It's pretty amazing that those 2 faded green metal buildings ontop of the main boiler house somehow are still intact at the end, like they just enjoyed the ride down to finally be at ground level

@RobertCraft-re5sf

23 күн бұрын

Yeah, those must have been very solid.

@t0cableguy

22 күн бұрын

The steam boilers were in those buildings. The metal buildings were probably just bolted to them. They are some pretty hefty tubes of steel to hold the steam inside them.

@ffjsb

22 күн бұрын

@@t0cableguy The boilers were NOT in those buildings. Those held condensers to recycle steam back into water I believe. Boilers would be WAY too heavy to mount on the roof.

@mattharper588

20 күн бұрын

Retired Union Boilermaker here.those structures on top are the precipitators. They are pollution control structures,they don’t weigh anything like the boiler house.the exhaust flow from the boiler goes through them and they use electric charges to remove the fly ash before it goes to the smoke stack

@ffjsb

20 күн бұрын

@@mattharper588 Ah yes, big ass vacuums...

Interesting history of this old girl: Plant Gadsden came online in 1949 consisting of two 69mw, coal fired units. What is interesting is that the plant not only generated electricity for the region, but also supplied steam to be used in the manufacturing process at the adjacent Goodyear plant, an arrangement that continued until the Goodyear plant shut down in 2020. In 2015, the plant was converted from coal to natural gas as it's fuel source. If not for the steam production for Goodyear, this plant would have most likely been retired decades earlier. Think of the thousands of jobs these two plants provided over the years.

@ImNotPotus

16 күн бұрын

Industrial Grade Steam is a bigger source of "CARBON" than all of the other stuff they get mad about. But that would make NUCLEAR a much more attractive and we can't have that can we.

@panzfaust9812

16 күн бұрын

thats neat bit of history. Could have been preserved as museum with some budget

@natecampbell4708

14 күн бұрын

I live not far from there, thank you for the history, I really appreciate it!

@Chirita008

14 сағат бұрын

Thank you for the history. It's pretty amazing how this all works. It would be nice if CDI included a bit of history with each one. It took a lot of hard work and dedication to build these structures and they are gone in an instant. So knowing why they are being demolished after all this time would be nice.

I keep thinking of all the math involved to achieve such perfection. Awesome to watch.

@alitlweird

16 күн бұрын

Maybe alitlmath was involved, but it’s mostly explosives.

@TheMalerdaemon

11 күн бұрын

Heads 290lbs, tails 2,900lbs.

@johnrambo8317

2 күн бұрын

Watch the oter Power plant we demo in gorgas al tha was biger

The Loizeaux Family, making the difficult look easy for decades.

@joeylawn36111

23 күн бұрын

🐐

Thanks for the video. The main building came down just as planed. Some said the chimney did not fall exactly where it was planned. However it did come down safely and close to the old building. I liked the several angles of the blast you showed.

This stuff never gets old!!👍

@Elenesski

22 күн бұрын

Every one is a different challenge.

Really liked the before/after drone footage. Always like to see how well the building fell after the dust as settled.

@nickmaclachlan5178

18 күн бұрын

I got the feeling the chimney didn't fall exactly where they wanted it to? Looked like maybe about 10 degrees too far left? Funny how they didn't really show it in the after shots?

Your expertise in video production is approaching that of your demolition skills! Great audio, too!

@Diesel629

20 күн бұрын

I was going to say the same thing .. absolutely brilliant video and audio 👍

What I found amazing was that boat on the river doing two hundred miles an hour ....🤣

New to the riverside: Boiler House Lofts. Rustic, roomy barn style living with plenty of patina. Newly renovated and recently lowered, they're a bargain at only $3000/month!

@Barbariandisks

19 күн бұрын

That's nota bargain

we all remember with fondness watching The Loizeaux Family being featured on Public Television as they prepped and successfully brought down some structure.

Did the chimney go where you wanted?

I’m a retired Union Ironworker and smokestack inspector, I enjoyed this.

Thanks CDI. Great videos.

That had to be the fastest 10-second countdown on record. Dude really wanted to push the button!

Yet another job done to perfection.

CDI - The 🐐of Demolition Contractors.

CDI is simply the best. I’ve been watching them since 1988 with the demolition of the Travelers building in Boston.

@LatitudeSky

16 күн бұрын

If you know where to find that video, share it! Been looking for that for ages, after it stopped getting shown on TV. CDI told me even they don't have a copy. It's lost media unless someone recorded it on a VCR.

It's like watching a skilled surgeon

@georgewhitehead8185

20 күн бұрын

Really??? I have been a skilled surgeon for the last 48 years, and I have never done anything like that. Doctor George Whitehead

Awesome! You guys are demolition artists!

These guys have WAY too much fun...

I live fairly close by, and had not heard about any of this! I just happened to find this in the suggested videos on the right side of the page after watching something else. So awesome, thank you guys for posting it!

I love these nicely assembled videos as of late, I really do. Exquisite! 👍🧐 Thanks CDI! 👍🤠

Hmm, did the chimney missed the spot a bit? Regardless, it's beautiful as always, thank you for sharing!

@SLO-Ride

22 күн бұрын

I was thinking the same, but concluded the berm was more for containing the debris "splash".

@DimensionMachine

19 күн бұрын

Given its final placement in the trees and the fact that it missed the berm had me asking the same question. Then when the overhead shot at the end quite intentionally failed to show where the end of the chimney lie had me convinced that it did not land where they wanted it! (not saying I could do better BTW)

@SLO-Ride

18 күн бұрын

@@DimensionMachine If you look close at the 2nd take, the berm is protecting equipment. Also, the ending flyover, shows a slope where the chimney falls between it and the berm. I think the trees were simply in the way. The shot with the camera on a tripod. shows this too.

@cuda7133

18 күн бұрын

I think the fall was supposed to be in line with the camera, but it went to the right. They set up the same camera shot when they did our stack in 2022.

The roof is landing on planned location great job 👍🏻❤️

Great job!!!!!!!!!!!! I very much enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up

Fred Dibnah would've done the job for a fraction of the cost. Just an extra pint or two on the side.

2:15 What's up with the garden hose spraying water onto a humongous dust cloud? Does that satisfy OSHA?

Congratulations on 💯K subscribers! 🎈

I wonder if anyone ever wonders, when they see one of these old coal plants demolished, how much work was done with the electricity it produced over the span of its lifetime? I would bet most people never think about that stuff. Just imagine how many trillions of hours of artificial light was provided....how many nights hundreds of thousands of homes were kept warm. How many hours of production line time in manufacturing facilities. How much water was pumped. How many lives did it save? Just imagine.

That chimney didn't fall as planned😮😮

Video was spellbinding as usual. Especially enjoyed the video footage with the added drone shots. Editing the story added much appreciated shots. Descriptions of various features was appreciated. Were you (hopefully) the company performing the explosions of the bridge section on the container ship Dali? Overall, another great CDI video.

@leegilbert5804

22 күн бұрын

I believe that I saw or read that they were.

@prestonvaughn2078

22 күн бұрын

I hope so! Thanks.

Beautiful demolition guys!

love these CDI videos......why does it seem like the stack fell the wrong direction

Good job, but could it be that the chimney didn't quite fall where it was supposed to?

@drteknical6571

23 күн бұрын

I wondered that too! Hard to tell, and CDI doesn't ever seem to answer any questions in the comment section.

@grilnam9945

22 күн бұрын

Send the chimney in the other direction and then you don’t need to clear so many bricks off the metal sheds that were on top of the main building.?

@potblack6043

20 күн бұрын

@@grilnam9945 No, they mean that it looks like the stone berm in the foreground at 3:00 was placed to cushion the chimney as it fell and protect the ground, but instead the chimney fell just to the side of the berm, missing it. it also nearly crushed those trees.

@grilnam9945

20 күн бұрын

@@potblack6043 yes good call, I see what you mean now I rewatch it

@foghornleghorn8536

20 күн бұрын

The berms were positioned to prevent debris from entering the river.

Nice and clean, Well done

Thanks for posting ! How long does it usually takes for the dust cloud to settle? 20 minutes? An hour? More?

Cdi try released all your old videos demolishing old structures outside america like compilation or something

Love how they document things like this....in case people in the future ever want to know what that piece of lands history was...!!

CDI - a global scarecrow of the demolition industry (i.e. known to be outstanding in their field)

@markdanielczyk944

22 күн бұрын

Farmers are also outstanding in their field!🤣

If Fred Dibnah was still around I'm sure he'd be a fan!

Not quite sure how to say this, but there is something reassuring (?) about having work such as this accomplished by a singularly dedicated group who focus on a single service of this type. There something about seeing the uniform outcome and attention to detail that says that confidence in such people is not misplaced....and that specialization needs to be encouraged. Well Done!!

2:31 Sounds like some cars got dinged.

No shortage of camera angles. Nice job. 👍

Great job 😊😊

Perfekt, wie immer 🧐👍

I can almost always tell if it's a shot by CDI.... columns cut then kickers... on tall structures about every 5th floor is prepped. Steel pre-notched and wired with shape charges.... kickers boxed in... love a good blast as much as next guy.... thank you....

Awesome job guys.🇺🇲

The two roof structures just sat down sweet and easy. Pretty.

Such a beautiful building in its day!

Good. Thanks.

Dust cloud lookin' at the water cannons like, "lol - whatevs."

Was chimney 300' at where it was pointed at,30 seconds into footage?

Great job with the green buildings at the top. Virtually unscathed all the way down. Amazing! 👍 I expected to see all kinds of green metal rubble, thinking what a clean up that will be. Just one question - why not have the chimney fall into the same pile as the plant? Would make for a lesser area to clean up. TIA

Very nice production. Hauntingly beautiful. Some strange poignnancy about it as well.

I'm kind of wondering why they don't cleave the chimney at the mid-point just as it starts to tip ? Wouldn't it make the top section fall more vertically, instead of gaining all the horizontal momentum ?

@Salutimondo

6 күн бұрын

I guess we'll leave it up to the experts to decide the best way to demolish a structure.

EXCELLENT! Esp the footage inside AND more factoids on the jobs.

I dont think the chimney was supposed to go the way it did.

Beautiful 💥💥💥

I wonder what the two sprays of water does? It's far too small for dust mitigation.

Chimney looked to miss the intended landing zone?

I am glad it wasn't the original 110 year old plant from 1913 which was sadly demolished in 1964. These biulding were from 1949.

So hard-core!

I worked with a crew of other Millwrights from Mwlu1263 in Atlanta GA and rebuilt the coal crushers in this plant in the early 2000's. A big job. I hate to see the old girl go down.

How can I miss you if you don't go away?😢

Reminds me of the decommissioning of Umgeni power station in 1992 in New germany Natal. Life moves on.

Up next: The Tropicana in Las Vegas!

Have you seen the demolition of the trade centers and buildin' seven?

They should have left the 300 Ft. Chimney as a Memorial to the Industry and as a Location Marker.

Chimney was about 30 degrees off but other than that it was a great blow down ....

Professional Precise Perfection

Who else would have ridden the coal hopper up top. pretty smooth ride considering. awesome shots.

You broke it up into a million pieces, and put it in the basement. Nice job containing the boiler house.

Could you release cranes demolition compilation?

I worked in that plant as in intern in 2006.

@3:16 - it's almost like y'all knew _just_ where to put that barricade! 😂 😎

I want a house made by the same guy whole made those boilers.

Another explosive day for CDI great job, not so sure of the smokestack though.🤔

They blew it up 7 times?

Am I wrong or was the two fire hoses an attempt to control the dust according to regulations? Whatever they were there for didn't seem have much effect on anything. Anybody down wind got blasted with lots of dust.

I heard its demolition from my house; I live about a mile to the northwest.

You gotta do this to building when you see a bunch of spiders 🕷️ in there

I bought a car from a guy who used to do this. He drank a lot, and told me he would set up the charges in a black out and not remember blowing up the coal mine. That was in the 70s,. He got sober and a different job. Still wild though.

and no trees were hurt in the process.

Have you ever considered Fire fighting aircraft for dust suppression.

For a minute, I thought the porta potties were going to be crushed 😮

Interesting that, from the 3:00 view, the stack hitting the ground did not cause any camera shake.

Making way for a few more Dollar Generals?

What is the purpose of the stream of water?

@jalphabet5

10 күн бұрын

@@nonenone4848 That's what I initially thought, but it seems incredibly insignificant. It's probably a requirement to have dust control in place - it doesn't have to work, it just has to be there.

Maybe someone can explain why they don't have a complete curtain of water hoses surrounding the blast area to limit the dangerous and toxic dust clouds from entering into the surrounding areas. Especially in this case, being right alongside a river.

Bet you can’t drop that building leaving the two green structures in tact. Hold my beer 😂

They even timed the blasts so there were two separate demolitions.

Is going to the left a HOOK or a SLICE? I don't golf.

Skill +++ - again :)

RIP Gadsden. Look up Tac Harbor. My old stomping grounds.

WoW

super

1:47 - What y'all came here for

The caretaker in the top left hand cabin was told to sit in his armchair and grip the sides.

The chimney usually collapses on itself. Did someone screw this one up?

@jlpowell51

18 күн бұрын

Looks like some of the charges on the side away from the fall didn't go off properly, or at all, so instead of dropping it straight down it created a hinge to tip it over. Oops.

@johnchambers8528

18 күн бұрын

I don’t feel the blast on the chimney was wrong. The chimney did fall in one piece at an angle away from the river. Did it fall straight and to its intended spot? Hard to say but it did land in a safe space so I would say they were successful in getting it down.

@jlpowell51

18 күн бұрын

@@johnchambers8528 It didn't land where it was intended because it crossed a temporary berm specifically put in place to block debris from the demo.