Here’s a really mysterious photo. What and where in the world is it? Send your name, hometown and guess to: feedback@statehousereport.com.
Last week’s mystery, “Blowin’ in the wind,” showed smoke billowing from the stacks at the International Paper mill in Georgetown. It will close at the end of the year, throwing almost 700 people out of work. The mill has been in operation for more than 85 years.
Will Williams of Aiken noted, “This will be a huge loss for Georgetown as IP was one of the largest employers in the county. My parents did not work there, but I had friends who had parents and grandparents that worked there. Some of my childhood friends work there and will be short a few years from being able to retire.”
Lots of readers identified the mill, including Allan Peel of San Antonio, Texas; Gwen Stickland of Marion; Wayne Beam of Georgetown; Bill Segars and Don Clark, both of Hartsville; David Lupo of Mount Pleasant; Nancy Barksdale, Joe Whetstone, Jay Altman, John Hart and Elizabeth Jones, all of Columbia; Lester Dempsey of Charleston; Jacie Godfrey, Pam McDaniel and Barry Wingard, both of Florence; Steve Willis of Lancaster; George Graf of Palmyra, Va.; and Frank Bouknight and Daniel Prohaska, both of Summerville.
- Send us a mystery picture. If you have a photo that you believe will stump readers, send it along (but make sure to tell us what it is because it may stump us too!) Send to: feedback@statehousereport.com and mark it as a photo submission. Thanks.
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