Purdue needed the building's footprint to construct an important new addition to the school, and yet in the name of progress we continue to destroy more and more vestiges of our industrial technological history which is fast-disappearing. In the early 20th c.when this facility was built, plants such as this with their tall, brick, Stirling watertube boilers and steam-powered turbo-generators were the most efficient way to supply heat, hot water, and electricity to large numbers of users. In addition to their functionality, they were also compact and built with architectural sophistication and a type of rugged beauty. Instead of one type of common brick, this plant included extra-cost white keystones and capstones,, highly-stylized brick arrangements, and other decorative touches designed to make the building blend-in with its surroundings. If such a facility were built today, it would probably be apurely functional design w/added on architectural touches, not a built-in integrated design where engineering and architecture meet in seamless good taste. If we keep removing such structures from the landscape, there will be little to remind us of the history of America's industrial infrastructure, and that would be a terrible, permanent loss.
I would have felt more at ease If they let the students in the demolition minor help out, they need hands on, and its their school or rather they are part of the family, senior projects are just that, so let them take the buildings down or help out, we have students helping on some projects at IPFW well as far as surveying and the like sometimes, its part of their education, let them take care of their own.
well maybe you do, but I think you are just someone being a troll to people that like history, after all any ogar can knock something down, but it takes a true master to create, and build something.
@@manga12 Do you mean an ogre ... as in Shrek? ! It takes skill to operate a ball and chain. Did you see how he smashed the steel beams at the end causing a shear failure in the bolts. Anything else but precision, and he'd mangling them around all day long!
I watched a company knock down a huge church that burned down in 1982. This was all solid granite and on the 1st. day when the crane operator swung the ball to hit the wall it actually cracked the ball in half.
This is one of the first wrecking ball videos were the crane operator is actually very experienced with the ball he hits a good effective hit almost evey time even on the narrow steel beams
Look how inefficient this is compared to say, explosives or one of those excavators with a sphere drill type thing at the end (not sure what it's called, help me out here)
do you mean hydraulic hammer? in this case here, it`s inefficient, but there are some videos where very skilled operators bringing huge buildings very quick down with wrecking ball...
this operator has no clue how to run this machine. Just before the impact, the jib should already be swinging back out again to pull the ball away and just before it swings all the way out, the jib should be coming back toward the building. Instead, he takes one hit, then lets everything settle down and then starts anew. He never gets a good flowing rhythm going.
You do not just aimlessly swing the ball back & forth like a madman. You calculate where your next ball impact will be. Gimmie a break. Swinging back and forth aimlessly will have the ball swinging freely or bring the crane down. This is National Wrecking Co. They are the best and thet damn well know what they're doing son.
They’ve upgraded to high reach excavators and 360 degree grippers and beam slicers. It takes half the time to bring down a large building. The crane and wrecking ball and clamshell are becoming obsolete nowadays
Au man,habe mir das ganze Video angesehen und muss korrigieren. Luff hätte es 100 mal schneller mit einem halb so großen Gerät gemacht. Guckt euch es an bei TH-cam. FA Luff Abbruch
Purdue needed the building's footprint to construct an important new addition to the school, and yet in the name of progress we continue to destroy more and more vestiges of our industrial technological history which is fast-disappearing. In the early 20th c.when this facility was built, plants such as this with their tall, brick, Stirling watertube boilers and steam-powered turbo-generators were the most efficient way to supply heat, hot water, and electricity to large numbers of users. In addition to their functionality, they were also compact and built with architectural sophistication and a type of rugged beauty. Instead of one type of common brick, this plant included extra-cost white keystones and capstones,, highly-stylized brick arrangements, and other decorative touches designed to make the building blend-in with its surroundings. If such a facility were built today, it would probably be apurely functional design w/added on architectural touches, not a built-in integrated design where engineering and architecture meet in seamless good taste. If we keep removing such structures from the landscape, there will be little to remind us of the history of America's industrial infrastructure, and that would be a terrible, permanent loss.
It looks like it was probably built around the Great Depression. The building does not want to come down easy. They built things to last back then.
same here in england , they talk about our heritage and then knock it down , idiots
Can anyone tell me why they are using such a small ball?
It will be all the crane can handle at that height and reach. Crane capacity is dictated by the height and position of the jib.
All the big building can do is watch helplessly as the nasty little wrecking ball attacks it.!
good work
Good operator! Hard and accurate!
Demolition videos are great but for some reason watching this beautiful old brick building being destroyed made me sick.
+Mark Brewer ...death by a thousand cuts.
I would have felt more at ease If they let the students in the demolition minor help out, they need hands on, and its their school or rather they are part of the family, senior projects are just that, so let them take the buildings down or help out, we have students helping on some projects at IPFW well as far as surveying and the like sometimes, its part of their education, let them take care of their own.
@@manga12 I enjoyed watching it get wrecked!
well maybe you do, but I think you are just someone being a troll to people that like history, after all any ogar can knock something down, but it takes a true master to create, and build something.
@@manga12 Do you mean an ogre ... as in Shrek? !
It takes skill to operate a ball and chain. Did you see how he smashed the steel beams at the end causing a shear failure in the bolts. Anything else but precision, and he'd mangling them around all day long!
wake me up if something comes down
Idk why but I could watch wrecking ball demolition videos all day.
same here bro u r not alone.
+keegan dias, I'm actually a girl. Lol. But I'm glad I'm not the only one that likes this. : P
***** k my bad.I thought that because your username is weird.
+keegan dias, hahaha. It's cool. I made it up.
kroakie4 I also agree with you. I’m a boy who likes watching demolition videos.
Its 2020 now, let me guess , still working on knocking it down??????????
Government time and materials contract. No rush to get done.
Call in Luff of Germany and get the job done in half the time.
Das habe ich auch geschrieben 😁😁👍
This is a joke !
Nice old building. Those arches and that Indiana limestone
I’ve seen cases where the cable would break and they would lose the wrecking ball inside the building on the lowest floor
I watched a company knock down a huge church that burned down in 1982. This was all solid granite and on the 1st. day when the crane operator swung the ball to hit the wall it actually cracked the ball in half.
Some of these guys think too much. Cycle times are too slow.
So boring I hate wrecking balls they take to long to demolish the building. And I’m dozing off just watching it.
They need a dragline excavator crane to control the ball for direct hits. This demolition job is going to take weeks,
This is one of the first wrecking ball videos were the crane operator is actually very experienced with the ball he hits a good effective hit almost evey time even on the narrow steel beams
its 2025 and they still wrecking that building
If only operators had a plan ---and stuck to it
Yes why not first remove stone and then the metall frame. Less sorting out.
Andrew thanks bad ass wrecking ball fun video to watch!!!
Top of the stupidity! Demolition of nice historical biulding...
You don't know that it may have been condemned.
shot them to head!
There is not another for this idiots...
That's not how you construct a proper sentence.
sorry, english language is not my native language...
It's all good, we all have difficulty learning a second language.
KINDA SEAMS LIKE A WASTE OF RESOURCES..building looks ok to me
Getting paid by the hour not the job I see 😂😂😂
This is not working but playing.
We'll be here forever at this rate. Get the dynamite out.
Luff hätte das mit seiner alten Möhre schneller gemacht
ANOTHER UNION JOB?????? HAY, YOU, SLOW DOWN ! ! ! ! ! SOME OF THE BRICKS ARE CRACKING ! ! ! ! ! !
Watching this operator is like watching paint dry.
Leave your automatic focus do the job (that is a pain in the but)
He doesn't know how to Steer that Wrecking ball
This took too long. It would be better to drop some JDAM bombs and it would collapsed momentarily.
he needs a bigger ball and something to swing it with..he will be here for a year
Oida! De pfeifn kons ja überhaupt ned!
Worse camera lighting angle ever.
フォーカスずれまくり、画面ぐにゃぐにゃ。
Look how inefficient this is compared to say, explosives or one of those excavators with a sphere drill type thing at the end (not sure what it's called, help me out here)
do you mean hydraulic hammer? in this case here, it`s inefficient, but there are some videos where very skilled operators bringing huge buildings very quick down with wrecking ball...
It’s super efficient…..BECAUSE ITS INEXPENSIVE AND the demo team has lots of time to get it done…
Explosives would cause a major disturbance
Piss poor angle!
Why use the wrecking ball? Explosive charges would have brought this down in ten seconds, Lazy mans way is time wasted
this operator has no clue how to run this machine. Just before the impact, the jib should already be swinging back out again to pull the ball away and just before it swings all the way out, the jib should be coming back toward the building. Instead, he takes one hit, then lets everything settle down and then starts anew. He never gets a good flowing rhythm going.
He was told not be a alfa in front of the beta student's
Looks like work being done by a government contractor.
You do not just aimlessly swing the ball back & forth like a madman. You calculate where your next ball impact will be. Gimmie a break. Swinging back and forth aimlessly will have the ball swinging freely or bring the crane down. This is National Wrecking Co. They are the best and thet damn well know what they're doing son.
@@giannalynnwreckingco.7110 Nein...Entschuldigung, Luff Abbruch ist der beste, ganz klar Luff
They’ve upgraded to high reach excavators and 360 degree grippers and beam slicers. It takes half the time to bring down a large building. The crane and wrecking ball and clamshell are becoming obsolete nowadays
The wrecking ball needs a fairlead attached to make it more controllable.
Au man,habe mir das ganze Video angesehen und muss korrigieren. Luff hätte es 100 mal schneller mit einem halb so großen Gerät gemacht. Guckt euch es an bei TH-cam. FA Luff Abbruch