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  • Blast fails to fell tallest S.D. building

    12/03/2005 4:40:39 PM PST · by skeptoid · 44 replies · 2,262+ views
    SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER ^ | December 3, 2005 | DIRK LAMMERS
    (Click here to see an ArgusLeader.com video of the failed implosion) SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- Thousands of spectators gathered Saturday to watch the demolition of the city's tallest building - but the Zip Feed Mill tower was stronger than it looked. The 202-foot-tall concrete structure dropped slightly, leaned a little - and stopped. The abandoned feed mill elevator in downtown Sioux Falls paled in comparison to structures such as Chicago's 1,450-foot Sears Tower or even North Dakota's 242-foot state Capitol in Bismarck, but it was widely considered the tallest building in South Dakota. That was enough to draw people outside,...