Video of Trojan nuclear power plant cooling tower implosion near Portland

[bull]

http://kptv.com/Global/story.asp?S=4930302

Several video links on left side of page. The same company that brought down the Kingdome in Seattle a few years back was hired for this job. Anyway, enjoy!

[Ponch ®]

pretty cool!

[Headrope]

It's sad in a way. A good buddy of mine lived just up the road from there. Driving past the plant was always a source of joy - the "almost there" mark, if you will.

[Old Moparz]

It's sad in a way. A good buddy of mine lived just up the road from there. Driving past the plant was always a source of joy - the "almost there" mark, if you will.

I used to feel the same way heading home from NYC to New Jersey going to the Lincoln Tunnel. When you saw all the hookers on the corner you knew it was just a couple of more blocks til the tunnel. Once the mayor cleaned up the neighborhood & chased them out, there was nothing to reference.   

[SirNik73]

the citizens voted to closed the plant in sacramento, but they voted agian to keep the towers.

[BigBlackDodge]

Ahhhhhhhhh................a Trojan failure.......................yikes!


BBD

[472 R/T SE]

Amazing, when the tower was built, Campbell Crane had their biggest lattice boom crane inside of it.  They built the boom inside 330' on the ground and was still able to boom it down when finished.  That's big!