Depression-era murals in the lobby of the Lansing Board of Water & Light’s Dye Water Conditioning Plant will open to the public May 31 during the area’s annual Be A Tourist In Your Own Town Day for the first time since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
The plant is located at 148 S. Cedar St. in Lansing.
The Depression-era murals were painted by Frank Cassara and Charles Pollock during the late 1930s and early 1940s. They were painted as part of a federally funded work program depicting the productive and destructive power of water.
Municipal water facilities were considered potential targets for other terrorist attacks after 2001, and the BWL decided to close the entire water conditioning plant to the public.
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