Crews Successfully Implode Hartsville Cooling Tower

[Common Sense 1]

A pretty neat video of the old tower being brought down.


Crews Implode 540-foot Hartsville Cooling Tower

In the span of a few seconds, in the early morning hours of Sept. 18, the Demolition team at TVA safely and successfully imploded the 540-foot hyperbolic cooling tower located on TVA’s Hartsville property in Trousdale County, Tennessee.

The cooling tower was originally constructed in the 1970s as part of a planned nuclear plant project that was later discontinued.
Over time, the tower has drawn unauthorized visitors, posing increasing risks to public safety and emergency responders.

“Removing the cooling tower not only eliminates a safety risk, it’s also part of our effort to remove obsolete infrastructure and prepare sites for any future opportunities,” said Jayme Hobson, General Manager, Demolition. “We’re also putting the materials from the cooling tower to good use.”

 

[Loulit01]

A pretty neat video of the old tower being brought down.


Crews Implode 540-foot Hartsville Cooling Tower

In the span of a few seconds, in the early morning hours of Sept. 18, the Demolition team at TVA safely and successfully imploded the 540-foot hyperbolic cooling tower located on TVA’s Hartsville property in Trousdale County, Tennessee.

The cooling tower was originally constructed in the 1970s as part of a planned nuclear plant project that was later discontinued.
Over time, the tower has drawn unauthorized visitors, posing increasing risks to public safety and emergency responders.

“Removing the cooling tower not only eliminates a safety risk, it’s also part of our effort to remove obsolete infrastructure and prepare sites for any future opportunities,” said Jayme Hobson, General Manager, Demolition. “We’re also putting the materials from the cooling tower to good use.”

They cut the video before it finished falling.

 

[911Sparky]

A pretty neat video of the old tower being brought down.


Crews Implode 540-foot Hartsville Cooling Tower

In the span of a few seconds, in the early morning hours of Sept. 18, the Demolition team at TVA safely and successfully imploded the 540-foot hyperbolic cooling tower located on TVA’s Hartsville property in Trousdale County, Tennessee.

The cooling tower was originally constructed in the 1970s as part of a planned nuclear plant project that was later discontinued.
Over time, the tower has drawn unauthorized visitors, posing increasing risks to public safety and emergency responders.

“Removing the cooling tower not only eliminates a safety risk, it’s also part of our effort to remove obsolete infrastructure and prepare sites for any future opportunities,” said Jayme Hobson, General Manager, Demolition. “We’re also putting the materials from the cooling tower to good use.”

I have seen quite a few of these demolition videos over the years, it still amazes me that they can drop the building essentially within its own footprint.