Columbian Paper mill opened in the early 1900s in Bristol VA and operated until the late 1940s. Usage as a dump area for auto batteries and such in later years resulted in it being declared a superfund site in 1995 requiring EPA clean-up. Very little of the original plant is left now. The concrete arches are a railroad trestle built in 1931. They first attracted my attention.

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