My dad had relatives near there and as a kid I remember visiting them and my dad would take us by there when they were first being built. A few years ago I had to work there a a subcontractor on a project. It was cool being right beside them. End of an era.
Very sad day... Wish they would've kept them as landmarks and a memorial to all of those who worked there in the past. Glad I got to witness it on my visit home this past weekend..
I'd like to say it was a neat video. It was. I wasn't at Conesville very long. I spent 5 years there. It was always a good time. I just hope those from the old Columbus Southern group are doing okay.
I worked there off and on from '05 to '08, good folks all around there. I'm still in that dinosaur industry, but not much longer. Time goes in one direction only.
I worked outside the building in 1989 with a company called Trans-Ash. I had my chauffeur drivers license from being in the Army. The regulations on things there were so tight I decided to make a career change and drove off the site never looking back. I don’t agree with blowing this up. We need backup resources and cheap electricity too! $314 electric bill this month in a very small ranch. NUTS!
Sadly the cost to keep it operating would’ve kept increasing energy prices for consumers… would be cool if they’d put a small modular reactor setup there with multiple reactors in it.
So sad and so avoidable. Federal and State policies have brought the pre-mature retirement of too much fossil fuel generation. We'll pay the price if industrial load ever comes back in the U.S..
I loved the last plume of smoke coming from the second stack as it was falling. It was as if it were saying, farewell!
End of an era. I used to watch for these stacks when I was riding the train home from college. They were a landmark that I could always see.
My dad had relatives near there and as a kid I remember visiting them and my dad would take us by there when they were first being built. A few years ago I had to work there a a subcontractor on a project. It was cool being right beside them. End of an era.
Very sad day... Wish they would've kept them as landmarks and a memorial to all of those who worked there in the past. Glad I got to witness it on my visit home this past weekend..
I'd like to say it was a neat video. It was. I wasn't at Conesville very long. I spent 5 years there. It was always a good time. I just hope those from the old Columbus Southern group are doing okay.
Sad to watch. Lots of childhood memories of calling these the “dragons” as we passed them on our way home from Zanesville to Coshocton.
I worked there off and on from '05 to '08, good folks all around there. I'm still in that dinosaur industry, but not much longer. Time goes in one direction only.
Recommend sending this video to daily dose of internet
I worked outside the building in 1989 with a company called Trans-Ash.
I had my chauffeur drivers license from being in the Army. The regulations on things there were so tight I decided to make a career change and drove off the site never looking back. I don’t agree with blowing this up. We need backup resources and cheap electricity too! $314 electric bill this month in a very small ranch. NUTS!
Sadly the cost to keep it operating would’ve kept increasing energy prices for consumers… would be cool if they’d put a small modular reactor setup there with multiple reactors in it.
Awsome
The gravity of this video is amazing.
My grandpa was a boiler maker and helped build those stacks,
Higher electric rates cant replace baseload power during adverse weather conditions...the days of surplus power in temperature extremes is gone now...
Nice video! Sad to see
Tis a sad feeling!!😢
Really sad
Almost as sad as watching the charges going off on the Muskie
I'm guessing that they got the hippie down prior to making stacks go BOOM-BOOM?
So sad and so avoidable. Federal and State policies have brought the pre-mature retirement of too much fossil fuel generation. We'll pay the price if industrial load ever comes back in the U.S..
Why they take them down.. kind of stupid . Just like when tore down old lincoln school.