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Dykon takes out paper mill smokestack. More than 1,000 Hamilton and Butler County residents watched with mixed emotions as the former Champion Paper Mill smokestack and boiler house that graced the skyline for over 100 years crumpled in 20 seconds on Friday morning. On the stroke of 9 a.m., loud explosions cracked in the air…Read moreRead more

400 pounds of explosives turn D’Iberville bridge into debris pile And just like that, all that remained of the Big Ridge Road bridge was a massive dust cloud. Just after 10 p.m. Saturday, the Mississippi Department of Transportation demolished the bridge as part of a $41 million interchange project that’s expected to be completed by…Read moreRead more

Stubborn structure falls at second time of asking. The ongoing demolition at Duke Energy’s HF Lee plant continued this past week. But unlike its sister structures and the smokestacks imploded at the end of last year, one of the buildings refused to fall, tarnishing a blast sequence. Thankfully, the explosives engineers managed to pop the…Read moreRead more

Simultaneous demolition of bridge and tower block in China. DemolitionNews.com reports.

Winkler Hall imploded in 15 seconds. DemolitionNews.com reports.

Gantry crane falls to explosive demolition at second time of asking. DemolitionNews.com reports.

DSM’s Sunday blast levels Aston University campus tower. DemolitionNews reports.