Now You See It, Now You Don't

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November 2010
The big tin factory is gone!  We had heard from a friend living in Casa Grande that they demolished the huge tin building.  From what we found inside, we thought it might had once been a factory.  Now, all that is there is the boulder with a pipe inside of it and a large slab of cement where the building once stood.

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  1. App'yNovember 28, 2012 at 12:01 PM

    If it was empty and made of tin, it might not have lasted that long around here. Scrap metal theft is at an all-time high, they even take live power lines form the railways!

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    1. Julie FergusonNovember 28, 2012 at 1:28 PM

      I don't know when it was built but two years ago when the building was still there, it looked like the place was used for parties. I am sure someone got all that metal when the place was torn down.

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  2. A Beer for the ShowerNovember 29, 2012 at 8:44 AM

    So are they putting up something in its place, or just wanted to tear it down anyway?

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