tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147255226831235255.post4493138276111346854..comments2023-11-24T07:31:06.204-08:00Comments on nailhed: The Paper City, Pt. 4: "A Fallen Satellite"nailhedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07339834717269186348noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147255226831235255.post-21027972272922689052020-04-12T16:44:00.473-07:002020-04-12T16:44:00.473-07:00Are there tunnles under the city of otsego? If so...Are there tunnles under the city of otsego? If so can you please give me a hint where? afoster198989@gmail.comAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16133922480518690289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147255226831235255.post-38533571373293884722019-09-08T16:25:23.527-07:002019-09-08T16:25:23.527-07:00I was one of the people that got paid to remove st...I was one of the people that got paid to remove steel from this plant. I was exposed to allot of hazardous materials. From pcb asbestos and more. I was a 19 year old kid with a family and needed the money. I came down with cancer 3 years later. There are some pretty elaborate tunnel systems under this plant. They go 3 stories down. Idk if you made it that deep. But it's quite interesting.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10781593890466717707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147255226831235255.post-59425932164883228902018-03-12T12:16:22.386-07:002018-03-12T12:16:22.386-07:00This brought tears to my eyes. My father worked h...This brought tears to my eyes. My father worked here from the age of 18 until Rock-Tenn shut it down. The picture you have of the back overhead door is were mom and I would meet dad every Thursday to get his check. This place robbed my father of everything. At the age of 56 he was placed in a nursing home and has frontal temporal lobe dementia and cannot speak or comprehend anything anymore.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18238963205075010467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147255226831235255.post-22530714256890551862018-03-11T07:17:05.435-07:002018-03-11T07:17:05.435-07:00I worked for Rock - Tenn company for 5 years then ...I worked for Rock - Tenn company for 5 years then when they started to phase it out I took their severance package. I worked as an "Extra" then ended with my own position on a cut-to-size machine. The building was so old and was literally falling apart with no intentions from the company to fix it up. I left every day blowing out black snot. I would always mention it to the other Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17450406184663443266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147255226831235255.post-15940147102561298082017-07-02T11:03:58.365-07:002017-07-02T11:03:58.365-07:00I have been there many times: http://www.nailhed.c...I have been there many times: http://www.nailhed.com/2015/01/the-paper-city-pt-3-bloodsweat-gears.htmlnailhedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07339834717269186348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147255226831235255.post-80494560336861929182017-07-02T05:19:48.202-07:002017-07-02T05:19:48.202-07:00You need to see Parchment, just North East of Kala...You need to see Parchment, just North East of Kalamazoo. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147255226831235255.post-12370208451733124322017-07-01T13:17:52.583-07:002017-07-01T13:17:52.583-07:00Thank you for this article on our local history. I...Thank you for this article on our local history. I've lived in this town 53 years. My father worked at Allied Paper Mill 25 years, another Mill in Kalamazoo. He died at age 49 of heart attack. He worked many long hours on swing shifts,and was very dedicated. He also had a very serious mill accident when his left arm got caught in a paper machine. Harry Connors saved his life by getting him Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147255226831235255.post-62303379101686800082016-09-05T14:06:37.185-07:002016-09-05T14:06:37.185-07:00Yeah the Vicksburg mill's been on my radar for...Yeah the Vicksburg mill's been on my radar for a long time, but i didnt get the chance to come out that way enough to keep tabs on it. A friend of mine has been inside it though.nailhedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07339834717269186348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147255226831235255.post-23612140302570168712016-09-02T23:04:43.352-07:002016-09-02T23:04:43.352-07:00I see you've done alot of the kalamazoo paper ...I see you've done alot of the kalamazoo paper mills but noticed you haven't posted anything about the papermill in vicksburg. If you're ever back down in Kzoo you should check it out sometime, its probably the most still intact one around here and is pretty nifty.Robertohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05313262732859739266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6147255226831235255.post-77647636058608250842016-05-12T12:17:10.029-07:002016-05-12T12:17:10.029-07:00I worked at the mill in the early 1970's as a ...I worked at the mill in the early 1970's as a junior salesman for Mead Paperboard Products. We sold an array of products to the automotive industry (sun visor board, door panel board), shoe box board (Muskegon Blue, Muskegon Orange would turn the Kalamazoo River bright colors for weeks after a run until the Clean Water Act forced the company to build aerating ponds), furniture board for Randy Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09081314562336368336noreply@blogger.com