Set 3 of Photos of layout taken in January 2000
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Many chemicals are stored in tanks and used in the production of rayon. A water heat exchanger is to the right with a pile of Anhydrous Sodium Sulfate (a waste Product from the rayon process) and power plant ash is to the rear.


The AVTEX power plant burnt up to 1000 tons of coal a day. The Norfolk and Western Railroad delivered up to 20 hoppers a day with cars spotted using AVTEX's own engines. The Maryland Southern hoppers date back to Jim Brewer's earlier freelance railroad


This machine shop is just one of many support buildings located around the AVTEX Rayon plant. The building behind it is the pipe shop. The building on the left is the Power Plant Generator Building. Most structures in the rayon plant have interiors.

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