Outer walls of International Harvester’s old Farmall Works that have blocked the public’s view of Sylvan Slough in east Rock Island are coming down in the next week. Work began on one wall Tuesday.

I watched with sadness as my dad read the wonderful, but sad, articles about the old Farmall Plant. My dad put in his 30 years and retired in 1978. He worked very hard in the early years (foundry work ...