Personal narrative by Mark Wilbur, 2025

Format

Personal narrative

Contributor

Mark Wilbur

source

Bellefontaine Neighbors Then and Now Facebook group

Origin date

2025

2020–2029

Topic

1901–1981

Missouri Portland Cement Company

Environmental hazards

North County

RIGHTS:

This work is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0

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NO ALTERATION

In the 1960s I did a project in grade school and shot an 8mm film about how during the night the plant would spew out tons of white Ash, so much so that it looked like it was snowing. And documented how it ate the paint off of our vehicles. I have no idea whether I still have that video or not

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