File:College Hill Standpipe, Sylva, NC (46631295161).jpg
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| Description | This large cylindrical metal standpipe that is perched at the end of Hampton Street on College Hill is one of the most prominently placed large structures in my hometown of Sylva, North Carolina. Constructed circa 1955 around the time of the massive expansion of the Mead Paper facility (now Jackson Paper) that sits on the flats along Scott’s Creek and East Main Street below, the large tank inside the standpipe provided additional water capacity for industrial plant, which used it to help in the process of converting wood pulp into paper and cardboard, and supplanted and supplemented an earlier, shorter concrete tank adjacent to the base of the structure. The site had been owned by the Sylva Tannery, the predecessor to the Mead Plant and Jackson Paper, since at least 1920, when they built the concrete tank to supply a steady and reliable water source for the industrial operations below. At the time that the original tank was constructed, Chipper Curve Road did not yet exist; it was constructed through land owned by the tannery during the early 1920s to allow for easier access into town from the east via North Carolina Highway 10 (now supplanted by US 19-23 and US 74), with the previous main road into town from that direction being Allen Street, which crosses the crest of College Hill and is a more direct, but steeper route into town. Some remnants of the original water system from around 1920 still remain at the site in the form of various pipes and valves, several of which have the date of 1920 prominently included in their cast iron exteriors. The standpipe has stood over the town for over half a century, and though a relatively plain structure, it served a vital purpose in helping to continue the operation of the industrial facility, started by C.J. Harris, that was the main reason that the the town became what it is today. |
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| Source | College Hill Standpipe, Sylva, NC |
| Author | Warren LeMay from Cincinnati, OH, United States |
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