By Associated Press - Thursday, August 29, 2019

MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa (AP) - It took only seconds for a towering coal-fired electricity plant in Marshalltown to be reduced to rubble.

The Sutherland Generating Station was imploded Thursday morning, with explosions causing the structure to crash to the ground and send up a plume of dust.

The plant, owned by Alliant Energy, had operated since the 1950s but ceased operation in 2017 after a natural gas power plant came online.



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