A Successful Company Is Acquired. Will It Remain on L.I.?|newspaper=The New York Times|last=Steinberg|first=Carol|date=March 24, 1996|access-date=9 Apr 2014|archive-date=March 7, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307085011/http://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/24/nyregion/a-successful-company-is-acquired-will-it-remain-on-li.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1988, Pass and Seymour manufactured electric components using an injection molding process.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/remediation_hudson_pdf/130053Ar.pdf|title=Record of Decision, Pass and Seymour|date=Mar 2008|access-date=9 Apr 2014|archive-date=August 30, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140830200906/http://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/remediation_hudson_pdf/130053Ar.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> Formerly, Gladsky Marine operated a marina and marine repair facility along Glen Cove Creek from the early 1970s until 1999. The site was listed by the [[Environmental Protection Agency|EPA]] as a cleanup site.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyNET.exe/P1002OAC.TXT?ZyActionD=ZyDocument&Client=EPA&Index=2000+Thru+2005&Docs=&Query=&Time=&EndTime=&SearchMethod=1&TocRestrict=n&Toc=&TocEntry=&QField=&QFieldYear=&QFieldMonth=&QFieldDay=&IntQFieldOp=0&ExtQFieldOp=0&XmlQuery=&File=D%3A%5Czyfiles%5CIndex%20Data%5C00thru05%5CTxt%5C00000018%5CP1002OAC.txt&User=ANONYMOUS&Password=anonymous&SortMethod=h%7C-&MaximumDocuments=1&FuzzyDegree=0&ImageQuality=r75g8/r75g8/x150y150g16/i425&Display=hpfr&DefSeekPage=x&SearchBack=ZyActionL&Back=ZyActionS&BackDesc=Results%20page&MaximumPages=1&ZyEntry=1&SeekPage=x&ZyPURL|title= EPA: National Service Center for Environmental Publications (NSCEP) - Brownfields 2004 Grant Fact Sheet: Glen Cove Community Development Agency, NY|date= June 2004|access-date= 19 November 2017|publisher= United States Environmental Protection Agency|archive-date= January 21, 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210121044320/https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyNET.exe/P1002OAC.TXT?ZyActionD=ZyDocument&Client=EPA&Index=2000+Thru+2005&Docs=&Query=&Time=&EndTime=&SearchMethod=1&TocRestrict=n&Toc=&TocEntry=&QField=&QFieldYear=&QFieldMonth=&QFieldDay=&IntQFieldOp=0&ExtQFieldOp=0&XmlQuery=&File=D%3A%5Czyfiles%5CIndex%20Data%5C00thru05%5CTxt%5C00000018%5CP1002OAC.txt&User=ANONYMOUS&Password=anonymous&SortMethod=h%7C-&MaximumDocuments=1&FuzzyDegree=0&ImageQuality=r75g8/r75g8/x150y150g16/i425&Display=hpfr&DefSeekPage=x&SearchBack=ZyActionL&Back=ZyActionS&BackDesc=Results%20page&MaximumPages=1&ZyEntry=1&SeekPage=x&ZyPURL|url-status= live}}</ref> The remediation of semi-volatile organic compounds and metals from the facility was completed in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://glencovecda.org/projects.html|title=GLEN COVE WATERFRONT REVITALIZATION|website=glen clove community development agency|access-date=9 Apr 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413130212/http://glencovecda.org/projects.html|archive-date=April 13, 2014|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
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