tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7921005.post-1117135300863857552005-05-26T15:21:00.000-04:002005-05-26T15:21:00.000-04:00OK, so here's the deal:<BR/>They had just spent $20,000 upgrading the Hampton Terrace, adding 20 rooms and 3000 Mazda lights. The fire was started by a short-circuit on the 3rd floor in the west wing. There was talk of dynamiting the west wing to spare the east, but the Head Fireman said nix to that - too dangerous. They had little chance to fight the fire as the connections on the fire hydrants were non-standard and didn't fit the hoses the fire department had. The whole place burnt down in one night, and the reason given as to why it wasn't rebuilt was that financing would have been difficult and World War One had become a looming problem here in the States.<BR/><BR/>I also saw that the majority of the pottery plants on the floodplain of the Savannah here in North Augusta were working a 12-foot layer of Stoneware Clay, making alkaline-glazed pottery. It seems that the Baynahm family continued to operate a pottery business into the 80s, which would explain why the lakes left after mining the pottery look different now than they do on the 1950s-vintage topographical maps of the area.<BR/>If you can, check it out soon, as that area will soon become the Hampton's Ferry development, and the ponds are due to mostly be filled in, or at least cleaned up to modern neighborhood standards.<BR/>Anything other questions, just ask!<BR/>Later - Chris xt235Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com