Views of Tallassee

Tallassee, as I have come to know on my lunch breaks, is a peculiar place, whether it be the Confederate flags that line the streets each May, or the prisoners in bright jumpsuits washing police cars and cracking jokes with officers at the police station in the middle of town. Yesterday, I became not only a drive-by observer, but a walking observer as well. Here are some photos.

In the historic district most of the buildings were abandoned, some hollowed out.

Downtown

Fort Talisi, atop a bluff on the Tallapoosa River.

A lot of Confederate history and pride here.

One of the Civil War era buildings along the river, maybe the Confederate armory.

Tallapoosa River, one of Alabama's four big rivers. It combines with the Coosa River near Montgomery to become the Alabama River which flows toward Mobile Bay.

Along the other side of the river, another Civil War era building that burned down this past spring.

Thurlow Dam, a hydroelectric dam owned by Alabama Power Company

The power generating plant

I like this building.

East Tallassee on the other side of the river.