RM.... As a child, I well remember the then, decomissioned Lee Field Navy Base... Much of it was still intact...Obviously the Mothball fleet was long gone by the time I came into the world.. but most of the Navy Base Buildings were there until I was around 12-13 years old.. and then alot (most) of it was torn down.. What a shame.. because most of the buildings , houses ,etc were maintained and in good shape. Opposite the base , East of the Piers was housing for military / familes and east of that, in a circle around the Navy Base Day Care Center, were officers housing.. today , two of those houses remain ..and are in bad shape..the rest of them were either demolished or moved.. the Daycare center and Navy Base swimming pool also destroyed...
Although this is a nice presentation and the pictures taken ,show some really beautiful spots of Reynold's Industrial Park and the piers, this is a huge tract of land, and most of it is vacant.. only a handful of the military buildings...maybe 10-12 remain, including the Aircraft Hangar.
As to the former Johns-Manville plant, I well remember that being in operation .. they made Asbestos Pipe, and anyone who knows about Asbestos ,knows what happens because of the dust breathed in from this material ....hence the end of Johns-Manville.. It opened under a couple of other names afterward and then 3-4 years ago was supposed to be totally demolished , and it seems like I remember that either Humana or Orange Park Medical Center was supposed to build a facility on that site..... that never happened obviously and my bet is the site is so contaminated , the remedial work to make anything there would be atrociously expensive.. Part of the J-M plant was demolished ,but most of it is still there. It has to be falling apart by now ,though. Nice Presentation from my home town !
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