Frederick G. Zinsser was a resident of Hastings-on-Hudson, New York

Hastings-on-Hudson, New York

Hastings-on-Hudson is a village in Westchester County, New York, United States. It is located in the southwest part of the town of Greenburgh. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 7,849. It lies on U.S. Route 9, "Broadway" in Hastings...

 who opened a chemical plant on the waterfront of the Hudson River

Hudson River

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, producing a wood alcohol known as Hastings Spirits. The plant was sold to Harshaw Chemical Company in 1955.

The Zinsser plant attracted Poles

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, Slavs, Hungarians, Czechs, and Russians

Russians

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 who emigrated to the United States

United States

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for work.

The modern township still has a park named after Zinsser, Zinsser Park.