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Hartsville (TN)
Higgs:
He is 19 bucks away from goals fellas. Someone caught up a 20. ;D
If you don't get there in the next day, I will finish it off.
Justin
Fermi2:
Just out of curiosity did you get TVA permission before you entered their property and took pictures?
michaelcook:
The abandoned portion of the Hartsville site can be reached on foot from adjacent land that appears to be unrestricted. The two complexes are well-removed from separately bounded zones that surround TVA's equipment repository and the business park that now occupies a large chunk of the project's former land parcel. Apparently folks have been known to camp out beneath the tower, and there is a permitted deer hunt in the fall.
Because of the condition of the unfinished buildings, I have my doubts that formal permission from TVA could ever be forthcoming, so TheHiggs may have a long wait for the tour. Given the many unprotected fall hazards, I would not recommend attempting to access the abandoned building sites. However, if all someone wanted is that view of the exposed vessel, I think it is reasonably straightforward during business hours to drive up adjacent to the "A" complex via the business park and see the vessel and the tower up close.
I will be working to secure permission to visit and photograph the Satsop WPPSS site in WA, as well as abandoned infrastructure on sites in the Great Lakes-Midwest where projects were converted to thermal. If anyone can suggest a good first point of contact at Duke-Zimmer or at Midland Cogen (or for that matter who to talk with at TVA about visiting Bellefonte, where I understand that they did do a media tour recently), I would appreciate your input.
UncaBuffalo:
--- Quote from: Michael Cook on Jul 06, 2011, 10:43 ---I will be working to secure permission to visit and photograph the Satsop WPPSS site in WA...
--- End quote ---
If you are coming clear out to Washington, you should try to catch WPPSS units 1 & 3 at Richland, too. Satsop is forested, Richland is desert...you could get two distinctly different 'feels'...
And Trojan might be worth a drive-by...even though it operated. It still is an example of a 'nuclear carcass' that has been mostly cleaned up...only support buildings & switchyard (and ISFSI) left...
And the drive from Richland to Trojan is incredible...mostly the Columbia Gorge - some of the best scenery in the world. And take the coastal route from Trojan to Satsop...Astoria...Cape Disappointment...
...and old-growth forest of Olympic Peninsula...and ferry to Vancouver Island...and kayaks in San Juan Islands...and...
:)
Higgs:
Hey looks like you are fully funded! Congrats!
Justin
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