Personally, I’m a sucker for abandoned power plants making this location one of my favorite abandoned places in Tennesee.ģ5.14478, -90.04997 Photo Credit: Sean Davis – Plans are already in the works to repurpose 550 acres (220 hectares) of the 1,940-acre (790 ha) land into an industrial park, similar to what happened with Washington’s Satsop Nuclear Plant.
On March 22, 1983, the Plant B reactors were shut down, and on August 29, 1984, the Plant A reactors were shut down. Construction of the building began in 1975. TVA purchased land along the Cumberland River in the late 1960s in order to build a facility that would meet the electricity demand of the 1980s. The unfinished structure is towering and abstract, clearly meant for utility rather than human habitation. Each of the four cores is at a distinct degree of completion, ranging from barely above ground to virtually finished. In the mid-1980s, work on the project came to a halt. It was originally planned to have four cores. The project was doomed by erroneous projections of the region’s power needs. This never-completed nuclear power plant is surrounded by the lush green hills of central Tennessee and spans over 2,000 acres. The Hartsville Nuclear Plant was a proposed nuclear power plant near Hartsville, Tennessee, that was never built. Drone footage of the prison was used to make “On The Inside,” a documentary film about the prison that preserved the classic Victorian fortification before it was destroyed by the tornado.ģ6.349167,-86.084167 Photo Credit: Tristan Gaboriau – To protect the location’s secrecy, the institution was dubbed Walls Correctional Facility. But not before this great example of abandoned places in Tennessee was immortalized in films such as The Green Mile, Framed, Ernest Goes to Jail, Against The Wall, and Walk The Line. Female detainees who worked on the farm were housed in a separate section.ĭuring the tornado outbreak of March 2-3, 2020, an EF3 tornado extensively destroyed the enormous Victorian stone edifice. A working farm was also established outside the prison gates, as well as separate facilities for younger criminals. Within the twenty-foot high, three-foot thick rock walls, an administration building, as well as numerous minor office buildings, warehouses, and industries, were constructed. It was the first of its kind in the South, and was known for its lock-step marching.Įach of the 800 small cells of the prison was built for a lone inmate. Through meditation, solitude, and “healthy” hard work, the Auburn system aimed to rehab an inmate.
It was built in 1898 under the Auburn penitentiary system, which was inspired by the fortress-style structure of the New York State Penitentiary in Auburn, New York. The Tennessee State Prison in Nashville, Tennessee, has a long and illustrious history. The Old Tennessee State Prisonģ6.17701, -86.86502 Photo Credit: Wayne Hsieh – Check It Out Abandoned Places In Tennessee 1.
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