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'The Old Hand' is a 23-foot-tall, 9-foot-wide stainless-steel sculpture standing in front of Eastman Chemical Company's global headquarters in Kingsport, Tennessee, unveiled August 9, 2021 to celebrate the company's 2020 centennial. It depicts a giant hand manipulating a methanol molecule (built from 192 individual steel plates, with the hand/arm made of 300 welded plates), honoring Eastman's origins distilling methanol from wood pulp and symbolizing the generations of employees who have guided the company.
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Giant Hand: Molecule Master (The Old Hand, Eastman)
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A 23-foot stainless-steel sculpture of a giant hand and molecule outside a corporate headquarters, freely viewable from public areas.
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Eastman Chemical Company global headquarters, Kingsport, Tennessee.
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