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« on: November 10, 2010, 06:17:14 PM »
http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/springfield-news/ohio-edison-tower-blasted-falls-wrong-way-999816.html
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« Reply #1 on: November 10, 2010, 06:33:49 PM »
That's not very good advertising.   I'll bet they don't stand underneath powerlines next time either.
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« Reply #2 on: November 10, 2010, 07:05:37 PM »
So this is what you do at work, Daddy?

Good grief. That sure was a long run of power lines taken out. The owner probably saw dollar signs and insurance claims at that moment. The cameraman seemed real close to the falling cables.

Sounds like the charges went off out of sequence.... darn.


I was once on a crew that dropped a rusted 300' Rohn 45.  One person torched the main set of guy wires. The guy didn't snap as expected  and the tower did a strange dance as it fell.   It's amazing how well a tall tower will stand with most of its guys unbolted.



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« Reply #3 on: November 10, 2010, 07:28:33 PM »
Here's the still shots.

http://projects.springfieldnewssun.com/cache/galleries/News/Local/111010edisontower/
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« Reply #4 on: November 10, 2010, 07:50:41 PM »
It was just on CBS news. interesting there was no sparks.
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« Reply #5 on: November 10, 2010, 10:40:37 PM »
                                    
                                     Safety is our motto.
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« Reply #6 on: November 10, 2010, 11:17:21 PM »
And another video viewpoint...

http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/tower-demolition-another-view-999890.html

Looks like it didn't miss the substation by much...that would have been electrifying!
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« Reply #7 on: November 11, 2010, 07:27:56 AM »
Now, place those charges on the left.  NO, my left.
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« Reply #8 on: November 11, 2010, 07:56:28 AM »

  Part of the ohio Edison/first energy monopoly that brought
you the 2003 "Incident:" 

"We need to make more mistakes so we can Learn from them"

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Quote from: Rob K2CU on November 11, 2010, 07:27:56 AM
Now, place those charges on the left.  NO, my left.
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« Reply #9 on: November 13, 2010, 10:46:43 PM »
There were sparks as the three phase lines were ripped off the poles.

Glad the camera was on a tripod and not a shity handheld shot and the camera shaking and out of focus and losing the shot as the smoke stack came tumbling down. Those lines just snapped.
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« Reply #10 on: November 14, 2010, 12:39:35 AM »
Interesting that the little girl had more common sense than the adults to get the hell out of there. The power might have already been burned off by the time the wires fell, luckily for them.
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« Reply #11 on: November 14, 2010, 11:42:27 AM »
The losses must have run into the millions when it crushed those gas turbine generators.
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