Marble Hill outside of Hanover, IN. My great uncle on my Mom’s side of the family had owned land along the bluffs on the Ohio River east of Madison, near Hanover, IN. We spent summers down there at his “cabin” on Elbow Road that was on the bluffs overlooking the Ohio River. I don’t recall who it was that did the land acquisition for Marble Hill, but great uncle became a GREAT uncle after they bought up parts of his land to get access to the Ohio.
That one got partially built until they caught the GC fudging on the concrete work for the containment domes. That pretty much torpedoed the project, and it took down a utility company and a number of contractors in the process. I did work at the Crystal River nuke plant here in FL before Duke Energy took it over and shuttered it. It was a frightening experience. The level and quality of maintenance was really, really scary. Like duct tape and JB Weld sort of stuff. My in-laws lived within sight of the plant at the time, and when I got home I convinced the wife to talk her parents into moving. -D > On Mar 9, 2022, at 2:56 PM, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > If we had built all the nuclear plants that got shelved in the 70s, 80’s we’d > be in good shape. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Mar 9, 2022, at 11:27 AM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> I am driving from Little Rock to Ft Smith today and pass by the ol’ nuke >> plant next to I40 which reminded me of this story. Way back in the day I had >> a great uncle who was a simple farmer/rancher who owned thousands of acres >> of pasture land. Exactly now much I am not sure. He would try to borrow >> money from the bank and they would laugh him out. Back in the early 70’s >> there were plans to build a nuke plant in OK. Guess who they bought >> thousands of acres of land from? My great uncle. He because a millionaire. >> Soon the banks were running to him to do business. He ended up being on the >> board of directors of the bank that turned him down years before. Whatever >> he sold he still had thousand of acres afterward. >> >> Due to protestors the plant never got built. >> >> https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Fox_Nuclear_Power_Plant >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
