Mechanical issues push blast back by 24 hours.
The demolition of a 300-foot stack and coal boiler at the Pampa Energy Center, the former Celanese plant site near Pampa, has been postponed because of a mechanical problem, said Clay Rice of the Pampa Economic Development Corp.
The implosion, which had been scheduled for Saturday, now will take place on Sunday between 12 and 3 p.m., he said.
Universal Wrecking Co. will be performing the demolition, and plans to pay PEDC more than $2 million for recyclable materials that will be scrapped after the implosion.
The Celanese plant, which produced industrial chemicals, opened in 1952.
A 1987 explosion killed three people at the plant, and a $575 million rebuilding followed.
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