By Sarah Brown
Lebanon Local
The Planning Commission ended its May 17 meeting as the Historic Landmark Commission, unanimously approving the demolition of the city’s former water treatment plant.
The two-story brick structure at 1155 S. 2nd St. was built in 1947 as a water processing plant and pumphouse fed by the Albany/Santiam Canal. A large paddle wheel filtered canal debris as water entered intake pipes and went to building-adjacent concrete settling tanks.
The building…