On Tuesday, July 29, 2014 4:49:41 PM UTC-5, Janet Wilder wrote:
> On 7/29/2014 3:49 PM, Travis McGee wrote:
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> > Giant ketchup bottle draws tourists in Illinois
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> > Published Tuesday, July 29, 2014 | 7 a.m.
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> > Updated 6 hours, 47 minutes ago
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> > COLLINSVILLE, Ill. (AP) � For tourist Bruce Pasarow of Buena Park,
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> > California, leaving Illinois before seeing what's billed as the "World's
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> > Largest Bottle of Catsup" was not an option.
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> > The Collinsville water tower is a depiction of Brooks Old Original Rich
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> > and Tangy Catsup, which was once produced in the buildings beneath the
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> > Now, the sign is for sale. Owner Larry Eckert is asking $500,000 for the
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> > 65-year-old, 170-foot-tall landmark and adjacent warehouse.
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> > The 100,000-gallon tower never held ketchup. It hasn't been used since
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> > Brooks moved out in the 1960s.
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> > Judy Demoisy helped save the bottle when it was in danger of being torn
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> > down in 1993. She says preservationists believe using it in a ketchup
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> > museum would be great.
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> > "It's a global condiment," she says.
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> I've been there and photographed it. Really a neat thing to see. It's
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> very close to St. Louis. (and, Sheldon, not near the Interstate :-))
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We drove past it a couple weeks ago. There's a for sale sign that says
that the "Catsup" bottle was included. The Eckert family also owns apple
orchards around St. Louis. http://www.eckerts.com/

Half a million is crazy. Who the Hell would want a warehouse in
Collinsville? They should move the water tower north to near I-55.

--Bryan