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Demolition of fertilizer plant continues
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CopyCold weather has slowed the demolition of the old United Farmers Cooperative fertilizer plant in Lafayette. Lafayette Excavating started the work before Christmas, with about a third of the building still standing.
According to Butch Altmann, the building is being removed so a cold warehouse for tires can be put up on its concrete slab. Because of its former use as a fertilizer building, it can't be re-used--remnants of the fertilizer remain in the wood and would cause metal items, such as tire rims, stored in it to rust
The 800-ton fertilizer and blending plant was put up in 1964 on a tract of land purchased from the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad. A complete ammonia conversion plant was added the next year.
With the construction of UFC's new fertilizer plant in Winthrop, the Lafayette facility was last used in 2008.
Photos by Andrew Olsen
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