Demolition

Lori Lovely - Mon April 18, 2016

Bittersweet: Chocolate Factory Razed in N.Y.

For more than 100 years, just before a rain, the scent of chocolate perfumed the air in Fulton, a small city in the western part of Oswego County, N.Y., 25 mi. (40.23 km) north of Syracuse. That's because it was home to the central New York plant that produced Nestlé chocolate products for more than a century....

Sun September 13, 2015

Demolition Plan OK’d in Southern Ohio Uranium Plant Cleanup

COLUMBUS (AP) State and federal agencies have agreed on a plan for demolishing huge buildings and other facilities from a Cold War-era uranium plant in southern Ohio. It is the latest development in the lengthy decontamination and decommissioning process for the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Piketon, which was built in the 1950s and produced enriched uranium for defense and commercial uses until 2001....

Mon August 17, 2015

119-year-old Southwestern Ohio Paper Mill to Be Demolished

WEST CARROLLTON (AP) A 119-year-old former paper mill in southwestern Ohio is set to be demolished. The Dayton Daily News reports the demolition of the 40,000-sq. ft. (3,716 sq m) building that once housed Ahlstrom West Carrollton LLC will be paid for by the company, saving the city of West Carrollton hundreds of thousands of dollars....

Paul Posel - Mon May 04, 2015

When a 5,000-Acre Test Site Shuts Down, What’s Next?

(NOTE:If you clicked here to read the story titled, "A Look at the History of the Backhoe Loader," please click here for the story. We regret any inconvenience. News headlines such as “GM to Close Proving Grounds” and “GM Site Reborn as Housing Development” tell only part of the story....

MIKE BALSAMO - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thu April 02, 2015

Audit: NY Sandy Relief Program Paid Millions for Flawed Work

NEW YORK (AP) - A program that was supposed to rebuild homes wrecked by Superstorm Sandy paid $6.8 million to contractors for work that was ”flawed or incomplete,’ the city’s comptroller said in an audit released Tuesday....