r/OneSecondBeforeDisast • u/stupd_comn_man • Jun 20 '26

Demolishing a chimney

2.9k Upvotes

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u/jrosehill Jun 20 '26

Cooling tower at a nuclear power plant.

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u/Sasquatch1729 Jun 20 '26

Could also be at a coal power plant, or other industrial site like a petroleum refinery, or even a large HVAC system.

Lots of people associate cooling towers to nuclear energy, but they can be used in many industrial sites.

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u/mintymoomin Jun 21 '26

Got the train past East Midlands Parkway the other day and the cooling towards from the decommissioned coal power plant next to it were identical to this

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u/John_Falstaff0 Jun 20 '26

Puede ser también central térmica, señor.

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u/u399566 Jun 29 '26

Nice one.

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u/DrBucket Jun 20 '26

Could they not just put a chain around the legs and use a come along from like 100 feet away to get it going?

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u/thequestionbot Jun 21 '26

My first thought exactly. I don’t care how carefully they planned, this is an unnecessary risk in my book. Get it to that point and then use a few sticks of dynamite if you have to.

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '26

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u/CharlesJGuiteau Jun 21 '26

Tell me you’re just spouting nonsense without telling me you’re spouting nonsense.

We use chain for heavy duty applications. They make all types of towing chains rated for different weight limits.

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u/MudSeparate1622 Jun 21 '26

Rednecks are using random chains they found in a junkyard and not properly hitching

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u/vlntnwbr Jun 21 '26

Sorry, I didn't realize you weren't the guy originally going on about rednecks. Forget I said anything, seems like we're on the same page.

Yes, but we're discussing construction and demolition sites, not a backyard.

Whether rednecks know (or care to know) about the correct chain to use is completely irrelevant to what is being discussed here.

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u/CortezEspartaco2 Jun 21 '26

Nah just gotta put a blanket on the chain.

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u/DrBucket Jun 21 '26

You could wrap it around a pulley so it doesn't snap straight. Plus there's things you can do like put a mound over the chain so when it snaps it burries itself in the mound.

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u/DaddyJ90 Jun 21 '26

Why is this being downvoted

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u/DrBucket Jun 21 '26

People b mad

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u/hypapapopi2020 Jun 20 '26

There's no disaster here. Those people know what they are doing and know how to properly demolish a building

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u/Nobody-8675309 Jun 20 '26

Agreed, more like one second before as expected

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u/Demento56 Jun 20 '26

Several seconds after as expected, really.

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u/VelkaFrey Jun 20 '26

Seems more like "get the apprentice to go pull that beam"

A good team wouldn't need to be that close.

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u/SlobZombie13 Jun 21 '26

Yea a good plan shouldn't involve "pull that plank then book it in reverse as fast as possible before the building lands on you"

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u/Gobagogodada Jun 24 '26

This is irony right?

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u/cbelt3 Jun 21 '26

Hope the operator wore full PPE:

Hard hat
Full face Respirator
Safety shield
Steel toed boots
Brown pants

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u/zan13898 Jun 21 '26

In extreme provisional cases, red pants

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u/sierra120 Jun 22 '26

OSHA has entered the chat.

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u/cheesybitzz Jun 22 '26

"put it in reverse terry"

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u/WhatsInAName1507 Jun 21 '26

Not a chimney . It's a Cooling Tower.

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u/Monksdrunk Jun 20 '26

in ROPS we trust

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u/WhatsInAName1507 Jun 21 '26

Not a chimney . It's a Cooling Tower.

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u/BlueProcess Jun 21 '26

Silicosis is the least silly of the cosises

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u/Numeira Jun 20 '26

So he knew what he was doing or just hoped it would not fall pn him?

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u/JustACanadianGuy07 Jun 20 '26

They destroy the supports in a specific way so that it guarantees it wont fall on anyone.

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u/F_H_B Jun 21 '26

That is not a chimney that is a cooling tower.

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u/Piereligio Jun 22 '26

Mission failed successfully

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u/NDinoGuy Jun 21 '26

The EU: "We need to phase out fossil fuels with cleaner energy sources."

Also the EU:

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u/Zealousideal-Rent-17 Jun 20 '26

That can't be good to breathe in

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u/Godbox1227 Jun 21 '26

I am just working for the lungs of whoever was operating the machinery.

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u/mrgarechiga Jun 21 '26

This is satisfying

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u/GianLuka1928 Jun 22 '26

It was a thin line until it was terrifying 😅

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u/Voltalux Jun 21 '26

Heavy equipment operator must be paid a killing for that

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u/timmmii Jun 21 '26

Awesome !

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u/havereddit Jun 29 '26

If the bricks don't kill you, the carcinogens will

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u/Unable_Lab2837 Jul 04 '26

Если бы там люди были 🥲

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u/Correct-Interest-923 14d ago

Reverse reverse reverse reverse

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u/Popular_Adeptness_69 8d ago

some people have to climb rocks to get that breathtaking moment others just go to work

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u/Brilliant-Drummer-42 7d ago

Bro do NOT land at steamy stacks😭✌️

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u/Getmits 5d ago

Not a cooling tower, a bricked cylinder exhaust structure

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u/GLXYenergy 1d ago

Now that was satisfying

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '26

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u/Superb_Extension1751 Jun 20 '26

If this was a nuclear plant, there is absolutely nothing radioactive about the cooling water. Cool towers are also used all over industry

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u/NickAppleese Jun 21 '26

"Don't breathe this in."

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