Main span hits the water as second blast takes place. The second of three planned blasts dropped another section of the infamous Chain of Rocks bridge into the canal below just a few minutes ago. The bridge used to carry Interstate 270, but was recently replaced with a new bridge, north of the old location….Read moreRead more
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Video – Chain of Rocks revisited…
Desire to profit played role in botched blast…
Cleveland Wrecking stands accused of rushing blast to make most of scrap prices. A demolition company’s desire to profit from favourable conditions in the scrap metal market contributed to the botched demolition of an old power plant in 2013, Pacific Gas and Electric Co. alleged last week in a lawsuit against the project’s general contractor…Read moreRead more
Video – Blast marks the end at Sparrow Point…
Poignant farewell to former steel-making stronghold. The most visible vestige of Sparrows Point’s steelmaking past tumbled to the ground yesterday afternoon as workers from CDI imploded the property’s L Blast Furnace. Workers have been planning for months to bring down the furnace with explosives, part of the ongoing work to demolish structures in advance of…Read moreRead more
Video – Power station popped…
Implosion marks the end for Cumbrian power station An iconic gas-fired power station at Roosecote has been demolished in a controlled explosion. Energy giant Centrica mothballed the site in 2012 due to the volatile market – it had generated electricity from coal, then gas, for around 60 years. Ron Hull Demolition carried out the explosive…Read moreRead more
Video – Out with the old…
Blast on old bridge reveals the new. Controlled Demolition Inc. (CDI) has carried out the controlled implosion of the old Schaghticoke (NY) bridge. Acting as blasting subcontractor to Harrison & Burrowes Bridge Constructors, Inc, CDI successfully dropped the old bridge into the frozen river below to reveal the new, replacement bridge that was also built…Read moreRead more
Video – An explosive compilation…
A year’s worth of Dykon implosions in six minutes. 2014 will go down as a landmark year for US explosive demolition specialist, Dykon Explosive Demolition. Indeed, the company pretty much kept our video channel running single handed with a wealth of blasts across its native US and beyond. Well now, the company has commemorated a…Read moreRead more
Video – Chain of Rocks bridge downed…
Live video stream captures fall of infamous bridge. Salvage teams will be working to remove the largely intact central span of the Chain of Rocks bridge from the canal below following a successful controlled blast earlier today. This was the first stage in an ongoing demolition programme. The westbound span over the canal and the…Read moreRead more
Demtech issues warning ahead of today’s blast…
Blaster asks residents to stay away from Chain of Rocks bridge blast. Already a shell of its former self, come 10 am (local time) the bridge that carried eastbound Interstate 270 travelers over the canal for 50 years will come down in giant pieces, if all goes as planned. And, if everything works out, spectators…Read moreRead more
Video – Bridge blast preview…
Looking ahead to Tuesday’s implosion of the I-270 bridge. At 10 am (local time) on Tuesday, explosives engineers will drop a portion of the I-270 bridge that links Missouri and Illinois. Ahead of that blast, Illinois Department of Transport (IDOT) project engineer Barry Gibbs (presumably not the Bee Gee) provides an insight into the process…Read moreRead more
Video – Fairfax bridge falls…
Friday blast drops first bridge section. The first of two planned implosions on the Fairfax Bridge has gone according to plan, according to local news reports. The 760 metre long bridge was built in 1935 and until recently carried an average of 6,000 vehicles per day. The demolition of the old bridge and its subsequent…Read moreRead more
