Power plant implosion.
Oil plant demolition in Port Everglades part of a nationwide trend to decommission inefficient, costly, and polluting facilities.
Anyone who happened to be scanning the skyline in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, at 6:45 a.m. Tuesday witnessed a startling transformation. In the space of a minute, the four towering 350-foot-high, candy cane-striped smokestacks at Florida Power & Light's Port Everglades oil-burning power plant—a local landmark for the past half-century—abruptly imploded and crumbled into rubble.
The spectacular demolition, which was shown on live streaming video on the utility company's website, is the latest step in a $1.2 billion plan to replace the aging facility by 2016 with a new, state-of-the-art plant at the same site that will run on natural gas.
Popular Posts
-
Greek priest caught digging for treasure A Greek Orthodox priest and his assistant have been caught digging for buried treasure, police said... -
Best Literary Mashups Best literary mashupsA Canadian reporter has asked my opinion of literary mashups like Pride and Prejudice and Zombi... -
Charlie Sheen most popular halloween costume, Charlie Sheen seems to be winning at a lot of things these days, including the race for best... -
Teen Bus Driver Heart Attack Teen steers runaway school bus to safety after driver keels over in fatal heart attack blocking the brakes A dr... -
John Travolta Kelly Preston Married 20 Years , John Travolta, the 57 years old actor divorces Kelly Preston after 20 years of marriage. Kel... -
Using A Goat Instead Of A Lawn Mower, As green solutions become more accessible and popular, more entrepreneurs have begun to market cost-ef... -
Justin Bieber — hipster, hoopster, Canadian of the Millennium — got a haircut yesterday. Repeat: Justin Bieber has cut his famed Hair. The... -
Lindsay Lohan positive alcohol test Lindsay Lohan positive alcohol test. Lindsay Lohan ordered back to court after positive alcohol test. L... -
Greg Louganis won four Olympic golds and five world championships during his illustrious diving career. During the 1988 Olympic springboar... -
Famous Deaths In January Famous Deaths In January, Notable deaths in January 2012, In January we lost many luminaries, including "Th...
Posts
