The demolition has begun

rrlund

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They started tearing down the old milk plant today. That's the receiving room and lab where they dumped and washed the cans. I've unloaded many a load of milk in to that building.
And a black and white picture of the place in it's prime.
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Lots of these old buildings being torn down now. Our local milk plant building only survives because it's now used for honey production...

Sometimes I wonder if things will change from the modern massive factory type processing back to smaller local units. I'm guessing it won't happen, but there does seem to be a move towards 'local food' around here anyway.
 
The old creamery in Albany burnt 2 years ago. It closed in the '80's like many more did. Grandpa was involved when it was built in 1922 and Dad was president when Mid-Am took over. It became apartments in it's second life. The contractor was nice enough and diligent in saving the old Limestone marque stones for the Junkshow. We have them kept while waiting for the right place to erect them for display.
 
Long time in coming. Been a blight and eyesore for years. Deteriorated far beyond repair and reuse. Sadly, when it was still useful it was abandoned to the elements. Was a landmark and a viable business for a long time. Will be missed part of the landscape. Did they ever resolve the question as to who the owners are and who really has responsibility for cleanup costs?
 
The village owns it. Cleanup will be up to the taxpayers in some kind of brownfield cleanup or similar I guess. It was in the paper a few weeks ago about a big mix up in the bidding. I guess they didn't disclose that the roof had caved in,so they needed somebody other than the demolition crew to come in ahead and get the asbestos roofing out of the rubble first,then somebody to sort it out during the process. I would imagine it's full of lead paint too,just to make it even more of a mess.
 
Some of those old buildings don't come down easy. I recall watching tv when they were taking down the Doctors building in Dallas.Back when they still used wrecking balls. Foreman was bragging it would be down in two weeks. Swung the ball,ball bounced off the building. Foreman looked stunned.Three months later they were still beating on it.
 
I love a large ice cold glass of milk. I go through a gallon a day just for me. When I go to the grocery store, I usually pickup a pint and open and down it as I leave. Sure do hate to see that happen to a milk plant. Probably cause the prices to go up. I better start stocking up and hording now. Thanks for the heads up. I'm headed to the store before its too late.

Mark
 
That one's been closed since July 20,1975. They made the little cans of Carnation evaporated milk.
 
I don't know. All I can read on the back of the hydra hoe in one picture the wife took was something or another Services Environmental.
 
A shame but at least it was used for a good while. What I don't understand are all these large commercial buildings like football stadiums that get used for only 20 or 30 years and then get demolished. Big waste of resources.

In town they like to tear down and start over with restaurant type commercial buildings; seems they use them for less than 10 years, go out of business and the next guy levels it and starts over.
 
I think most of them are gone around here too.

Town near us has an old concrete elevator that's abandoned too. I think the prior owners let it go for taxes. The city tried to see is it could be economically converted to apts. But it isn't cost effective. They tired coming up with other ideas but nothing that has panned out. Last few years they been looking at selling it but no interested parties. So sometime in the next few years I imagine that the city will have to pay to have it demolished. That's going to be an EPA nightmare. Sets about 200 feet from a river bank. Then the town in question will kick that can down the road as long as they can then try to get all the county residents to pay for it or to get the state to do it.

Rick
 
I was going to say the farm I miked for in Laingsburg when I was in High School was sending our milk there but after looking at your date for closing there must of been another Carnation plant in lower Michigan that we were selling to.
 
Well, sort of, except made for bulk milk and a small silo at the side. I will have to post pics of some some time.
 
(quoted from post at 17:13:40 02/08/16) Some of those old buildings don't come down easy. I recall watching tv when they were taking down the Doctors building in Dallas.Back when they still used wrecking balls. Foreman was bragging it would be down in two weeks. Swung the ball,ball bounced off the building. Foreman looked stunned.Three months later they were still beating on it.

Yep - faster and cheaper now; got to 'Git 'er Done' these days! At least it won't take much time or money to tear the new ones down when it's time for 'something new'. 8)
 
I saw a crew use a wrecking ball about 2-3 yaers ago. They were tearing down an old coal silo at the GE plant in Erie PA. The silo was built in the 1980s to store pulverized coal that the burnt in the power house. The place switched over to gas boilers for steam and buy the electrical power now.
 
Randy:

Village can recoup some of their money by salvaging the good, used bricks. Good, clean, used bricks are going for about $2.00 EACH right now.

Doc
 
There's one just north of here,up by Lakeview Michigan that still takes cans from the Amish.
 
Randy:

Late 1940's to mid 1960's my Father's offices (Fred S. James & Co. - Corporate Insurance Brokerage) was on the sixth floor of the CARNATION Building at 5045 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA . Father started as an Insurance Underwriter in the mid-'30's in New York City. WW2 he enlisted in the Army and was with the 77th Infantry Division. After WW2 he was transfered to L.A. to be the Manager of the L.A. Office of Fred S. James & Co. . He was a 50 year member of the United States Power Squadrons (a National safe boating organization) and served as the National Chief Commander in 1972-1973. He retired as the Senior Vice President of Sedgwick, James Insurance Brokerage in 1978. Passed away in 2002, the day after his 92nd Birthday. - I sure do miss him!

Doc
 

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