Snow collapses shed at Middle Smithfield Township golf course

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Middle Smithfield Township's golf maintenance building collapsed on Wednesday under the weight of snow and ice.Photo provided

February 20, 2014

Melting snow has destroyed roofs and porches around the state. Now, Middle Smithfield Township has lost a building to a collapse.

A maintenance shed collapsed on the grounds of the township-owned golf course at Country Club of the Poconos on Wednesday morning. No one was working in or around the shed at the time of the collapse, according to township officials.

The shed was being used to store lawn mowing equipment used at the golf course, township Supervisor Annette Atkinson said Wednesday. It's not expected to delay the course from opening for the 2014 season.

"This is not going to affect our opening date at all," Atkinson said. "Fortunately it was just a storage building for equipment."

The full extent of the damage won't be known until the township clears the ice and snow from the site and begins removing the debris later this week.

Atkinson assured residents that there were no fertilizers or chemicals kept in the building that might affect groundwater in the area.

She said several area golf courses had seen the damaged shed and have offered their assistance.

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Snow collapses shed at Middle Smithfield Township golf course