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.
The sewer pipe garage before demolition/Oct. 2010
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
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Oops! Check out the link to the local story about the old garage:
http://www.republican-eagle.com/event/article/id/69646/
Cathy:
Trust me, you are not the angel of death! This just shows how important your work in documenting sites along highway 61 is…If you have more photos of the sewer pipe garage, please share them on your blog.