Star of Bethlehem ..
.. ringing bells of Pink Hyacinthoides hispanica…
It's a great day ..
yes - then no --
. . .
Pink -
a blanket of Stars -
- meet me at the
.. a few steps away
Happy ..
Lavender -
- no hiding
Unfurling ..
Every year .. why
.. concert
purple velvet ..
.. just barely
.. craters and all that
.. a gift
gift # 2
gift # 3
.. a visitor
.. thoughts
.. mocking
Valley gals ...
.. green
.. just looking
.. softly ring the bells
~ just dandy ~
.. Mock Orange
- the aroma of lavender
- turned out to be Tiger Lilies
Iris -
a neighbor ..
Unfolding petals . .
NOT one of the ladies ..
Apri l - red Azalea
in the round -
.. a pause
Chives ..
there is -
for a rainy day ..
heaven in the air . .
we all have opinions ..
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.. no longer
- used for anything
- all 20+ buildings have been abandoned
- people living in the area would love to see it used
- as is, it is just an eyesore
- this was a tower used for ____________
- think I know somebody I can ask, so will get back on that part
- if it were used to test missiles, it is out in the open
- everyone would have known about it
- old aerial photos even show it in the open
- a long history
- began as a textile plant
- was part of Fairchild when planes were made for WW2
- became part of of the Western Electric plant with a Government contract for guidance systems for Nike missiles / Hercules missiles
former “Tarheel Army Missile Plant” sale was granted by the U.S. General Services Administration.
sold to an Alabama company in 2004 -- rezoning has been requested so all 22 acres are the same
At this plant all battery and radar control trailers plus LOPAR, TTR, MTR, and TRR radars were built and tested prior to shipment to the Army, mostly by rail. During the peak of the Nike SAFEGUARD there were between 3 and 4,000 employees.
After WW2 ended, the Western Electric Company took over the plant, which was still a government-owned facility. In the 1950s & 60s, Western Electric manufactured large portions of the Nike Ajax & Hercules surface-to-air missile system at the Burlington plant.
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- all 20+ buildings have been abandoned
- people living in the area would love to see it used
- as is, it is just an eyesore
- this was a tower used for ____________
- think I know somebody I can ask, so will get back on that part
- if it were used to test missiles, it is out in the open
- everyone would have known about it
- old aerial photos even show it in the open
- a long history
- began as a textile plant
- was part of Fairchild when planes were made for WW2
- became part of of the Western Electric plant with a Government contract for guidance systems for Nike missiles / Hercules missiles
former “Tarheel Army Missile Plant” sale was granted by the U.S. General Services Administration.
sold to an Alabama company in 2004 -- rezoning has been requested so all 22 acres are the same
At this plant all battery and radar control trailers plus LOPAR, TTR, MTR, and TRR radars were built and tested prior to shipment to the Army, mostly by rail. During the peak of the Nike SAFEGUARD there were between 3 and 4,000 employees.
After WW2 ended, the Western Electric Company took over the plant, which was still a government-owned facility. In the 1950s & 60s, Western Electric manufactured large portions of the Nike Ajax & Hercules surface-to-air missile system at the Burlington plant.
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Burlington Alainance sic County - should be spelled : Alamance
North Carolina
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This is only part of the info about this abandoned plant - depends on who you talk to and what you read ...
Have passed it so many times when I lived here years ago; never gave it any thought -- it was Western Electric [at that time] and they made telephones. Of course anybody I knew who worked there never said anything -- including relatives.
Industry - Telecommunications
Fate - Absorption
Successor(s) - AT&T Technologies
Founded - 1872
Defunct - 1995
Headquarters - New York City, United States
Products - Telephones, Central office switches, computers, electrical and electronics parts, and all other telecommunications related products supplied to Bell System companies
*When telephone companies in the USA were de-regulated, it spelled the death of Western Electric & Bell Telephone; then President Reagan was opening up the market instead of having a monopoly -- but, the sad part is -- the monopoly of WE worked. * AT&T is no longer that -- there has been so much absorption that it is difficult to track.
Just a short sketch of a once huge company.
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