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A Sept. 22 implosion date has been set for the boiler house building at the former Cheswick Generating Station plant in Springdale. Scott Reschly, vice president of operations for Charah Solutions, an environmental remediation firm and the property’s owner, said Friday the demolition of the boiler house building is planned

Part of the former Cheswick Generating Station’s boiler building in Springdale was pulled down Monday night, making way for the rest of the building’s demolition next month. Scott Reschly, vice president of operations for the property owner, Charah Solutions, said the selective catalytic reduction portion of the plant is what

Profile Films, a Grand Rapids plastics company, demolished an old, abandoned chimney on Ann Street on Sunday.

It survived the Great Depression, was an architectural treasure and had modern air conditioning. Do you remember the Edgewater Gulf Coast Hotel and its demolition?

Imploding a building requires powerful explosives, but the second-generation owner of Controlled Demolition (CDI) argues that weather can be more powerful in his line of work.

Today's Water Cooler

Clarion Casino imploded in 10 seconds and the video of the implosion goes viral for the wrong reasons. Over 1000 pounds of explosives were used for the impl

The flyrock and debris from the Springdale smokestack demolition earlier this month was a violation of state environmental regulations, said a spokeswoman for the Department of Environmental Protection. The former Cheswick Generating Station smokestacks, which stood about 750 and 550 feet tall, fell in a cleared coal yard north of

The dust has settled in Springdale, but crews and residents continue to clean and address the aftermath of the implosion of the two smokestacks at the Cheswick Generating Station. The stacks, staples of the Springdale and Cheswick skyline for years, went out with a bang Friday morning through a planned

Mother fatally shot by neighbor after dispute over playing children, sheriff says