Steel plant implosion takes officials by surprise.
An implosion last Sunday morning at the former McLouth Steel plant in Trenton leveled an old lime storage building. The 41 metre (134-foot-tall) building, built in the late 1960s, came down in about 30 seconds, said Dan Hellickson, a project manager for Detroit Steel Co., which now owns the former McLouth Steel.
However, the planned demolition appears to have taken city officials by surprise. Reports suggest that they knew the building would be coming down but were surprised it actually was last Sunday, said William Hogan, city engineer.
The demolition company applied for the permit April 1. It was approved April 5, but the company never picked it up, Hogan said.
The building was demolished for several reasons, Hellickson said. It was no longer necessary at the facility, to clean up the skyline, to generate revenue through scrapping materials and to make the site more attractive to bring in business.
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