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about 1980
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Kingsport, Tennessee
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A city within a city, it employed 25,000+ when I was a kid. The industrial architecture always fascinated me. My daddy used to say, of the odd smells which sometimes emanated from the plant: that's the smell of good ol' dirty money. Obviously this was long before the EPA and emissions restrictions.
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Big Elm Rd, view of railroad bridge and overgrown meadow, a typical rural scene, yet just minutes from downtown.
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Along Big Elm Road by N Fork of Holston River, an interesting apparently abandoned house.
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Big Elm Rd by N Fork Holston River. Here, the river's so shallow you could easily wade in it and you can see the bottom.
wikipedia says: The Holston River is a major river system of southwestern Virginia and east Tennessee. The three major forks of the Holston (its North, Middle and South Forks) rise in southwestern Virginia and have their confluence near Kingsport, Tennessee. The North Fork flows 138 miles (222 km) southwest from Sharon Springs in Bland County, Virginia.
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Now closed, unfortunatel, this diner had delicious fried chicken and to-die-for soup beans and cornbread. It was located in an old service station on Netherland Road, directly across from bridge to Ridgefields. My daddy always said beware of a restaurant that also sells bait. LOL!
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A city within a city, it employed 25,000+ when I was a kid. The industrial architecture always fascinated me. My daddy used to say, of the odd smells which sometimes emanated from the plant: that's the smell of good ol' dirty money. Obviously this was long before the EPA and emissions restrictions.
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Now belongs to City of Kingsport and used for special events, it was a working farm when I was a kid ... only minutes from downtown Kingsport.
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Within minutes of downtown Kingsport, one is quickly surrounded by farms and meadows, many with picturesque old barns.
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Fairacres: a great neighborhood to grow up in
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Important site in early Kingsport (King's Port) history.
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Bays Mountain in Kingsport, TN
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Bays Mountain in Kingsport, TN
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Bays Mountain in Kingsport, TN
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Bays Mountain in Kingsport, TN
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Bays Mountain in Kingsport, TN
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Bays Mountain in Kingsport, TN
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Bays Mountain in Kingsport, TN
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1970 - Lucian Shaw lived on West Carters Valley Road in Kingsport TN when this picture was taken. Earlier in life he lived on Gravley St in Kingsport, Jenkins Ky, Big Stone Gap VA, Eidson TN,