[ScreamingViking]

I was in the yard watering some plants this morning and heard a big BOOM! Initially thought it had come from the west of the house, toward the CP rail yard, and the thought crossed my mind that a tanker car carrying something hazardous had blown up... but this must have been the source.

When I drive home across the High Level Bridge the sprawling shorefront industrial complex that was the "original" Stelco has been looking more and more sparse.


Last Stelco blast furnace demolished on Hamilton bayfront
The towering structure was felled by a controlled explosion just after 9 a.m.

By Matthew Van Dongen
The Hamilton Spectator
Wed., Aug. 17, 2022

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Goodbye Big “E” — it was a blast.

The last Stelco blast furnace in Hamilton was demolished Wednesday using a controlled explosion that cut out the supports under the towering steelmaking relic that dominated the western bayfront skyline for more than half a century.

A massive boom that echoed around the harbour was followed by a slow collapse of the roughly 200-foot-tall “E” blast furnace built in 1968 on Pier 16.

Hamilton police warned the public early this morning about what was expected to be a “very big and very loud” explosion. The new owner of the former Stelco lands and blast furnace, Slate Asset Management, worked with Stelco and a contractor on the demolition.

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