GENERAL SHALE PRODUCTS PLANT - Kingsport, TN
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member 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
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member NJBiblio
Views: 1

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.

Book: Tennessee

Page Number(s) of Excerpt: 283

Year Originally Published: 1939

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