A gigantic replica of a Dixie Cup that sat atop the Lehigh Valley’s former Georgia-Pacific plant for about a century was removed from the shuttered factory Thursday morning.
The 50,000-gallon cup, a fixture of the landscape just outside Easton, was taken down with a 500-ton crane as part of a plan to redevelop the site. Onlookers came out to take photos and watch the landmark get removed from the factory. Dixie Cups were produced at the plant until the complex closed in the 1980s. The property has been vacant ever since.
The replica in Wilson Borough, visible for miles, had long served as a water tower and billboard for manufacturer Georgia-Pacific in a region that had pivotal shipping connections via railroads and surrounding rivers. The factory opened in the early 1920s…