Administrative delays push back smokestack blast.
The skyline of a Berks County borough will remain unchanged for at least a few more days.
An implosion of four brick smokestacks in Birdsboro has been postponed because of a paperwork issue with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, officials said.
The implosion of the stacks at the former Armorcast site was set to take place at 10 a.m. Friday. A new date has not yet been set, but borough officials said they expect the stacks to be brought down sometime within the next 10 days.
Steel-making in Birdsboro dates back to the 1700s. More recent history of the site involved making the armour for tanks used by the U.S. military during World War II and the Korean War.
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