view of crew working on top the water tower After 50 years the water tank in Enola was dismembered by Pennsylvania Water Company.  The work began on the 13 of January 2010.
crew cutting the dome off the water tower Work started at the top by cutting sections and letting them drop into the tank.  This operation was the same day as the St. Matthew Church project.  It was hard to go between them so these pictures were shot from the Church along Enola Dr. with a telephoto lens.
you can see cutting torch flames cutting more of the tower Smoke bellows from the heat of the torch. The project starts out by cutting smaller pieces.
more sections of the dome is gone There are two crews working at the top. The top is disappearing fast.
shadow of hi-lift is cast on the tower as they move The Sun continues to rise. Started at 7 AM its now 9:30.
shows second crew on back cutting through Half the dome is gone. You can see the flames cutting through the other side.
As they cut the metal rolls and curls inward As they cut the metal rolls and curls inward.
Working from both sides. The pieces get bigger. Working from both sides. The pieces get bigger.
One more section about to fall One more section about to fall.  Where did all that metal go?
shows workers cut hole in tank to drag out the pieces Workers cut a hole at the bottom and drug the bigger pieces out.  A crew on the ground cut them into truck size.
shos shorter tower 20 feet shorter.
normal view of tower from Enola Drive Normal view from Enola Dr.
veiw showing tower is about half down Moved to the work site to take pictures.  Tower over half done.
night picture of crew working Still working at 5:30 PM.  Finally Quit at 7.
shows glow of tower as work starts before daylight Started early the next morning.  Not much left now.
shows strips of metal left cut vertically They cut the last pieces from top to bottom.
one of the pieces fall One by one the sides fell in with the help of a forklift.
view of the tower from the shopping center as it was. Once the water tower stood able to hold 700,000 gallons of water that was originally pumped from wells to supply Enola.
shows the tower is gone with scaps of steel on the ground All that's left is a few pieces of metal waiting to be loaded for the scrap yard. Approximately 18 hours to get here.
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