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Calderwood Alcoa dam construction town
Ghost town Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Nails and fittings
Buttons and buckles
Old bottlesAlso reported: Wheat cents, Mercury and Roosevelt dimes, company items.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), Unknown (Public domain), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
1912-1960s hydroelectric construction and maintenance town
Founded in 1912 as Alcoa's base for its Little Tennessee River dams, the camp housed builders and then maintenance crews for Calderwood Dam until the 1960s, after which its houses were razed.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
busy mountain highway, steep riverbank
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