Getting to the bridge requires an 8 mile drive down a potholed gravel road that adds to the charm, actually the current road is the former Oneida and Western Railroad mainline. This road is decent and paved for a while, but eventually turns to gravel and crosses several one lane bridges.
Privacy Policy. There are several mines collectively known as the “State Mines” and I believe there were multiple ones operating simultaneously. This is a relatively easy hike with little elevation gain. Reviewing Scott High's big win over Anderson County, with comments from Lady Highlanders coach Eric Henry, previewing tonight's big game between Oneida and Cumberland... We will never sell or spam your email address. If you stay on this trail you will end up at the top of the mountain and the lookout tower, but we cut off before that. 63 may be coming a bit quicker than expected, Soccer: Scott rolls past Campbell County, 7-1, WECO prepares for 51st season of Tennessee football broadcasts, Second quarter flurry sinks Scott, but Highlanders take positives away from Gatlinburg game, 5K costume walk/run added to Fall on the Mall lineup, With #70 on their minds, Indians roll to 39-0 win over Cumberland Gap. It is narrow and winding like the railroad but it traverses some truly beautiful scenery.
You can check out the bridge, but also enjoy the wild river’s beauty. Anyways here the facts: Though it is showing its age in the form of rust ad a crumbling deck, it is in remarkably good shape to be 81 years old and will hopefully remain as a pedestrian bridge and landmark for a long time to come. The Kentucky & Tennessee Railroad once passed through northwestern Scott County as it served the Stearns company’s timber-cutting operations between Stearns and Jamestown. Eventually, the timber played out and the Norma mill closed, and the Tennessee Railroad became primarily a coal railroad once more, serving the extensive mining operations in the Cumberland Mountains, in parts of Scott, Campbell, Anderson and Morgan counties. Up above the rock wall to the right of the cement portal is a large flat concrete pad with two pipes sticking out of each corner with an unknown purpose.
Foundation for some form of wooden building. Farm. Get headlines delivered directly to your inbox with the Inside Scott Newsletter. The Dancing Bean. State Mines – 70 Years of Hard Labor (Part I).
Reed’s Station – 3 A 20 mile railroad line from Harriman was constructed (largely by prisoners of course) so coal could be hauled from the mines. Until recently I hadn’t considered the possibility that this entrance was sealed in this manner to keep in prisoners and not for keeping the public out, although I could be wrong. The bridge can be seen in the background of the lower picture to the right of the locomotive. There is also a small foundation area where a wood building likely stood. Trains long ago ceased to run on the rails of the rail line, but by filing a notice of abandonment with the federal government, RJ Corman could officially number the days remaining for the historic rail line.