Crews push over stack that had stood sentry at Lockland mattress company.
The smoke stack from the former Stearns and Foster Mattress Company in Lockland came down at noon yesterday.
The smokestack has been a symbol of Lockland for many years. It’s the last piece of several buildings abandoned years ago.
The hope was that removing the smokestack will be a sign of progress for the village.
“It’s more than an eyesore. The building was literally falling down,” Village Administrator David Krings said.
The Ohio Department of Transportation is working on Interstate 75 in the area. It didn’t take much convincing by the village to have ODOT include the stack’s demolition in its project.
“ODOT, who’s financing the demolition, said they don’t want that kind of structure next to a major highway that’s being widened. It was just too dangerous,” Krings said.
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