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THE WATERTOWER STANDING over the Gladstone steam engine repair complex built nearly 100 years ago.The
Shops,Frost and English, came down on schedule Sept. 11. building was built of Chaska brick.The future of the land is
The tower legs weretorch, and unclear at this , but the Maplewood land use plan
cables were around the legs to pull the tower down. The proposes the parcel have two uses: service commercial
weakened with a cutting time
tower came down as part of the overall demolition of the development and medium density residential in the south-
Gladstone shops. The building was once part of a railroad west corner of the parcel.Photoby Glenn Allenspach.