High Bridge Power Plant Smokestack Coming Down
June 23rd, 2008 Posted in Twin Cities
On Saturday, June 28 Xcel Energy is going to blow up the tallest thing in St. Paul’s skyline. The 570-foot tall smokestack at the High Bridge Power Plant is scheduled to be imploded on Saturday at 7:30 a.m. The old power plant is being replaced by a newer, more efficient plant. The smokestack will come down despite pleas by locals to preserve the landmark, which was built in 1923.
The party’s kind of early on a Saturday morning, but I’m thinking of checking it out. How often do you get to see an implosion?
Update: Read my entry about the smokestack coming down. And according to Nick Coleman’s column, the power plant was built in 1923 but the smokestack was built in 1972.
Celebrating my 30th birthday with clean water and a clean shave.
