Blast boom audible across state lines. The implosion of two steel stacks in Lawrenceburg, Ind. were loud enough to be heard across state lines and had some concerned. Lawrenceburg Fire Chief confirmed that the two 400 foot stacks were part of the AEP Power Plant that were imploded Wednesday morning. Local news station FOX19 received…Read moreRead more
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Video – Heard for miles…
Video – First blast at Longannet…
Brown and Mason carries out “first of many” implosions at Scottish power plant
Video – Anatomy of an implosion…
Incredible behind-the-scenes look at a mega-blast. A few weeks ago, we brought you footage of an implosion at the Nanticoke Generating Station on the shore of Lake Erie. But now, thanks to our buddy Tristan Rakowski at Manitoba-based Rakowski Cartage & Wrecking, we can bring you an exclusive and extensive look behind the scenes of…Read moreRead more
Video – Danish silo blast goes horribly wrong…
Harbour silo falls onto public library. Danish demolition contractors were left red-faced this weekend when the planned implosion of a harbour-side silo went horribly awry. ‘I simply do not know how it may have gone so bad,’ blasting manager Kenneth Wegge told Danish new network TV EAST.
Video – No room for error…
10-storey block imploded in Austin, Texas. A former University of Texas building was demolished Sunday morning. Ashbel Smith Hall was imploded at 8 am, local time. The building was 10 stories tall and built in 1974 as an administrative office for the University of Texas. It was torn down in order to make way for…Read moreRead more
Video – Russian tower toppled…
Huge tower demolished ahead of 2018 Russian World Cup. An unused Soviet-era TV tower in the Ural mountain city of Yekaterinburg in Russia has been destroyed to make way for reconstruction ahead of the 2018 World Cup.
Video – BAM goes another icon…
Medway skyline changed forever as Kingsnorth Power Station stack is imploded. Power station demolition experts Brown and Mason now seem to be carrying out controlled blasts with almost monotonous regularity. And the company has this morning chalked up yet another with the successful and spectacular implosion of the giant stack at the Kingsnorth Power Station….Read moreRead more
Video – Coal breaker broken…
The St. Nicholas Coal Breaker has been felled in a controlled blast. After being shuttered for more than 50 years, Pennsylvania’s last massive coal breaker – situated between Mahanoy City and Shenandoah in Schuylkill County – came down in a controlled implosion.
Video – Brown and Mason blasts back…
Another successful implosion at Tilbury Power Station. Brown and Mason has cemented its position as one of the world’s leading exponents of power station demolition with another successful implosion at the Tilbury Power Station. A controlled blast on Friday felledbunkers 9 and 10 and the disused power station, along with the transfer tower:
Video – Savanna – Sabula bridge blasted…
Controlled blast fells bridge over Mississippi River. The 86-year-old Savanna-Sabula Bridge, a steel truss bridge that spanned the Mississippi River on the Illinois-Iowa border, was demolished late last week. The Savanna-Sabula, which connected Savanna, Illinois, with the small island town of Sabula, Iowa, was demolished around 10:30 am local time Friday
