Archives for March 2011

Landmark smokestack imploded in Laughlin

(LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL) Posted: Mar. 11, 2011 | 9:58 a.m. Updated: Mar. 11, 2011 | 1:30 p.m. LAUGHLIN — With white smoke and dust flowing out its top, the 500-foot-tall concrete smokestack of the Mohave Generation Station crashed to the ground in dramatic fashion at 9 a.m. Friday. The plant was closed Dec. 31, 2005, […]

Landmark smokestack imploded in Laughlin

By Keith Rogers  |  LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL  |  Link to article With white smoke and dust flowing out its top, the 500-foot-tall concrete smokestack of the Mohave Generation Station crashed to the ground in dramatic fashion at 9 a.m. Friday. The controlled implosion of the 40-year-old landmark sent up a cloud of dust that caused […]