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Southern Armature, 2100 Two Notch Road: 2013   1 comment

Posted at 5:12 pm in Uncategorized

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I'm not real sure what Southern Armature did. The place has bays like a garage, and an armature is part of a generator or alternator, but I can't imagine a business based on just fixing alternator parts. Perhaps they specialized in alternators as a whole, or electrical systems. Anyway, they are listed in this year's (Feb 2013) phonebook, so the sale and rezoning for City Gas is a pretty recent development.

When I first noticed the "sold" sign, the place was still intact. As of 18 August, they have ripped most of it apart, though so far they have kept the endpieces.

UPDATE 18 September 2013 -- Construction continues:

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UPDATE 15 October 2013 -- work continues. The canopy looks done:

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UPDATE 21 February 2014 -- City Gas is open:

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Written by ted on August 19th, 2013

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  1. My grandfather started this business way back when; when he passed in ~1978 my father assumed shared ownership (along with his brother).

    SA (apart from sponsoring one of my youth baseball teams) provided automotive electrical services (starters, batteries, alternators, etc.) along with other basic engine services. Often there would be someone needing a repair my father did not do, so he'd refer them to one of a few other repair shops nearby.

    SA supported many families and several generations. My father got out of the business back in the mid-90's, going on to a second career with a medical supplies company, while his brother kept SA going until - as this article points out - not too long ago.

    It was what it was - an independently-owned shop where you'd take your older car to be worked on and kept going, where each New Year's there'd be card-playing and catfish-stew eating in the garage, and where there hung from the wall a one-time state record Sheepshead.

    Time marches on.

    Barry

    15 Jan 14 at 1:01 am

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