EPA cleanup at former Silbert Watch Co. site complete

The Environmental Protection Agency cleanup of toxic materials left behind at the former Silbert Watch Co. property on Elgin’s northeast side is complete.

According to information from the Elgin Historical Society, Silbert was located at 1409 Dundee Ave. from 1953 until 1971.

Silbert, located at 1409 Dundee Ave. from 1953 to 1971, provided watch repair for jewelers and manufactured dials. The company used radium-based paint to manufacture luminous watch dials and hands at the site from 1954 to 1971, according to a news release from the EPA.

The Dundee Avenue lot is owned by Stacy Construction Co. of Warrenville, according to Kane County property tax records. Affected adjacent land owned by the Church of the Brethren and Habitat for

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