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The Looming Sound: Secrets Buried Under Hollowell Mill's Walls

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The Looming Sound: Secrets Buried Under Hollowell Mill's Walls

Cold air, an abandoned mill, and a sound so precise it was logged as "sounds like a loom"-two residents heard a three-beat rhythm through Hollowell Textile Mill's walls in January 2019; what had been sealed inside for thirty years, and why did the noise only appear below 15°F? Which record was right about the mill's interior: the salvage manifest saying all machinery was removed, or an asbestos inspector's 1989 sketch showing a turbine housing still bolted in the basement?

In this episode, we follow the field reports, the local memories, and the conflicting documents that turned a brief note into a long mystery. Listen to how two witnesses, city records, and a decades-old abatement sketch converge on the same question: what exactly remained inside Hollowell Mill and what made that loom-like sound?

Person: Alan Harrison
Date: January 21, 2019
Location: Hollowell Textile Mill, Brinnell, Ohio
Temperature: 11°F
Document: Asbestos abatement sketch dated October 1989 showing a turbine housing

- January 9, 2019 at just after 9:00 PM, Gina Wallace heard a three-beat rhythm coming from the mill's south wall and listened for about two minutes.
- January 21, 2019 at approximately 9:15 AM, Alan Harrison recorded the sound in a field report as "sounds like a loom" while standing at the northeast corner.
- The mill closed in 1989 and official salvage manifest from that late summer stated all machinery had been removed and floor bolts ground flush.
- An inspector identified as D. Corbin prepared and initialed an October 1989 site sketch showing a turbine housing still bolted to its concrete pad in a sub-grade chamber in the northeast basement.
- The loom-like sound can only be produced in sustained temperatures below 15°F, a threshold met in at least 22 of the 31 winters since the mill closed.

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