Harllee Branch implosion revisited. Earlier this week, we brought you some early footage that captured the explosive demolition of a 305 metre tall stack in Georgia. Now, thanks to our buddy Joe Vendetti at Envirocon, we can bring you some even better footage of the demolition, including a close-up of the CDI blast:
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Video – Up close with latest CDI blast…
Video – German bridge blast…
Weekend implosion fells bridge over Stuttgart autobahn. A footbridge on Germany’s Autobahn near Stuttgart was demolished early Saturday (October 15) morning to make way for a new stretch of highway with extra driving lanes. This video captures the explosive action:
Video – Georgia peach…
Text-book implosion fells one of world’s tallest chimneys. With a height of 305 metres (1,001 feet), the GA Power Harllee Branch Plant ranked as one of the tallest chimneys in the world. But the stack came down this weekend in a text-book blast that landed the mammoth structure precisely in the drop zone as crowds…Read moreRead more
Video – Broadway Bridge fails to fall…
100-year old Arkansas bridge stands strong after implosion. The Broadway Bridge steel arch did not collapse into the Arkansas River after explosives went off as it was supposed to Tuesday morning. Danny Straessle, spokesman for the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department, said crews were investigating why the arch didn’t fall. “It should have come down…Read moreRead more
Video – Keystone Towers felled…
AED drops Indianapolis eyesore. A north side Indianapolis eyesore became history on Sunday morning. After months of planning, Keystone Towers was demolished. The demolition involved detonating explosives in two buildings. The city is paying Denney Excavating $827,000 to demolish the blighted apartment complex. Denney hired Advanced Explosives Demolition to handle the implosion, and Denney will…Read moreRead more
Video – Big Sandy revisited…
New footage shows cooling tower implosion in all its glory. Regular readers will recall that, just over a week ago, we brought you some raw footage of the cooling tower implosion carried out by Dykon Explosive Demolition at the Big Sandy plant in Kentucky. Well now we can bring you some far better footage of…Read moreRead more
Video – Two stacks and a water tower…
Triple implosion fells giants at West Phoenix power plant. Two emission stacks of 200 feet and 135 feet and a water tower came toppling down Saturday around 6:20 a.m. without a hitch in the planned implosion of an old power plant in west Phoenix. At one time, the old plant, put into service in 1930…Read moreRead more
Video – Jet-powered implosion…
Controlled blast fells Pretoria blocks. Spectators cheered on Sunday morning as one of Pretoria central’s numerous derelict buildings was demolished in billows of dust and reduced to piles of rubble within a few seconds. The derelict, government-owned 15-storey HG de Witt building in Nana Sita Street was demolished as part of the national public works…Read moreRead more
Video – Big bang at Big Sandy…
Dykon implosion fells Kentucky cooling tower. Unit 2 cooling tower at the Big Sandy Plant was reduced to rubble on Saturday morning. The demolition of the 47-year-old tower was necessary after EPA guidelines idled the plant’s coal-burning capabilities in May 2015. The plans are for the area to eventually become an industrial park. Retiree Bob…Read moreRead more
Video – CDI sends bridge straight to Hell…
Explosive end for bridge over Arizona canyon. The intriguingly-named Hell Canyon Bridge is no more. Controlled Demolition Inc (CDI) did what CDI does best and sent the 130 metre long, three-span steel deck truss bridge straight to Hell.
