Asarco smelting stacks in El Paso to be demolished April 13
Unless the weather doesn't cooperate, the Asarco smokestacks will be demolished at dawn on April 13 -- a Saturday.
Demolition workers will cut a notch in a section of the stacks that faces Interstate 10, a slot in the back and another gap in the middle. Then, when the all-clear is sounded, explosives will be detonated and the 825-foot and 612-foot stacks will fall simultaneously.
Details of the demolition were outlined Tuesday at a public meeting at the El Paso Main Library in Downtown. About 50 people attended and a few expressed concerns about the safety of the demolition.
For more than a century, the American Smelting and Refining Co. processed metals, including toxins such as lead, copper and zinc, on the site just west of Downtown along the Rio Grande.
More at http://www.elpasotimes.com/news/ci_22676208/asarco-stacks-set-fall-april-13 .
[font color=green]Interstate 10 will be closed for a short time when the stacks are demolished.[/font]
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