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Date:
10/09/09 17:20
Phila Rail Landmark to Come Tumbling
Down
Author: prr60
The old
PRR steam plant (now owned by Amtrak), located next to 30th Street Station in
downtown Philadelphia, is in its last month of existence. At 7:30am on Sunday,
November 8 (back-up date November 15), the plant's towering chimney, a landmark
behind Penn Coach Yard for over 70 years, will be dynamited and dropped by
Controlled Demolition, Inc. into a narrow opening between the CSX high-line
viaduct and the SEPTA tracks.
All rail service on CSX, SEPTA, NJ Transit, and Amtrak will
be halted for the implosion, as will traffic on local streets and nearby
Interstate 76 (the Schuylkill Expressway). Unlike typical building implosions,
this one will direct the chimney to rotate and drop sideways like a redwood
attacked by a chainsaw. Charge-up the cameras: this promises to be a fine
show.
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