Amelia Posted May 23, 2006 Posted May 23, 2006 End of an era []http://www.kgw.com/sharedcontent/breakingnews/slideshow/052206_kgwtrojanimplosion/img/2.jpg[/] A series of controlled explosions on May 21 took down the Trojan nuclear power plant's cooling tower []http://www.kgw.com/sharedcontent/breakingnews/slideshow/052206_kgwtrojanimplosion/img/5.jpg[/] Trojan took its name from a gun powder and explosives business set up on this sight 100 years ago. Workers used those same materials to bring down this cooling tower that stood along the Columbia river for 34 years. []http://www.kgw.com/sharedcontent/breakingnews/slideshow/052206_kgwtrojanimplosion/img/7.jpg[/] 3,000 sticks of dynamite were plugged into the wall of the cooling tower. []http://www.kgw.com/sharedcontent/breakingnews/slideshow/052206_kgwtrojanimplosion/img/8.jpg[/] The cooling tower of Trojan nuclear power plant took two years to build and eight seconds to bring down Quote <p><span style="color:#0000FF;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-style:italic;">"Do not use harmful words, but only helpful words, the kind that build up and provide what is needed, so that what you say will do good to those who hear you."</span></span> Eph 4:29</span><br><br><img src="http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/gizmotimetemp_both/US/OR/Fairview.gif" alt="Fairview.gif"> Fairview Or</p>
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