Video – Acme eyesore gone in a flash…

East Toledo boiler house felled by implosion.

The former Acme Power Plant at the Marina District in East Toledo was imploded on Friday.

The abandoned city-owned building sits at the northern edge of the planned Marina District — bordered by cracked sidewalks along Front and flanked by high weeds and rocky terrain. The destruction of the Boiler No. 16 building, attached to the former power plant, inches the city closer to getting the property back into use as a mix of new commercial and residential buildings — something officials have envisioned for more than a dozen years.

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