Long-awaited blast goes to plan; dust suppression plumes not to much.
Hundreds of people came out, braving the rain, to see the end on an era as the Parrish & Heimbecker mill was imploded yesterday.
The 105-year-old building was the first imploded structure in Saskatoon in at least 50 years. Fifty to 60 pounds of explosives were set in the ground and a 200-metre perimeter was set up around the site which was evacuated a half hour before the blast.
Water plumes that were timed to catch dust arising from the blast seemed inadequate but, thankfully, the Canadian rain stepped in to keep the dust to a minimum.
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