1866 Bridge Pier Demolition (Part 1)

Part 1. Demolition of the stone bridge piers from the 1866 Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore Railroad bridge across the Susquehanna River at Havre de Grace, Maryland. The railroad moved to a new bridge in 1906 (now called the Amtrak Bridge), parallel to the old bridge piers. Removal of the old bridge piers is part of the project to replace the 1906 bridge.
Produced by John Z Wetmore, producer of "Perils For Pedestrians".

[perstaffanlundgren]

Are the stones reused for something/salvaged?
or crushed/ made into fill? That would be a pity...
Sutch nice masonary work....

[ralphw]

Interesting demo!!! Thanks for posting this.

[josephlopez]

That's some incredible skill by the operator

[josephlopez]

Please do a similar video when they start the boring and drilling of shafts

[solskengroupllp]

Must have had in uncle in the bidding process. All the wrong equipment for moving granite.

[georgecornish]

Cool video but how come they didn’t use a shear

[itsallspent]

I hope the stone can be repurposed in a construction project.😊

[workingunderwater]

Old faithful has seen her last day. Are they diving out there that you know of??