Lakeview GS Implodes - June 28, 2007

On June 28th, Lakeview Generating Station was finally imploded ending an era of sorts. Lakeview was one of the largest coal fired generating stations in the world. It's been out of service for 2 years; and the tall smokestacks were knocked down last summer. The original plan was for the building to be imploded on MOday at 7:30am, but they had to wait for the winds to be blowing just right. So on Thursday, it was finally brought down. Now the clean-up begins. They say most of this will be recycled.
There are plans to build a natural gas fired generating station on the site in the futures, but there will be lots of objections and this won't happen anytime soon. And whatever replaces Lakeview won't even come close to the size of the old facility. I won't miss this relic from the 50's, but will miss her as an aid to navigation as you could see her for many miles.