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Pigeon-Powered Smokestack

Todd Dickman was giving me a little history lesson about the old coal-fired boilers at the Oldenburg convent Naturally, I had to ask what’s in the smokestack now

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🐦 Pigeon-Powered Smokestack!

Todd Dickman was giving me a little history lesson about the old coal-fired boilers at the Oldenburg convent.

Naturally, I had to ask what’s in the smokestack now. 😂

Sometimes history is a little messy.

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I'm in Oldenburg, Indiana today and I'm checking out the history of this place. Check out this smoke stack that here at the convent. What we got going on here, Todd? Well, years ago, they used to burn coal for their steam and stuff for the boilers and everything and then that would that chimney would be for the coal burning years ago. And what did you say is in there now? Some pigeon poop. Yeah. There's those pigeons again, right? Yeah. Yeah, it's just for looks now at antique Todd's Todd's telling me all kinds of things about Oldenburg, Indiana today. It's been 250 years. You walk into Oldenburg. It's going to feel like you took a hundred and 50 year walk back into the past and the way this place be one of the most unique places in Indiana. Todd, hey, thanks for filming around dad. You're welcome. You have

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