K-25 water tower comes down, down, down

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http://knoxblogs.com/atomiccity/2013/08/03/k-25-water-tower-comes-down-down-down/

K-25 water tower comes down, down, down

The checkerboard water tower at the K-25 site (now known as East Tennessee Technology Park) was demolished today, ending an era of sorts. The 382-foot-tall tower stood out at the Oak Ridge site for more than half a century.

URS-CH2M Oak Ridge (UCOR), the Department of Energy’s cleanup manager, and its team of subcontractors, brought down the tower with controlled explosives, the contractor said in a release this afternoon.

“Officially called the K-1206-F Fire Water Tower, the 400,000-gallon structure was designed and built by the Chicago Bridge and Iron Company in 1958 to service the site’s fire protection system,” the UCOR release states. “It operated until June 3, when the valves were turned off. It was drained, disconnected, and permanently taken out of service on July 15.


This entry was posted in Cleanup, History, UCOR on August 3, 2013 by Frank Munger.

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1. photos (warning: two large embedded photos)

http://knoxblogs.com/atomiccity/2013/08/05/down-goes-the-tower-at-k-25/

Down goes the tower at K-25



As noted over the weekend, the 382-foot-tall water tower at the K-25 site was demolished as part of the ongoing cleanup operations at the historic site once home to uranium-enrichment operations that fueled the nation’s Cold War nuclear arsenal. (UCOR photos)

This entry was posted in Cleanup, History, nuclear, ORO, UCOR on August 5, 2013 by Frank Munger.

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2. For those wondering why it didn't go straight down

They sheered off two of four legs. The other two held in place while gravity took the top the only direction it could go, sideways, as there was lots of hard steel in place preventing it from going straight down.