Salt of the Earth
Old Gods of Appalachia
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The Muck Dam and Its Chemical Processes
The operation also produced related alkaline commodities such as bacon soda, soda ash, caustic soda and the like. The by products of these chemical processes included slaker waste, fly ash and cinders from the plant steam boilers. hydrated lime that formed the starting material for the soda ash and ammonia still waste. This was not the sort of dam where locals sent their kids to swim on hot summer afternoons. And there were disturbing rumors about what happened to folks who'd gone fishing or swimming too near it.
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