A part of the skyline in Fort Lauderdale, Florida went out with a boom.
The Florida power and light company used 450 pounds of dynamite to implode the four 350-foot smokestacks, and four 7500 ton boilers at the Port Everglades power plant.
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The company says it is the largest power plant demolition in the state’s history.
A new power plant that will be powered by natural gas will be built in its place, and it will be fully operational in 2016 according to officials.
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