Tonawanda Coke smokestacks felled by controlled implosion



June 5, 2021, belonged to Jackie James-Creedon, who couldn’t stop smiling as she helped Town of Tonawanda Supervisor Joseph Emminger trigger the explosives that felled the smokestacks of the former Tonawanda Coke Corp. plant. (See editorial on page four) The pair pulled the plunger at 6 a.m. on Saturday, setting off implosions that toppled three smokestacks that have stood for […]

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