Tindle Mills Demolition Smells Familiar
FairCityNews.com | Apr 15, 2010 | Comments 0
Springfield, MO—A local dog food factory’s destruction is releasing a nasty fragrance not experienced since the operation was producing smelly dog food. Tindle Mills was known regionally for emitting a foul sulfur odor while in production, a smell now revived by the buildings’ demise.
“Once we started tearing down that tower it released a gaseous stank that brought tears to my eyes. Reminded me of the old days, when Tindle Mills was crankin’ out dog chow from horse hooves and cattle bones,” said Daniel Ufstress, a demolition worker.
In 2005, the long vacant Tindle Mills location was donated by ADM Alliance Nutrition to Drury University. Recently, the OTC Board of Trustees voted to borrow $2 million to buy the former mill site and build a new parking lot.
“We had no idea that the demolition would produce these types of memory-inducing smells. I recall driving up and down Chestnut Expressway back in the ‘90s and breathing in the foul emissions produced from the mill. Hopefully we can get rid of the stench by the time the parking lot goes in,” said one OTC official.
OTC plans to issue a parking fee for students at the Springfield OTC campus to help pay for construction of the 150 space parking lot but now is considering an additional fumigation fee to eliminate any lingering odors.
Drury planned to turn the 8.1-acre site into a green space but reconsidered given the “stank bomb” characteristics of the site.
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