Police chief hopes to salvage historic Rockwell jail cell

Behind Rockwell’s city shed, a rusted steel cage sits in the snow, where it has been since the 1970s.

     “It’s about as old-school ancient as you’ll ever find,” Police Chief Rick Whitney said.

     He heard last fall from then-councilman and current Mayor Jim Bills that the roughly 6-by-6-by-5 foot structure used to be a jail, and decided to investigate.

     He crouched to walk inside and found chains hanging from the flat steel bars of the walls that used to support bunks. The cramped quarters surprised him.

     Read the full article in the Feb. 11 edition of the Enterprise.

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