chimney

Two-minute video chronicles chimney demo

Posted by on February 3, 2020

Since 1895, students and employees at Missouri S&T could orient themselves around campus by looking upward to the chimneys atop the campus power plant. In 2014, the plant was decommissioned. No longer in use, the deteriorating chimneys needed to be removed. Watch as the brick-by-brick demolition process that took steeplejacks six weeks to perform is […]

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Harris, Toomey doors temporarily closed

Posted by on December 12, 2019

During the demolition of S&T’s old power plant chimneys, the entrance on the south side of Harris Hall and two sets of doors on the west side of Toomey Hall will be closed.

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Power plant chimney removal to begin soon

Posted by on December 9, 2019

On Tuesday, Dec. 10, construction fencing will be installed around the perimeter of S&T’s former power plant as crews prepare to remove the power plant chimneys.

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Plans underway to remove power plant chimneys

Posted by on November 4, 2019

More than five years after successfully decommissioning S&T’s World War II-era power plant, the university plans to remove the plant’s two chimneys due to safety concerns and maintenance costs.

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