Beams were pulled out... Glowing red.

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Beams were pulled out... Glowing red.
Topic Started: Mar 21 2009, 01:39 PM (285 Views)
JFK	Mar 21 2009, 01:39 PM Post #1
Posts: 4,226 Group: Admins Member #108 Joined: 01/17/08	http://www.mazzocchiwrecking.com/wtc.htm Quote: The physical challenge was the sheer magnitude of the project and its components. A beam 30 feet long and 8 feet wide weighed between 60 and 80 tons—steel so heavy it broke grapples and twisted booms. With ground temperatures reaching in excess of 1,200°F, steel beams were pulled out of the wreckage glowing red. Edited by JFK, Mar 21 2009, 01:40 PM.
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Xenomorph	Mar 21 2009, 01:42 PM Post #2
Posts: 96 Group: Members Member #67 Joined: 01/16/08	Video clip to go along with with it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OFQnJ2HNB0 Project Superintendant Michael Casale of Mazzocchi Wrecking talking about it. From the History Channel's 2003 Modern Marvels episode "Demolition". Edited by Xenomorph, Mar 21 2009, 02:18 PM.
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DoYouEverWonder	Mar 21 2009, 02:26 PM Post #3
Posts: 437 Group: Members Member #206 Joined: 01/24/08	I read that some of the steel that was removed from the site was so hot, they had set up special cool down stations to drive the trucks through before they left, where they hosed down the steel with water. (I'd have to dig for the reference)
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