ABANDONED Bemberg Rayon Plant Ran off by dogs. Elizabethton, TN

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[@billhicks1316]

I worked at Bemberg from 1971-1974 as a chemical operator in the solution room of the Chemical Department. The rayon manufactured there was known as cupra-ammonium rayon. From the second floor of the chemical building, wood pulp and copper were emptied down into tanks on the first floor and dissolved with caustic soda. After blending in the first row tanks, the solution was moved by air pressure through screen presses into a second row of tanks where further blending took place and an addition of tartaric acid/water was added. Then the solution was moved by air pressure to vacuum tanks and after a vacuum was achieved for 10 hours, it was moved to a larger holding tank and from there to a fourth row of tanks called spinning tanks and held until need by the spinning operation, transferred by air pressure to the spinning room. In the spinning room, the solution was introduced to acid through a spinnerette and a thread formed, thus cupra-ammonium rayon. The solution was dark blue in color. The rayon process at North American Rayon was a viscose rayon.

[@alphaomegia3589]

Did you know Terry Carr ?

[@billhicks1316]

@@alphaomegia3589 I remember him from NARC. He worked in 2nd Unit Spinning Room there. I do not know him from Bemberg.

[@alphaomegia3589]

Do you know a Terry Carr? He worked there for years, then when they moved to piney flats, he went there

[@billhicks1316]

I remember him from NARC, but not from Bemberg@@alphaomegia3589

[@davidhart1919]

This is North American Rayon not Raytheon that was where my dad worked in Bristol Tennessee. They made missiles for the Navy.

[@sharylweisel9100]

Plant based manufacturing of I believe silk which a combined process makes rayon fabric

[@Willysmb44]

My uncle and Grandfather worked there before and during WW2. I think they stopped producing anything when I was a little kid, but I do remember the entire plant still there. Now, it's the site of a WalMart. The North American Rayon mill next door kept in operation until the 90, but it's gone, too. They had one of the very last steam locomotives in commercial use, which stopped running around 1990

[@Tech9nN]

I work for them now in piney flats

[@joecatman5377]

Raytheon is synthetic silk

[@cadence6886]

My grandma's dad used to work here

[@kimberwhalen5396]

Hey my home town raytheon made things for nasa and the bemberg made fabric

[@emilysmith4428]

It's RAYON, a fabric. Need to do your reasearch.

[@anitaperry7964]

I use to work there my dad was the tirecord mechanic there at NARC My grandpa worked in the spinning room. They made yarn rope.

[@aftonswifey]

OMG I LIVE THERE AND I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO SEE WHATS InSIDe

[@comradetman3784]

Same , I don’t live in carter county but I do live close enough to pass it often and for the past 3 years have been researching , asking questions and stuff of that type about it and it’s history , today yet again I was over there and found another way in I believe . But am not sure did not get close enough . But I also got very helpful information from business owners near the plant about one guy who I did talk to last year about it , he owns storage buildings near the factory and will try to prosecute you if you are caught by the police or him on his part of that property , but the same people who told me that told me about other ways to get in that aren’t through his part of it . Am unsure if that guy actually own the run down factory tho

[@xtraa8737]

Same

[@millertena95]

The plant had the worst odor when they were actively producing rayon fibers. The smell reminded me of Eastman.

[@patsywilliams3519]

Part of the Bemburg building was used for storage by Hilltop Honda Acura junkyard. It's the boneyard now, but I cataloged alot of motors ,trans, wheels , and other various Honda parts. It's in the tall part of the building or was. Not sure if it all was moved or destroyed.

[@haylee7951]

I’ve been scouring the internet for any smidgen of a hint to where exactly this place is located. Some family just moved over to Elizabethton from Jonesborough and I’m looking to do some urbexing. Do you have an address or coordinates to this place? Dying to drive by.

[@americanauto20]

This was a textile plant that made yarn and silk products there used to be another plant close to it called north american rayon my boss worked there in the 90s and that horrible smell is the rayon tanks that were buried years ago leaking underground

[@bonniekaye]

Enjoyed the video... glad you weren't hurt by the dog!! My Dad used to always say: "Its better to make a good run than a bad stand!!" :-)

[@stacytownsend2463]

My grandpa worked there

[@stephanietipton6690]

My friends dad used to skate there back in the 80s

[@UnknownVentures]

Went there today. There is another business called R&D Finishing that owns the place. Asked two of the employees if I could get inside. They said the owner is not here but is a real jerk and would not allow it. They said the owner keeps dogs inside the building. They let me around the building for 10 min to take some photos. One of the employees told me that Chuck Norris made a film inside the building.

[@nascar2297]

Did you go inside the building with the smokestack

[@UnknownVentures]

@@nascar2297 No I didn't. They two employees told me the owner keeps two dogs inside the building.

[@glendafromaustralia1625]

Not a fail John. Most interesting. Heaps heaps old machines. But I liked brickwork in first shed. Would have loved to see you both running from dog xxx

[@skytalker73]

I have heard that they made parachutes in this factory during WWII

[@noah-ns7lu]

Nope just artificial silk

[@ap7530]

Yes they did it. But not the USA factory

[@noah-ns7lu]

@@ap7530 he was talking about THIS specific factory not one in Italy

[@ap7530]

Chester cheetah yes I know and I said several times I was talking about the one in Italy. Anyway another comment said the produced textile for similar things. So I don’t get why you’re so bored by these comments.

[@ap7530]

To be precise it was a silk made with cotton “linters” (cotton wool), so it’s partially artificial. Looked liked silk. Then they started to produce yarn for tights. Also the American one produced cloth for parachutes: as the main company did so, also the other branches had to do the same. tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/north-american-rayon-corporation-and-american-bemberg-corporation/

[@MissouriCrookedBarnHomestead]

There were materials supplied to NASA and the space shuttles along with lots of other places. There were hazardous materials stored underneath the site and most of the people that used to work there ended up getting really sick. My Aunt used to work there for many years.

[@Jennifer-1724]

It's a old rayon plant they made materials similar to Silk is artificial thus the name rayon. As a child I thought it was fascinating that my grandpa worked at a plant that made material to go in rocket ships I remember going to a festival in Elizabethton I don't remember all the details but I was proud of my grandpa and I remember seeing Rockets all over everything he brought home material and I think we still have some of it and storage to use them for washing dishs and rags. I loved how the material felt ❤

[@patrickstephens8420]

My grandmother worked at Bemberg, my grandfather at NARC. I myself cameraed the area sewer lines in 1995 to check for chemicals before it was redeveloped for the city.

[@janiehepler5691]

It was an original parachute factory. Suppose to be haunted.

[@noah-ns7lu]

No it was just artificial silk not parachutes

[@noah-ns7lu]

They made artificial silk

[@thedoxinator3934]

Huge fire broke out in Feb 2000 burned for a week that was the end for this historic textile plant

[@faceinthewindow.]

I thought that happened in the 80's...

[@bobbywilliams2471]

FaceInTheWindow that was bermberg

[@tonyaelliott4070]

I live in Hampton Tennessee. When I was a child we could hear the whistle from Elizabethton

[@garrettstiltner857]

I live in Elizabethton and we go to bemburg all the time there's actually been a lot of deaths here and those dogs live up there they're meaner the hell and they're usually up in the top floors

[@ap7530]

what kind of deaths?

[@firmestshrimp710]

garrett stiltner dogs are very mean in those buildings for sure.

[@markteague8889]

Interesting bit of history about both Bemberg and N.A.R.C. During WWII, the gov't took over the plants to produce parachute material. The Tweetsie locomotives brought workers down out of the mountains from as far away as Cranberry, NC to contribute to the war effort. The Bemberg "Station" still stands on the other side of Elk Avenue. Check out this video for more information; although, it is primarily about the Tweetsie RR operations during WWII: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oIXCdaGOlNefZ80

[@alphaomegia3589]

They is are making it. they moved to Bluff City under the name of NARCOTE

[@skullvideo7645]

Been in there twice its dope it was for building parachutes

[@nascar2297]

have you ever been inside the building with the smokestack

[@skullvideo7645]

@@nascar2297 walked around it but its locked and theres dogs in there

[@michele6457]

The made rayon or artificial silk for years . If you decide to tour the old Leon Fernbach plant in JohnsonCity, let me know, they made similar stuff, been shut down for years too. But my grandparents worked there on my fathers side, my mother worked there til they shut the doors and I worked there as well. But you had to string different types of threads together to make one large spoil of thread. Pantyhose , rope, different things this was used to make. Very hard work. But NARC smelled horrible in Elizabethton, it smelled like Rotten Eggs and embalming fluid mixed . Hope that is some answers you was looking for….

[@bobbywilliams2471]

the NARCO portion did not close until 2000 that was i want to say about 1-2 months after the fire rayon is sinthetic silk 90% of my family up there worked in there

[@333crypta]

always wanted to explore that place

[@misshavok181]

Sean G If you just look up the factory name, you'll find it. Hard to miss.

[@skullvideo7645]

Hey thats my hometown

[@chasterling237]

Got in the main building back in 2008 late at night with some friends of mine. We got up to the roof till we started hearing weird noises. Got out of there pretty quick.

[@caseycarden1179]

I live here and you ended up by the former recycling plant it used to be the water-quality control building ironically it's upriver from the main plant I'm going to go through next week I'll send ya'll the video

[@ExplorationUnknown]

Awesome

[@colemiller2743]

i got chased out by the owner, he tried to run me over with his car, dumbass left the gate open and i outran his dodge durango, he also hit me multiple time after getting out but bro was like 85 so i didnt stab him

[@rowe_jogan]

nice story bro

[@schizoozy]

Bemberg and NARC are two different places. NARC was torn down to build Super Walmart. VonCannon family owns the Bemberg building and property. I worked at the NARC in the beaming department.

[@schizoozy]

I don't know them myself.

[@tinaericson4145]

Barbara, what years did you work at NARC?

[@schizoozy]

I worked there in 1995-1997.

[@johnjackson6340]

The bemberg has 3 business ran out of it in the office area and the main building and Charles von cannon has several dogs on property

[@elliotw5918]

Is there anyone to talk to about getting permission to explore and document it?

[@BattleReadyToaster..o_O]

North American Raylon Plant. Not ray-the-on or whatever you said. They were a blue jeans production plant. Grandma and oldest uncle worked there when it was open. She said she would "stone wash" and "distress" blue jeans... That's the most that I know being raised in that area.

[@vanessadarnell3014]

it looks like a shop that I used to work in years ago they made up some paper but there was big Sanders for the floors or they sand down floors and they cut it just strips

[@markteague8889]

Raytheon was a defense contractor that operated a facility in Bristol and designed and manufactured the Patriot missile system.

[@nascar2297]

Has anyone ever been inside the power plant building with the Bemberg smokestack?

[@michaelisbell3094]

They made rayon and space shuttle tiles

[@ILoveMyCreativeSpirit]

Been watching a bunch of your older videos today. ♡

[@ap7530]

they use to produce yarn by a chemical process. I'm doing a huge research about them back in EU. is the plant still on or the have take it down?

[@SPARTAN085B]

It's been abandoned for years. When I left Elizabethton, they were tearing this place down.

[@westbrook0747]

Is this the one behind the west Eli shopping center or the one by walmart

[@XPGaming_YT]

It’s still up to this day. They can’t Tear it down. They could but it would make the town sick. To many Toxic Chemicals in the building.

[@ap7530]

XP Gaming yeah like in Italy

[@thesaltypixzel1467]

ive been all the way on the roof of NAR and went through the allied metals building behind the walmart while it was in the middle of being torn down. i havent been to elizabethton in years even tho i live like 20 min from there lol but i think NAR has been torn down at this point. the view was pretty awesome from up there tho.

[@chrisnjenniferlinindoll6113]

This was the first video we watched of you. We were looking for information about the Bemburg Rayon plant here in Elizabethton Tennessee. Your video was on the top of the search list. Ever since then we have been hooked. Thanks for your efforts.

[@christianweaver8437]

I live there in Elizabethton I see the Bemberg plant everyday on my way to school

[@ExplorationUnknown]

That's cool.

[@ap7530]

is still on or they have take the plants down?

[@westbrook0747]

Alice Pedroletti there are two huge plants in Elizabethton one was torn down but there is still a massive one near t

[@vickiel8291]

yarn my dad worked in the twisting dept. made yarn

[@elliotw5918]

Does anyone know of who to talk to to get permission to explore and document the place? I went there once and got about as far as you did. Dogs ran me off too, but I figured coming back with some steak and bones would buy some time

[@LilPianoMan..]

No I don’t guess they asked permission or anything. So there probably risking getting arrested maybe

[@joshwilliams5526]

That would been Time x and Rolex lol the watch dogs lol

[@thedoxinator3934]

Got a good chuckle at the ending 👍😎

[@alphaomegia3589]

my buddy owns all the buildings, his name charles

[@zacharylegaspi7594]

Charles VonCannon? That’s my uncle Dean

[@alphaomegia3589]

@@zacharylegaspi7594 I dont know his last name, Jamie Matheson introduced me to him, we used to borrow a towmoter, and i would drive it on main road to the personal warehouse beside summers&taylors

[@alphaomegia3589]

@@zacharylegaspi7594 If its the same person, Charles is a awesome guy

[@zacharylegaspi7594]

@@alphaomegia3589 I don’t think there’s many people in the world named Charles who own an abandoned factory in Elizabethton He took both my dad and I on a tour of the place last time we visited

[@alphaomegia3589]

@@zacharylegaspi7594 So you walked the paths cause so much equipment, everywhere. I wood work with my Dr. and me and him went to see Charles to look at the wood he had, He has a bunch stacked to the ceiling. You are right, it has to be the same person we are talking about

[@Ayveh]

All that stuff left behind, I must add though Rayon material SHRINKS like crazy so I don't recommend buying it unless you want to buy 2 sizes bigger than what you are.

[@erie910]

It's North American Rayon, not Raytheon. Both North American Rayon and American Bemberg were owned by Beaunit Corp, which was bought by El Paso Natural Gas. Bemberg Rayon was made using copper sulfate and ammonia. North American Rayon made rayon using cellulose. Bemberg rayon became too expensive, and, ultimately, so did NARCO rayon. My Dad worked for these companies in NYC for more than 35 years. I worked for Beaunit for more than 3 years.

[@doc2517]

Bemberg was on the verge of closing, like so many textile plants of the south/east, business went overseas.

[@alphaomegia3589]

They are now in Bluff City, with the name NARCOTE

[@jimjulian4443]

Last time I checked, a few years ago, there were a few bsusinesses still operating out of a portion of the building. The dogs may have been guard dogs. You may want to check the ownership. My father and brother worked there to make rayon fabric. The working conditions were before airconditioning becam common in facotries. and the temperatures axceeded 100 degrees.

[@seanhazelwood3311]

A few small businesses use the main building as storage. There are not, and never have been "guard dogs" in use on the property. There Are, however, multiple packs of stray dogs that live there (and all over Eliz.) that animal control can't/ won't do anything about; especially now that the animal shelter is a "no kill" facility.

[@noah-ns7lu]

This is an abandoned artificial silk factory that way shut down due to the great depression

[@jcr7023]

rayon was used in parachutes its a synthetic silk!

[@ap7530]

yes, during the war in EU they use to make parachutes for the Germans. So weird they made them in US too...I guess not for the Americans though...

[@noah-ns7lu]

Nope just artificial silk

[@noah-ns7lu]

@@ap7530 they did not produce parachutes

[@ap7530]

Chester cheetah the fabric was used for the parachutes. I spoke with workers here in Italy, and my grandma worked during the war. It’s almost ten years I work on Bemberg history...

[@noah-ns7lu]

@@ap7530 bemberg is in Elizabeth Tennessee not Italy

[@cruisingwithwilliam]

cool plant jon

[@randyjackson7809]

North American Plant was torn down. But someone does own the old Bemberg Plant and does not like people trespassing to my knowledge. Enjoyed your Video.

[@thedoxinator3934]

This plant was built in the mid 1920s a German owned Rayon (knockoff silk) plant for many years ...😎

[@chickengod101god9]

or is it the one by magic mart that is now biglots

[@caracalcontinuum3118]

This is a Superfund site....

[@jwhit7960]

My papaw worked there

[@SPARTAN085B]

Oh dude, don't try to get in there, the dogs, and the cops will run you out.

[@danielkegley690]

It's probably for the better that the dog ran you off. That old building is rumored to have a lot of Asbestos in it. You need a good respirator to explore those buildings.

[@zacharylegaspi7594]

My uncle owns the entire property and the dog too, you should see what he feeds it. That dog has definitely eaten scraps of food that I didn’t finish.

[@jillianperkins1175]

I live near there

[@jenniferhickman8501]

my aunt use to work there.jennie hickman

[@ap7530]

do you know when she worked there?

[@gracegirl1934]

Anyone know how to get into the place?? I'm wanting to explore it

[@bobbywilliams2471]

it has been torn down

[@jonathanmiller3815]

A business called colonial machinery sales owns the property this video was shot at. They have security cameras everywhere and will prosecute you.

[@katlynnscarter2402]

Oh I live here this is so weird!!!!

[@cadence6886]

The old owners abandoned it one day and moved back to russia cause they didnt have the money and it was cheaper to do in russia

[@johndepew2621]

I love five minutes from this location

[@johndepew2621]

*live

[@firmestshrimp710]

North American Rayon

[@KWScott-jr8ye]

my bad, i thought you said Raytheon .....not Rayon.....I apologize

[@bradmad8346]

He did say Raytheon, I was confused too they made everything from vacuum tubes to missiles I think.

[@ExplorationUnknown]

I did say Raytheon I got confused on which one to say lol Im not too familiar with either sorry about that.

[@KWScott-jr8ye]

Exploration Unknown ☺ it's all good...my dad worked for Raytheon for a time...I grew up in Bristol, TN.....Keep the videos coming💖

[@ExplorationUnknown]

K. W. Scott Thanks.

[@thegreat8741]

They made there own power and make yarn

[@chickengod101god9]

sadly its dead by wallmart

[@KWScott-jr8ye]

Raytheon is in the business of military weapons development. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raytheon Great video💖

[@trentfox6100]

I live in elizibethton

[@kellysutton2780]

you have to be careful with asbestos in these old places

[@RayRayTheExplorer]

We got our workout that day.!! Lol

[@noah-ns7lu]

This is an abandoned artificial silk factory that way shut down due to the great depression

[@MsMistyDawn]

Great find, but no dog footage, however the look on your face says it all! Great video!

[@fetuswarrior6056]

I can see this from my house im right behind it up the road

[@callalily8888]

👏

[@chickengod101god9]

Lol check it out now

[@XPGaming_YT]

Me and my best friend this exact year. Made a video exploring the place. And when we entered we had a bad feeling about being there and like it felt like we walked into hell honestly. It wasnt hot or anything it was pretty Nippy. But it felt like something was with us the entire time. And throughout the video. We got to the Lot with a lot of beat up cars and junk metal and we heard the dog barking it sounded old. It was tied up. But we kept exploring and we went into the building you did the intro in at the beginning we went in. And as soon as the camera turned left on our video there was a black figure lurking the door way. Stories have been told of people seeing humans jumping out of the windows and when they checked to see the persons body. Nothing was there. Supposedly there was a suicide from the top floor. To this day the place still stands.

[@nascar2297]

Did you go inside the building with the smokestack

[@donald1056]

Automotive parts - I believe

[@edwardguerra1814]

you should have went in. one dog cant even walk now. the other one just barks a lot. if you went in then, maybe you could have saved that dog. honestly you heard barking and ran. no way you were chased by dogs then. they couldnt even get out of the building.

[@viruz5196]

Not really awesome more creepy than anything over 100 people died