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Springdale residents clean up, take in changed landscape following completion of power plant demolition

Brian C. Rittmeyer
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Brian C. Rittmeyer | TribLive
A view of the demolished boiler house looking toward Porter Street from Standard Avenue in Springdale on March 9.
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Brian C. Rittmeyer | TribLive
A view of the remains of the demolished boiler house at the former Cheswick Generating Station as seen from the porch of a home along Porter Street in Springdale on March 9.
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Brian C. Rittmeyer | TribLive
A view of the demolished boiler house looking toward Porter Street from Standard Avenue in Springdale on March 9.
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Brian C. Rittmeyer | TribLive
When Glen’s Frozen Custard opens for the season in Sprigndale on March 13, it will be without the smoke stacks and boiler house of the coal-fired power plant that had long dominated the sky behind it.
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The remaining portion of the boiler house at the former Cheswick Generating Station is pulled down Saturday, March 8.
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Kristina Serafini | TribLive
A cloud of dust is seen as the remaining portion of the boiler house at the former Cheswick Generating Station is pulled down Saturday, March 8.

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