In 1916 ALCOA built and equipped the first hospital in Stanly County. Considered one of the best small hospitals in the US, it had 10 private rooms, a ward for 18, a modern Operating Room, Clinic, and Drug Room.
In 1919 ALCOA formed a voluntary hospital association to offer affordable health care to employees: $1.50 a month for married men and family.
There is a large vacant lot on the corner of Yadkin Court and Pine St. Probably most of us, especially newcomers, don’t even think about it when we pass by. Until 1986 it was occupied by the last prominent commercial property on Pine St, known as the Commercial Block. Tallassee...
In Jan 1908 Scientific American paper published its cover article on the Whitney Dam Construction Project near the Yadkin River’s Narrows Gorge. Located between Stanly and Montgomery Counties,the construction of a granite block dam was well underway . Expectations for the project were...
In 1912 the French Southern Aluminium Co hired the Hardaway Construction Co to build the dam at the Narrows gorge. When the French left in 1914, a few of Hardaway’s employees stayed on to offer security for the unfinished project. When Alcoa purchased the project in...
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