The museum is great I am good friends with Steve Smith the historian of Soddy, Daisy, and Montlake. The area will soon have a museum it's self. strange thing I learned was the picture behind the rail horse is a picture of the montlake incline but great example.
+DarkendSun the first one is the second realistic photo of the incline is the Montlake coal company incline across the mountains in Soddy Daisy. My great uncle owns the property pretty much exactly where they are sitting on the rail horses.
+DarkendSun No sir my great uncles name is Bill Carny he built the replica poes tavern in Daisy. Soddy had a even bigger operation than Dunlap and all surrounding towns. It's hard to believe but it's true. The triple a junkyard in Soddy is exactly where the Coke ovens where at. There was a total number of 155 Coke ovens but in the 70's Budweiser was starting to build a company in Soddy so there went the Coke ovens. They never did build the factory due to high amounts of sulfer in the ground. There is practically nothing left of the mining days. But the picture is montlake trust me please. The historian of Soddy Daisy even has photos of it. Some of the coal carts sitting out front are Montlake mine carts. 3 of them are. It was mistaken as the Dunlap mines but it is the Montlake incline. You need to come see the History Fair at Soddy Daisy High School on January the 16, 2016. I am putting 2 tables up my self of Soddy relics. There indeed was a huge operation in Soddy.
You will just have to call them and check. Historic Dunlap Coke Ovens Museum Rob Wilds visits the town of Dunlap to find out how the people there are preserving their past. Contact: Carson Camp Phone: (423) 949-2156 Location: Dunlap, TN [map]
So nice to here this story.
I'm in this video and didn't even know this was on here... I'm Carson's daughter
The museum is great I am good friends with Steve Smith the historian of Soddy, Daisy, and Montlake. The area will soon have a museum it's self. strange thing I learned was the picture behind the rail horse is a picture of the montlake incline but great example.
+JCR survival... the incline is at the coke ovens in Dunlap. You can go there to visit
+DarkendSun the first one is the second realistic photo of the incline is the Montlake coal company incline across the mountains in Soddy Daisy. My great uncle owns the property pretty much exactly where they are sitting on the rail horses.
+DarkendSun I have been there many times I live in the next valley over.
+DarkendSun No sir my great uncles name is Bill Carny he built the replica poes tavern in Daisy. Soddy had a even bigger operation than Dunlap and all surrounding towns. It's hard to believe but it's true. The triple a junkyard in Soddy is exactly where the Coke ovens where at. There was a total number of 155 Coke ovens but in the 70's Budweiser was starting to build a company in Soddy so there went the Coke ovens. They never did build the factory due to high amounts of sulfer in the ground. There is practically nothing left of the mining days. But the picture is montlake trust me please. The historian of Soddy Daisy even has photos of it. Some of the coal carts sitting out front are Montlake mine carts. 3 of them are. It was mistaken as the Dunlap mines but it is the Montlake incline. You need to come see the History Fair at Soddy Daisy High School on January the 16, 2016. I am putting 2 tables up my self of Soddy relics. There indeed was a huge operation in Soddy.
You will just have to call them and check.
Historic Dunlap Coke Ovens Museum
Rob Wilds visits the town of Dunlap to find out how the people there are preserving their past.
Contact: Carson Camp
Phone: (423) 949-2156
Location: Dunlap, TN [map]
Y'all should do a story on the Whitwell coal miners museum they have more history and the ones who run the museum are actually retired coal miners
do they let you metal detect there?
Like this
Wouldn't be the best place to metal detect... Since iron ore,coke ,and it used to be a dump.... you would find tons of trash