Smoke stacks’ implosion signals beginning of demolition project…eventually
The skyline in the town of Wabamun, Edmonton has drastically changed. The demolition of three smoke stacks at the old TransAlta Wabamun power plant got underway Friday morning, with the first stack coming down around 10 am. But delays saw the second and third stacks remain defiantly upright further several hours longer.
Area residents were excited to witness their landmark crash to the ground, but the demolition didn’t initially go as planned.
After the first stack came down, it took a couple more hours before the other two stacks fell. While the crowd eagerly waited, the second stack refused to fall for two hours.
Number three soon followed, signaling the end of an era- and stirring strong emotions in Derouin.
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