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Although demolishing chimney stacks by blasting is common in many countries, the stringent requirements has deterred or barred demolition by means of blasting in Hong Kong.
A tedious method was used whereby slicing sections of the concrete structure and breaking it up bit by bit. It took months to have the complete chimney torn down safely.
Source: This image came from Flickr, see https://flickr.com/photo.gne?id=4332944864
Date picture taken
17 Apr 2009
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