Its amazing what you will find on http://www.roadsideamerica.com/.
We were looking in Tennessee and found that there is a Tow truck museum as well as a Tow truck manufacturer just outside of Chattanooga. While we did take in the museum one needs to be in the Towing industry to be allowed a tour of the manufacturing plant, Miller Industries.
The museum is interesting for car buffs and such, not so much for a couple of the members of the webegone gang though. They were gracious in going along though..
http://internationaltowingmuseum.org/
Then a quick trip up the Raccoon Mountain pump station road. Unfortunately the visitors center was closed for construction. Still a nice 12-15 mile drive up Raccoon mountain. http://www.tva.gov/sites/raccoonmt.htm
The TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority)built this hydro electric plant to help meet peak demand usage. Hot summers and cold winters. They have a storage pond at the top of the mountain and another at the bottom. During peak demand the turn on the spigots and let the water run down the mounting to turn the hydro generators, and into the pond below. In the evening when power demand slackens they pump the water back up the mountain for the next days usage. Recycling the water is the name of the game.
Back for a rousing dinner of hot dogs, mac-cheese and authentic fire house chili.
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