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Great Smoky Mountains National Park / Land of the Everlasting Hills

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  • „** CLINCHFIELD RAILROAD, NEAR ERWIN, TENNESSEE, APPROACHING THE SMOKIES VIA THE CAROLINA SIDE Approaching the Park From the East RAILROADS, as well as highways, afford every facility for comfortable travel almost to the entrance to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. One of the most beautiful routes by rail includes such scenes as the one shown on this page, near Erwin, Tennessee, on the Clinchfield Railway. Various industries, developing the natural resources of this section, have combined with attractive location in making Erwin a city that appeals to the investor and the home lover. Erwin is near some of the South's richest mineral deposits, making this city adaptable to industries producing articles manufactured from kaolin, feldspar, mica, flint, asbestos, shale, marble and zinc, and is known as "the ceramic center of the South." Pure mountain spring water sufficient for a population of 100,000, is available to_ Erwin. There is also a great abundance of stream flow suitable for the development of hydro-electric power. The general offices and car and repair shops of the Clinchfield Railroad Company, together with other industries, provides a monthly - payroll of $400,000.00 monthly at Erwin. Good schools and churches are attractive features of community development in this city among the GOOD ROADS LEAD TO THE PARK FROM ALL - directions beautiful foothills.
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