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Georgia Pacific Mill
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created by Hoverfly
on 7/22/2007 7:10 AM
last modified by siper
on 1/17/2014 6:56 AM
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This location has been labeled as Demolished, and therefore can be viewed by anyone.
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The 434 acre mill site takes up almost the entire coastline of Fort Bragg including Soldier Bay. The land had been substantially denuded, trashed and rumored to need much environmental remediation and was off limits to the local citizens. The GP mill site is almost one-third of the city size of Fort Bragg and holds the scenic coast land so that some say, "Fort Bragg is a coastal town that doesn’t know it has a coast."
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Type: Building
Status: Demolished
Accessibility: Moderate
Recommendation: worth the trip
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asbestos
rust
unsafe flooring
PCBs, cyanide
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Several large buildings to explore, including an upstairs area that is interesting. Good site for night photography, but coastal fog is common (which blocks the moon).
Active demolition as of July 2013. :( No security that we saw.
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fences
24 hour guard
locked gates
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The site is a former redwood timberlands and sawmills that was shut down in 2002 and has been identified as a nonperforming asset by Georgia Pacific. The GP land site had been a military base, Indian Reservation, and successive lumber mill sites for close to 150 years.
In a $21 billion transaction in 2005, Georgia-Pacific was acquired by Koch Industries and became a privately held, wholly owned subsidiary, continuing to operate from its Atlanta headquarters.
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Possibilities: a new neighborhood at the north end, an improved wastewater facility using a living marsh, light industry (such as a mill for the Krenov Fine Furniture program at College of the Redwoods), a marine biology lab, a big town square, a seaside park, a golf course, a college.
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The moderator rating is a neutral rating of the content quality, photography, and coolness of this location.
This location has not yet been rated by a moderator.
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This location's validation is current. It was last validated by
Steed on 5/23/2014 3:33 AM.
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on May 23 14 at 3:33, Steed validated this location
on Jan 17 14 at 6:56, siper changed the following: Status
on Jul 31 13 at 1:31, FastEddy changed the following: Interesting Features, Web Links
on Aug 1 07 at 2:00, Emperor Wang validated this location
on Jul 22 07 at 17:05, Hoverfly made this location available
on Jul 22 07 at 17:04, Hoverfly updated the main picture
on Jul 22 07 at 17:03, Hoverfly updated gallery picture gp02.jpg
on Jul 22 07 at 17:03, Hoverfly updated gallery picture gp04.jpg
on Jul 22 07 at 16:27, Hoverfly updated gallery picture georgiaPacific01.jpg
on Jul 22 07 at 16:26, Hoverfly added some pictures to a gallery
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