GENERAL SHALE PRODUCTS PLANT - Kingsport, TN
Posted by: 
vhasler
N 36° 32.262 W 082° 33.723
17S E 360172 N 4044724
One of the basic industrial plants in Kingsport - now up for sale.
Waymark Code: WM9X1E
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 10/08/2010
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The GENERAL SHALE PRODUCTS PLANT (open 1-4 weekdays), Main St., started operations in 1910. Its 31 kilns produce 135,000 bricks
per day, with an average annual shipment of 3,800 carloads. Building tile is also manufactured. Shale is dug from a hill behind the plant.
----- TENNESSEE - A Guide to the State (third printing 1949)
Time moves on. This plant is now up for sale as General Shale has been consolidating operations. Main access is from Industry Drive (coordinate location) as from Main Street requires crossing active railroad tracks.