{"id":28942,"date":"2023-01-14T13:20:11","date_gmt":"2023-01-14T18:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=28942"},"modified":"2023-01-14T17:18:11","modified_gmt":"2023-01-14T22:18:11","slug":"lakeland-power-plant-implosion-jan-14-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2023\/01\/14\/lakeland-power-plant-implosion-jan-14-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakeland Power Plant Implosion Jan 14 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lakeland Implosion Trailer .mov\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/789268461?h=136069f5fd&amp;dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"1110\" height=\"624\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An explosive boom heard across Lakeland on Saturday morning marked the end of an era for Lakeland and Lakeland Electric.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"450\" data-id=\"28945\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/imp-1-1.webp?resize=660%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28945\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"450\" data-id=\"28944\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/imp-2.webp?resize=660%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28944\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Total Wrecking &amp; Environmental, a Buffalo, New York-based demolition company, detonated a first round of explosives at 8:02 a.m. Saturday, causing the 260-foot stack of McIntosh Unit 3 to fall to the north. A second set of explosions brought Unit 3\u2019s Selective Catalytic Reduction unit down to the east, roughly in the plant\u2019s footprint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is bittersweet,\u201d said Mike Beckham, Lakeland Electric&#8217;s general manager. \u201cThis is kind of always bittersweet, you say goodbye to a plant that has operated so well for 40 years.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n        \n        <div class=\"embedpress-gutenberg-wrapper source-provider-Youtube aligncenter ep-clear   ep-content-protection-disabled inline\" id=\"\" data-embed-type=\"Youtube \">\n            <div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper \">\n                <div id=\"ep-gutenberg-content-\" class=\"ep-gutenberg-content\">\n                    <div >\n                        <div class=\"ep-embed-content-wraper preset-default insta-grid ep-google-photos-carousel\"\n                            style=\"max-width:600px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\"                                                                                                                >\n\n                            <div class=\"ose-youtube ose-uid-c0a9ae668327aadad62e1ff4a4e262c6 ose-embedpress-responsive\" style=\"width:600px; max-width:100%; height: 100%; display:inline-block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" title=\"implosion of the cooling tower and SCR of Unit 3 at the Lakeland Power Plant\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Jp9O4A23BmA?feature=oembed&#038;color=red&#038;rel=1&#038;controls=2&#038;start=true&#038;end=true&#038;fs=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;modestbranding=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen title=\"Lakeland Power Plant Implosion Jan 14 2023\"><\/iframe><\/div>                        <\/div>\n\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    \n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A second implosion of Unit 3&#8217;s boiler is tentatively scheduled for March. Frank Bodami owner of Total Wrecking said his company plans to auction off the rights to press the button for the explosion to benefit a veterans-related charity. The starting bid will be $3,000, he said, and further details on how to place a bid and the charity selected will be announced shortly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An explosive boom heard across Lakeland on Saturday morning marked the end of an era for Lakeland and Lakeland Electric. 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