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Wrecking ball succeeds after blast fails

Archiseek / Ireland / News / 2001 / January 22 2001: Wrecking ball succeeds after blast fails

The 13-storey building that defied the efforts of international explosives experts yesterday was finally felled last night after a crane with a wrecking ball finished the job the explosives couldn't do. The task had been expected to take another 24 to 48 hours. But after preparatory work with a "long-reach" crane further weakened the building - crumpled but still standing after the controlled explosion - the wrecking ball reduced it to a pile of debris at 9.40 p.m.

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