firestone tire & rubber co. (albany plant)

3300 SYLVESTER RD

The 329-acre site is located at 3300 Sylvester Road, approximately one mile east of Albany in Dougherty County, Georgia. The site includes a 1.84-million-square-foot facility and a forested wetlands area. Sylvester Highway, residences and commercial businesses border the site to the north. North Shaw Road and Seaboard Coastline railroad tracks border the site to the south. A landfill borders the site to the east. A church and a vacant property border the site to the west. From 1968 until 1986, Firestone Tire and Rubber Company leased the facility for tire manufacturing operations. In 1986, Cooper Tire purchased the site and began tire manufacturing and storage operations at the facility. In 1989, EPA listed the site on the NPL. Cooper Tire’s operations at the site are ongoing. Fencing surrounds the site and limits access. The site supports industrial and commercial land uses.

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