I went to high school in nekoosa rode past this tower every day on the bus. 2012 I would have been a freshman in high school. Thing is I would have noticed if this tower disappeared but I have no memory of this tower going away.
No, the water pressure was inadequate so this one was removed and another one built at a physically higher location. There is now a store where this water tower was.
Any architects out there? What are the usual factors of safety for this type of water tower? There's the normal compressive load due to the water and then wind loading. Is there a maximum shear force due to an earthquake in the design basis? Does each stress get a different factor of safety? Which stress requires the most steel to resist? Is it two separate structures with the inner structure responsible for the weight of the water and the outer shell responsible for the wind loading? Both have their own or no earthquake resistance? Any insights on the foundation?
I have evaluated soils for a number of foundations for this type of tower. The foundations I have seen have been a circular frost wall on a footing that's several feet wide. Backfill placed inside and outside of the circular wall is well compacted to provide sufficient weight, a large portion of which is weighing down the extended edges of the footing. That soil essentially becomes part of the foundation, because it is the aspect that resists uplift. Due to the geometry of load-spreading in soil, the volume of soil weighing down the foundation is substantially larger than the volume which only occupies the area directly above exposed portions of the footing as viewed from above (in other words, the horizontal dimensions of the soil functioning as weight increases with increasing height above the footing).
Ah I see, nobody inside but it sure looked like it. I was thinking "how did that guy get the giant balls of iron he must have inside there to do that?" Oh, and very cool noise indeed.
How did I not see this?? I live by here! Why is everyone here? I used to live here when I was a kid. I was probably in school when they did this and like..
J Pils The tower WAS round. Once it hit the ground collapsing the side the air needed to escape. Much like stepping on an empty water jug. Air escapes.
Glenn Jordan The tank was no longer effectively serving the community. A new tower was built in a higher location, improving pressure throughout the City and in proximity of a new business park.
Not much smaller when knocked down. They should have cut it up with linear shaped charges and let it fall in place. Job was probably done by the local water department.
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“I’m sorry. You want me to get inside it while it’s coming down? How bout on the very top? Wouldn’t that be more deadly?”
@Mr Jimmy Fly You’re sucking the fun out of my game.
I broke my bones at the top top same 😢😢😢
And now no one in Nekoosa knows how to navigate around town because they were used to giving directions in relation to the water tower.
Lucky most people have GPS on their phones now! :-)
Do you not pay attention to your surroundings
It’s a dollar general now
Damn, I thought it was going to fall the other way.
Same
The hinge was cut on the open field side. I still would not have left my truck near the area, though
313south So did I
313south
313south Me too. :D
I’m so happy you found it useful for your work in this subreddit
Was that welder standing inside it when he made the fell cut?
It sounds like a SFX from dragon ball. Like when they use a hoi poi capsule.
atomsk you might also agree that it sounds very much like a god damn motha fuckin space ship
Shut up Flanders.
Are you the language police?
Was that tower holding the hot water or cold water?
yes.
It is usually drained before tipping
Is this Nekoosa Wi!? Im just curious I live there!
It is, that's where the dollar general store is at now
Was the guy with the cutting torch under that damn thing when it fell?
I went to high school in nekoosa rode past this tower every day on the bus. 2012 I would have been a freshman in high school. Thing is I would have noticed if this tower disappeared but I have no memory of this tower going away.
Looks like summer so maybe this happened between my sophomore and freshman year during summer when I wasn't riding the bus into town
Gotta believe OSHA not happy about the guy with the cutting torch being inside the base.
I want to know if he volunteered or was ordered to cut from the inside
No one was inside. that was only the sparks blown through from the cut which was happening from the outside.
You're Just Thinking It's Plano But It's Nekoosa
1:17 the tower farted
XD
Yeah
@@frankywithnobrim2269 No, that's the dust build inside the structure from air being crushed in and escaping.
It made an awesome noise coming down :D
It's funny how almost 400,000 people watched the water tower tip in a town of like 2000.
Nathaniel Smith
400,000? We must be in heaven man... That's like one Woodstock falling for this.
Nathaniel Smith
Each member of the town can host 200 of the 400,000 viewers.
Nothing like a cooperative effort.
It's the great tower tip of 2011! Known around the world!
* almost 4 million
that road should've been closed to traffic before the cutting even starred yet the tower 3/4 way cut thru and cars driving by
You could have made a cool house out of it. Cut out squares for the windows, install an elevator etc.
Si
Wow. That's too bad. To me, that was an iconic piece of Nekoosa.
what water tower are they using now?
And.... that's when they decided where to put the new goldfish pond.
What an awesome sound it makes while falling.
I found an old comment
I never got to see that water tower. Thanks for putting this on RUclips. Always wanted to see what it looked like. Thanks.
Sweet '55 Chevy at the beginning!
I saw that too!
That had a feeling of something dying.
wow, great video!
My water broke
WHAT
Go to a doctor
AY YO
Same 😢
Water broke
Why is the blue water tower falling?
1:17 Silent, but deadly!
RIGHT!? A big ol' rusty fart.
That's gonna leave a mark! 😅👍
I was nowhere near it... I'm innocent, I tell ya, innocent;-D
@@OldBadBoy99 😅🙈🤣😹🤭
A water tower would make the most awesome home!
The tank went, "OHHH they got mehhhh." There was that outrush of air when the tank bashed in.
No. The crew with the cutting torches were on the outside. The sparks you saw inside were cutting through.
cool
@@sameeknowsitallyes
I wonder could that thing hold a lifetime supply of water for one person?
"Spotty! SPOTTY!! Come here, boy!! Where are you?"
why didnt it have any water left
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When they took down that tower, did they build a new one?
they're getting rid of it for a reason lol probably gonna build something on that site
No, the water pressure was inadequate so this one was removed and another one built at a physically higher location. There is now a store where this water tower was.
Is it up yet?
I see a piece of art.
Same XD
@@private_ant27 aexdI'm
Sad, these can be converted to unusual homes.
Any architects out there? What are the usual factors of safety for this type of water tower? There's the normal compressive load due to the water and then wind loading. Is there a maximum shear force due to an earthquake in the design basis? Does each stress get a different factor of safety? Which stress requires the most steel to resist? Is it two separate structures with the inner structure responsible for the weight of the water and the outer shell responsible for the wind loading? Both have their own or no earthquake resistance? Any insights on the foundation?
I have evaluated soils for a number of foundations for this type of tower. The foundations I have seen have been a circular frost wall on a footing that's several feet wide. Backfill placed inside and outside of the circular wall is well compacted to provide sufficient weight, a large portion of which is weighing down the extended edges of the footing. That soil essentially becomes part of the foundation, because it is the aspect that resists uplift. Due to the geometry of load-spreading in soil, the volume of soil weighing down the foundation is substantially larger than the volume which only occupies the area directly above exposed portions of the footing as viewed from above (in other words, the horizontal dimensions of the soil functioning as weight increases with increasing height above the footing).
A 1956 Chevy bel air in the background
Those noises were pretty awesome !
You can hear the air escaping from the hole at the top.
Nekoosa, Wisconsin?
Yup.
Good luck fixing that divot :-P
Maybe it's an opportunity for a divot-shaped rock garden? How about a divot duck pond?
@@jeffcampbell1555
I was thinking that was the moment they decided where to put the new goldfish pond. 😆
@@tomgraves6463 Exactly! It was like BOOM "Done..."
@@jeffcampbell1555
Just add water 😃
@@jeffcampbell1555
I mean, fish......😉
Cut money? or old years water tank
i wana see the hole that thing dug lol
Probably didn't dig much of a hole, the metal just crumpled
Looks like it went down exactly as planned, well done.
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I always like the big dent in the side after these fall down
...Now what? How do you salvage it? cut it up? or what. No really!
Sell the scrap to the Chinese. In Moore, OK, they did the same a few years back.
Ah I see, nobody inside but it sure looked like it. I was thinking "how did that guy get the giant balls of iron he must have inside there to do that?" Oh, and very cool noise indeed.
OSHA never saw a thing XD
taka wielka flaszka, po prostu :)
WHY THE HECK IS THE WATER TOWER SO SMALL?!
How did I not see this?? I live by here!
Why is everyone here? I used to live here when I was a kid. I was probably in school when they did this and like..
Nekoosa WI? lol
why is there bullet holes in it
Cause in America people shoot water towers
It's a big blue alien peeking over the trees!
What country is downtown nekoosa in?
USA (Wisconsin)
That is how I fall into bed on some nights.
same
why do citys do that to the water towers? this happens often now, they did that here in my city years ago, wish i could had seen it fallen down,
I guess croquet on the lawn wont be an option for a while.
Nice chevy at 0:01
i love those 55s
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They didn't even destroy a tree branch. That was well aimed.
Don't breath in 3rd plate, did y'all get a load of them trees
I want to see the look on the scale masters face when they haul it to the scrap yard
Good looking water tower. Sad that they took him down.
Should leave that right there. .beautiful.!
that sounded really cool! lol
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I miss seeing that thing in my city 😢
I don't get it.... how did they get water if they demolished the tower?
jeremy western
They built a better tower on higher ground to increase water pressure.
This tower had been vacant and unused for 2 years.
Toni S the new tower is vacant and unused in two years??
Interesting how the traffic continues during the operation.
why did that sound like a turbo ??
J Pils
The tower WAS round. Once it hit the ground collapsing the side the air needed to escape. Much like stepping on an empty water jug. Air escapes.
why would they destroyed it for?
read the description
I was there to watch it because I live in nekoosa
You are lucky
huge but quiet
Timber?? a wooden tower??
Lmao
THE WATER TOWER NEKOOSA IS SO COOL
1:12 The People says:"YES SIR"
It made some pretty cool noises.
It would have made a cool house.
It looked like there was a guy under it cutting with a gas torch I guess they figured it would fall and the bottom would just lift up.
I think he was at the back ya could see it underneath from front because of sparks. Ye4eah ya can see him walking backwards after it starts over.
would have been cool to see it in person you can hear the air rush out of it. Videos just don't show the scale of things.
That shook the rust loose didn't?
Excellent. 💙 T.E.N.
We can get to the past time in Google earth so I can view before demolition
I wonder if the guy with the torch was ready for that blast of rust powder...???
Can I get a glass of...oh...nevermind.
Over 2.5 million views and not a single stick of dynamite was used. Amazing
Nekoosa Wisconsin?
jpatt1000, yes.
Not too terribly far from me, I would like to have seen (and heard) one of these come down!
Did you know that they cut it
Was expecting a long drawn out bong when it hit...disappointed. :(
explain why I get that much poopy water
Where is the water tower
Why did they do that for?
Glenn Jordan The tank was no longer effectively serving the community. A new tower was built in a higher location, improving pressure throughout the City and in proximity of a new business park.
oh right ok
Please do not assign me to work with the persons whom parked that close even if proficient;
Not much smaller when knocked down. They should have cut it up with linear shaped charges and let it fall in place. Job was probably done by the local water department.
1:16 That is the sound of the funnel hitting the water from Roblox used from the Titanic and Britannic.
WOH GUYS DID YA'LL SEE THAT BIG WATER TOWER FALL IN THE BACKGROUND O MY GOSH IT WAS SOO COOL
I Found Locatin Is Water Tower Nothing😢 405 Market St, Nekoosa, Wi 54457, United States
0:00 I like the traffic lights
Me, when my kid interrupts my time with the wife.
I was hoping to see water explode everywhere. That would be epic.
Why would they topple it with water in it? That just wouldn't make any sense
@@midwestsirens ong
That base needs some rustoleum.