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Las Vegas Clarion Hotel and Casino Implosion 2/10/15.

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Workers have begun tearing down a closed steam heat plant on North Washington Avenue in Scranton that leaked fuel oil into the Lackawanna River in July.

Late last week, demolition started on the northeast wall of the facility owned by Dunmore businessmen Louis and Dominick DeNaples. They plan to tear down the entire complex, including the tank where the leak originated.

The plant once piped steam heat to most buildings in downtown Scranton. In 2006, the state Public Utility Commission allowed then-operator Community Central Energy Corp. to stop service and shut down after financial difficulties.

No one is sure how much No. 6 fuel oil leaked from the aboveground storage tank, puddled on-site, flowed into the sewers and eventually reached the Lackawanna River through its combined sewer overflow below the Poplar Street bridge.

About 71,000 gallons remained in the 508,000-gallon tank when a contractor drained it. State environmental regulators blamed a missing brass valve for the leak.

In November, the state Department of Environmental Protection announced it would fine the DeNaples brothers a civil penalty for using an improperly certified contractor to handle the tank and for storing contaminated soil in a partially uncovered pile.

DEP has not yet set the penalty amount because it let the owners extend the due date for a report on the sites environmental status from mid-January to the end of April, spokeswoman Colleen Connolly said.

The new deadline was necessary after a delay in obtaining equipment to remove the fuel tank, she said. The owners still must remove it and clean the contaminated soil.

Because it is more practical to remove the tank and complete the soil cleanup as part of the characterization process, the extension request was reasonable and approved, she said in an email.

The report will include an ecological receptor evaluation that will address the spills influence on the river, she said.

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The elevator shaft of the Clarion Hotel and Casino that defiantly remained standing after an overnight implosion came down Tuesday afternoon.

A spokesperson for the Controlled Demolition Inc., which was contracted for the project, said there was a chance the stout elevator shaft might "stall" during the implosion.

The company said the shaft moved downward along with the rest of the structure during the implosion, but came to rest after "failing" the initial four stories. The shaft leaned against the debris.

A crane with cables attached to the shaft assisted in safely pulling down the remaining piece, CDI said.

About 1,100 pounds of explosives were used for the initial implosion. It took about 10 seconds to bring down most of the 12-story, 200-room hotel that has stood at 305 Convention Center Dr. for 45 years.

Originally slated for 2:30 a.m., the big bang was delayed for about a half-hour as police were called in to clear out five people who found themselves inside the blast zone. Eventually, a series of explosions leveled much of the building as onlookers packed nearby parking garages to witness the spectacle.

When the dust cleared, a tower of the building was left standing.

Crews will spend about a month cleaning up the rubble.

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The demolition of a redundant 1950s silo at Shrewsbury's Flax Mill has been completed.

The south silo at the site in Ditherington has been razed to the ground. Work has now begun on the old office and stables buildings which are set to become a visitor centre run by the Friends of the Flaxmill Maltings.

Councillor Alan Mosley, chairman of the Friends said: We and the local community are delighted to see great progress on the site with the creation our own visitor centre, within the office and stables.

"There will be spaces for interpretation, learning, meetings and study alongside the enhanced public domain open space.

"Everyone has worked very hard to achieve this major step forward and we look to this phase one project serving as a catalyst for the regeneration of the wider site.

It was once the site of a busy working silo but today there is almost no evidence of the now fully demolished building.

English Heritage awarded the contract to demolish the south silo at the former Shrewsbury Flax Mill Maltings to Erith Contractors Ltd in September 2014 and work has been completed on schedule.

Prior to demolition the silo was shrouded with scaffolding and a protective sheeting to prevent debris from hitting the adjacent historic buildings.

Erith Contractors Ltd said they deconstructed the silo in small pieces, so that the historic main mill was not endangered. Specialist vibration monitoring equipment was installed on site to ensure the historic buildings were secure throughout.

Tim Johnston, project director, said: Wed like to thank everyone local to the mill for their patience as the silo was demolished.

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LAS VEGAS (FOX5) -

The elevator shaft of the Clarion Hotel and Casino that defiantly remained standing after an overnight implosion came down Tuesday afternoon.

A spokesperson for the Controlled Demolition Inc., which was contracted for the project, said there was a chance the stout elevator shaft might "stall" during the implosion.

The company said the shaft moved downward along with the rest of the structure during the implosion, but came to rest after "failing" the initial four stories. The shaft leaned against the debris.

A crane with cables attached to the shaft assisted in safely pulling down the remaining piece, CDI said.

About 1,100 pounds of explosives were used for the initial implosion. It took about 10 seconds to bring down most of the 12-story, 200-room hotel that has stood at 305 Convention Center Dr. for 45 years.

Originally slated for 2:30 a.m., the big bang was delayed for about a half-hour as police were called in to clear out five people who found themselves inside the blast zone. Eventually, a series of explosions leveled much of the building as onlookers packed nearby parking garages to witness the spectacle.

When the dust cleared, a tower of the building was left standing.

Crews will spend about a month cleaning up the rubble.

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Las Vegas, NV (KTNV) --After more than 12 hours of demolition work, the Clarion Hotel and Casino is finally a pile of dust. But it didn't come down without a fight.

The elevator shaft remained standing until Tuesday afternoon, when demolition crews tore it down with cables and pulleys.

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All morning, there were snaps and pops as crews put tension on that massive cable working to topple over the remaining eight stories of the elevator shaft. They finally succeeded without the help of a wrecking ball.

The elevator shaft of the Clarion defied more than 1,100 pounds of explosives placed strategically and 4,400 boreholes designed to make the building fall in on itself in a spectacular detonation.

When the rest of the building went down, the elevator shaft just didn't want to join. It took crews 12 hours to successfully dismantle the piece, wrapping caravels around it and pulling it over in two phases.

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A wrecking ball was on order in case the cable trick didn't work, but crews got lucky, making the project for the new site one step closer to realization

The next step is they're going to come knock down the two-story facade.

That project should take only about a day, then an estimated couple weeks to clear the lot. The hope is it will be clear and ready for building by the end of the month.

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