SLIDESHOW: Implosion of former C.P. Crane power plant
Dozens of spectators turned out Friday morning to see the implosion of the former C.P. Crane power plant in Bowleys Quarters.
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The planned implosion was scheduled for 8 a.m. Friday.
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The weather cooperated and crews detonated charges to bring the former plant down on schedule.
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The decommissioned plant's stacks could be seen collapsing at the outset of the implosion.
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They quickly disappeared into a pile of rubble, giving way to plumes of dark-colored smoke and dust.
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The clouds of smoke, dust and debris billowed high into the air over Seneca Creek.
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Several residents had front-row seats to the spectacle as they watched from the water surrounding the decommissioned plant.
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When it was all said and done, nothing remained but a pile of rubble.