It has been forever since I've posted!! I apologize for my lack of postings! It has been a busy semester!
This morning, I had the opportunity of being the photographer for Le Sueur County Emergency Management today at a training burn in Cleveland, MN.
Cleveland was home to the Sunderman's Elevator for many years, but after another elevator opened up in Le Center and the decline for the need of elevators, this one had minimum operation over the years. It started to become a hazard, so the Cleveland Fire Department decided to use it as a training burn. They invited other departments to participate such as Kilkenny, Eagle Lake, Waterville, Madison Lake, Eagle Lake, Le Center, Le Sueur, Kasota, St. Peter and Shakopee.
What started out as pretty bitterly cold morning, quickly heated up once they started the elevator on fire.
People came from all over to watch the burn, and a little piece of history go down in flames.
My only regret from today- no one went and took the Chuckwagon sign down off of the elevator prior to burning it. It was a restaurant in Cleveland, MN and unfortunately the sign burned with the rest of the elevator. Too bad, it would have been a nice piece of nostalgia.
(I will post more throughout the week as I continue to edit, but I had to quick share a few favorites from today.)
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