Angels of Death?! October 15, 2010

Posted by Cathy Wurzer in Uncategorized.
Tags: Red Wing, Red Wing Pottery, sewer pipe
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OK. I’m feeling kind of bad about our track record. Maybe it is coincidence but several of the places we’ve profiled in “Tales of the Road-Highway 61″ have been destroyed since the book/film came out. Add this little structure to the list. It was a “sewer pipe” garage in Red Wing.

Yes. You read that right. It was made out of clay sewer pipe that was manufactured in Red Wing at a now defunct plant.

The pipe was put end to end to end to create a proper flow. Some enterprising person recycled these pipes and back in the 1930′s made a garage out of them.

I was interested in shooting the building before its demise for TOTR #2. We got there in the nick of time. Shortly after we did some videotaping, the building was torn down.
Here’s the full story from the local paper:

The Two Harbors High School came down shortly after our visit. Geez. I’m starting to wonder if there is a TOTR Curse! Maybe our timing is impeccable. Don’t know!!

We have been busy with some preliminary travel/interviews and research for TOTR #2! We are taking ideas for any oddball place/story along Highway 61!! E-mail us at cathy@palisadeproductions.com