INCREDIBLE Photos show Moment Tower Block is Reduced to Rubble

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER

This was the spectacular moment a 17-storey concrete tower block was blown to pieces - in a thundering controlled explosion.
Glencairn Tower block was reduced to 12,000 tonnes of rubble by 55kg of explosives, as council bosses blasted away almost 50 years of memories.Thousands of spectators - many of whom were once residents of the massive tower block - watched from an exclusion zone set up around the high-rise.

Hundreds more viewed the action from the safety of their homes in nearby towers as the residential building, opened 1964, was destroyed. Colin Campbell, a former tenant of the block in Motherwell, Scotland, said: 'It's been a nostalgic and emotional day for myself and probably for a number of local people.

'Having lived in and grown up in the tower I have many fond memories of the building, particularly as my dad was one of the caretakers there. It was spectacular to see and I'm sure the new houses planned for the tower site will make a positive difference to the local area.'
Glencairn Tower was once the largest of North Lanarkshire's 49 multi-storey towers.

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Ready to go: 17-storey Glencairn Tower in Motherwell, Scotland sits primed with 55kg of explosives 

Going! Carefully timed explosions are sett off at key points in the building and the huge structure begins to crumble

Going: The massive block, originally opened in 1964, appears to fold into itself as comes crashing to the ground

Gone: The sprawling building comes tumbling down shrouded  in a cloud of dust

Aftermath: the sprawling block has been reduced to a pile of rubble. Thousands of spectators - many of whom were once residents of the massive tower block - watched from an exclusion zone

Its demolition was carried out by Technical Demolition Services (TDS) with support from Precision Demolition Company.

Cllr Barry McCulloch, convener of housing and social work services on North Lanarkshire Council, hailed the demolition as a success, saying: 'Our aim was to ensure the tower was demolished safely and with minimum disruption to local residents and businesses during this process and today's successful demolition achieved that.

'I now look forward to the site making way for our new homes as part of our £75 million 'Building for the Future' investment and regenerating Motherwell town centre.'

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Blenheim Palace is a monumental country house situated in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England, residence of the dukes of Marlborough. It is the only non-royal non-episcopal country house in England to hold the title of palace. The palace, one of England's largest houses, was built between 1705 and circa 1724. UNESCO recognised the palace as a World Heritage Site in 1987.

 

Its construction was originally intended to be a gift to John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough from a grateful nation in return for military triumph against the French and Bavarians at the Battle of Blenheim. However, it soon became the subject of political infighting, which led to Marlborough's exile, the fall from power of his duchess, and irreparable damage to the reputation of the architect Sir John Vanbrugh.

 

 

Designed in the rare, and short-lived, English Baroque style, architectural appreciation of the palace is as divided today as it was in the 1720s.[2] It is unique in its combined usage as a family home, mausoleum and national monument. The palace is also notable as the birthplace and ancestral home of Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill.

 

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Ellie May Challis was born in Essex, England in 2004. She has a twin sister, Sophie and older siblings Tai-la, nine, and Connor, eleven. When Ellie was just 16 months old, she was struck down with a near fatal case of meningitis. Although she beat the odds and survived the deadly bug, septicemia caused her little body to shut down and mere weeks later Ellie had to have her legs and arms amputated. Despite her disability, Ellie was able to walk into her first day at school on her own in her new carbon fiber prosthetic legs.

Ellie was originally fitted with standard prosthetic legs, but was having a difficult time keeping up with her siblings and other children her age. Her original legs also never fit quite right, causing her pain and making it difficult to walk. Ellie’s community however, who have fallen in love with the little tot, held a fundraiser and raised enough money for new carbon fiber prosthetic legs, the same legs used by Paralympic sprinters, making Ellie the youngest person ever to have carbon fiber legs. Ellie new legs cost $15,000 and were made by the renowned prosthetic center and their team of specialists, Dorset Orthopaedic.

There are several advantages to manufacturing prosthetic legs out of carbon fiber and not fiberglass or Kevlar. For starters, carbon fiber is much more lightweight and is able to be made into very thin sheets over the prosthetic socket. Carbon fiber is also extremely strong. A major disadvantage, however, is that carbon fiber, when bent to a great extent, can break and this is something that engineers of prosthetic limbs have been working to overcome.

For Ellie though, she loves her new limbs, which will have to be replaced every two years as she continues to grow. The director at Dorset Orthopaedic said that they “were worried that she wouldn’t be able to balance properly on them, but she has made amazing progress. Within seconds of having them on, she was off. It will change her life.” Ellie’s parents are also extremely pleased with the results; her father declared that “Ellie can walk twice as fast on these new legs. She is so full of determination.”

A few months ago, Ellie met with Olympian hopeful Oscar ‘Blade Runner’ Pistorius. Oscar and Ellie both have the Cheetah Flex-Foot prosthetic limbs and knowing this, they decided to challenge each other to a few races. Oscar, who is from South Africa, has been hailed the fastest man with no legs and holds many world records, but he seemed to have underestimated Ellie. Just mere weeks after learning to walk with her new carbon fiber prosthetic legs, Ellie was able to beat Oscar in all four of their 15-meter races!

Here’s a video of Ellie learning to walk on the new carbon fiber legs:

[source: Gizmodo]