Caterpillar dozer pulls down disused water tower.
The last water tower that once served Hanford’s plutonium-production reactors along the Columbia River has come crashing down.
Workers were lifted to just below the tank of the 38 metre (125-foot) tall water tower at D Reactor to attach a cable. Then a Caterpillar dozer pulled the 80 metre (263-foot) cable until the tower toppled.
“It was satisfying to see it pull away from the base,” said Bob Smith, Washington Closure Hanford project director for deactivation and demolition.
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