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Roadbuilding
Implosion wipes away old Ky. bridge with flash of fire and smoke
This is easily one of the best bridge videos we’ve seen, offering several angles of the blast from an up close and personal perspective. The old Henry Lawrence Bridge over Lake Barkley in Trigg County, Kentucky, was demolished on the morning of April 11, WPSD Local 6 reports. The 3,104-foot bridge, which opened in 1932 […]
May 4, 2018
Construction Equipment
Partial implosion fails at Detroit’s Silverdome
It took demolition contractors a couple of tries, but they finally succeeded in bringing down the Pontiac Silverdome near Detroit. The 42-year-old stadium which at one time served as the home for the NFL’s Detroit Lions and the NBA’s Detroit Pistons, withstood an attempt to implode its upper ring on Sunday, according to clickondetroit.com. The […]
December 5, 2017
Construction Equipment
200 pounds of TNT quickly crumbles Detroit hotel in sweeping drone implosion footage
Just a week after the thunder and pop of July 4th fireworks filled the air, residents of Detroit gathered for an explosion of a different type. According to a report from the Detroit Free Press, crews with Adamo Demolition packed the Park Avenue Hotel, located in the city’s Cass Corridor, with 200 pounds of dynamite for […]
July 15, 2015
Construction Equipment
Implosion at Texas A&M football stadium one of the most beautiful demos you’ll find
As they do on most weekends this time of year, Texas A&M officials and fans gathered at the university’s football stadium. But not for a game. No, this time they were there to destroy part of the stadium rather than cheer inside of it. And man is that a beautiful way to blow up part […]
December 23, 2014
Construction Equipment
This implosion’s fireworks and colorful smoke signals make for the most entertaining demolition ever
Residents of Albany, New York were already excited to see a dilapidated hotel from the 1920s make way for a new convention center. But the deal was definitely sweetened when the city was treated to a full on fireworks display as part of the 11-story building’s demolition. As you can see in the video below, […]
August 27, 2014
Construction Equipment
One ton of explosives brings down a skyscraper in 10 seconds in one of the tallest implosions ever
To bring down this 32-story, 381-foot tower in Frankfurt, Germany, demolitions experts drilled more than 1,500 strategically-placed holes in its side and packed them full of explosives. More than 2,000 pounds–one ton–full to be exact. More than 10,000 people gathered to see the event, according to Deutsche Welle. It is one of the tallest buildings […]
February 19, 2014
Construction Equipment
Slow motion implosion of Houston department store
Built in 1945, the life of the downtown Houston Macy’s department store came to an explosive end on Monday. According to KHOU 11, the implosion had been planned for nine months with nearby buildings taking safety precautions and rail service to the area suspended since Friday last week. Judging by some of the photos and […]
September 24, 2013
Construction Equipment
Shrapnel from Calif. steam power plant implosion injures spectators
Just as the recent and deadly demolition of a Philadelphia building showed us, keeping the chaos of a collapsing building constrained to a particular area requires a lot of focus and planning. And sometimes the focus and the planning just aren’t there. Unfortunately, just a few days ago we received another reminder of this as […]
August 7, 2013
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