US Pipe Chattanooga, TN Implosion Print E-mail

Drivers coming into Chattanooga, TN from the west on Interstate 24 entered the city by driving past U.S. Pipe and Foundry. It had been there for a century.

On Sunday morning June 10, 2007 blaster Eric Kelly used 34 pounds of well-placed explosives and brought down two buildings at the site, splitting them in two and allowing the segments to fall away from each other.

About 50 people turned out to watch, including Mayor Ron Littlefield, who said nothing brings out the little boy in a person like blowing things up. Partners of Pipe Properties, the company that bought the land hired Advanced Explosives Demolition to implode the historic building. AED teamed with Marcor Remediation supervisor Tim Barker for the clean up.

U.S. Pipe was established in 1867. It became the largest domestic producer of iron pipes used for transmitting drinking water and employed thousands of workers.


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According to Director of Buildings of Toronto...

"We greatly benefited from your experience and advice (this was) downtown Toronto's first demolition by implosion. The Municipality had not previously agreed to permit an implosion of any buildings within the built-up core area of the City. The event was a success. This experience will allow us to revise our procedures in an effort to streamline the approval process (for a future implosion project)."

Pamela Ann Coburn
Toronto, Canada
Director of Buildings and Deputy Chief Building Official