Explosive end for disused New York bridge. The Prospect Mountain construction project reached an explosive milestone Thursday. The Interstate-81 bridges that have been out of use for a number of weeks were removed today with about 600 pounds of dynamite. Many people gathered behind the Binghamton Plaza to watch the implosion. The dynamite caused the…Read moreRead more
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Video – Binghamton bridge blasted…
Video – Louisiana river bridge blasted…
O.K. Allen bridge dropped into Red River during Saturday morning blast. After 79 years, the O.K. Allen Bridge linking Alexandria and Pineville is gone. Engineers blew the bridge’s superstructure into 14 pieces at 8 a.m. Saturday morning. The neighbouring Curtis-Coleman Bridge, which carries U.S. 71, was closed during the demolition. A second span of that…Read moreRead more
Video – Cockenzie stacks meet and crash…
Precisely controlled implosion delivers spectacular mid-air strike. Two two giant smoke stacks that have towered over Scotland’s Cockenzie power station came crashing down in spectacular style a short time ago. The controlled blast – the latest to be carried out on the site by power station demolition experts Brown and Mason – ensured that the…Read moreRead more
Video – Didcot takes another blow…
Didcot A power station’s tank and bunker bay felled as Coleman and Company display the blaster’s art.
Video – Teamwork fells Tarfside trio…
Two of Scotland’s big four contractors joined forces to tackle triple blast. Three multi-storey blocks were today reduced to rubble as part of a major regeneration of a Glasgow community. The controlled explosive blowdown – a joint venture between Dem-Master and Safedem – of the high-rise buildings at Tarfside Oval in Cardonald paves the way…Read moreRead more
Video – Tarfside Oval blocks are down…
First glimpse amateur footage as Safedem and Dem-Master blast blocks. The combined forces of Dem-Master and Safedem have safely brought down three of the four tower blocks at Glasgow’s Tarfside Oval. More news and views as it arrives:
Blasting the Bay Bridge…
Implosion of portion of bridge moves closer. Plans to demolish the largest pier in the old eastern span of the Bay Bridge using explosives took another step forward Thursday as a bay regulatory commission unanimously granted Caltrans a permit for the project. The San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission approval was one of the…Read moreRead more
Video – Big bang blasts bridge…
Implosion drops portion of bridge into river below. Two fifths of the Old Sligo Bridge in Tennessee is now gone. A portion of the bridge on the Smithville side was demolished late Tuesday afternoon. The rest of the bridge remains standing but will soon come down as well. “They are shooting it up in pieces…Read moreRead more
A cornucopia of controlled blasts…
The next few days are going to be an implosion fetishist’s wet dream. As the UK braces for a major blasts on 26 September – one at Cockenzie power station and another at Didcot power station – the industry is focused on another at tomorrow Tarfside Oval in Scotland. Meanwhile, news of yet another blast…Read moreRead more
Video – Implosion double in Oklahoma City…
“Where the blasts are as high as an elephant’s eye”. The landscape of Oklahoma City’s downtown changed forever Sunday as two historic buildings were demolished. In a matter of seconds – the Black Hotel and adjacent Motor Hotel along Hudson Avenue were gone. The historic buildings were built in the early 1930’s, but fell victim…Read moreRead more
