Kokomo Gas Tower Implosion 2003

[theChrysler1]

i was about 10 when this happened.

[theChrysler1]

thumbs up if you still live in ktown?

[oneniceguy000]

A piece of history is gone!!!!

[XxXUzakiXxX]

Like many others I still miss the Gas Tower. When you saw it you knew you were almost home.

[BeavMcloud62]

I think it's funny how my brethren fellows from Kokomo are sad to see a gas tower be destroyed and say it was a part of our rich history. A GAS TOWER. I can only imagine how people in Washington D.C. would feel if the Washington Monument was torn down or destroyed...

[STSHUGHES]

OMG this makes me want to go home so bad! Im stuck in Groton CT right now at Naval Sub School, and I just found this video and remembered how far away I am from home. I remember that day like it was yesterday! I listen to the Kokomo police scanner everynight, its familiar and recognizing the street names makes me feel like Im in my old room :D

[Cendrellcendrell]

They never should have blown her up! that was part of our towns history

[xshootertilidie]

Why did they tear it down it wasn't herting anything!?

[drwcubs]

@xshootertilidie It cost $75,000 a year to maintain and up to $1,000,000 a year to paint. That was just too much money to spend on something that was no longer functional.

[TehCraabz]

@RedFletch96 woot i was like 3-7 I can't remember!

[kdwtn1962]

i just found this video in here,,, wow,,, i grew up in kokomo,, makes me sad that they tore it down,,,

[pgehin]

The gas tower should have NEVER been destroyed. Kokomo will never be the same without it. Many people will tell you when traveling that it gave them a sense of "coming home"

[aosborne678]

@pgehin i know what you mean, wherever i was in the city i could always see it. it made me feel at home

[LSHELBI]

i was 6 when i watched this

[RedFletch96]

@LSHELBI woot i was 7!

[mrcrabs07]

I use to live there and walton not the same anymore

[Sugarlandjackson]

Ya know, there are houses RIGHT BY the tower.......I wonder what happened to them....did they evacuate or get the closest view of it....

[theChrysler1]

@Sugarlandjackson thats GateWay. speaking of. there still there to this day. i live right across the street from there. but we bought the land the tower was on. and were soon to build a hotel or somethin.

[AMBKrenos]

@theChrysler1 oh really? I own a house on Delphos[Close to where Delco used to be] would be nice to see that area used!

[PR2glitcher]

I was like 4 when I saw this.

[RoxyMoxyBesties]

i miss it :( kokomo isnt the same without it now its just a crack town

[NYsentinel]

@Lengas32

I was comparing this "shooting" with (NY) Keyspan/Enron Tank demo 15 july 2K1

Thanks

[NYsentinel]

Which demo company did this shooting?

[Lengas32]

@NYsentinel It was Controlled Demolition, Inc.

You can ask for a multi-angle footage of this at their channel TheLoizeauxGroupLLC

[sparta23tranchi51]

I'm from Mich, but have relatives in Anderson. The tower rising in the distance over 31 was a welcome sign that a good meal in a friendly town was approaching after several hours in the car. Some of my earliest memories are of Kokomo, so I miss the tower too...

[ScarryLarry5577]

i miss that thing

[JeNsEnHoPe97]

i remember tht :P

[venge329]

Did our tower just deflate? lol

[drjax1994]

I still think it's funny that people got on roofs and stuff to see it blow up. I miss it though. I would always look for it if we went ona long trip so I would know how far waay from home we were.

[MrsWoods0424]

Me too. :(

[sonyesp]

Yah sad indeed. It was used for direction. Now we can use the Hip Hugger for a reference point now.

[0boy168]

i remember hearing about the gas tower goin down i live in kokomo but i didnt get to c the implosion no fair i was only 7 though.....

[Cabal1869]

I remember seeing it whenever we came to shop in kokomo from Logansport. I miss that sight.

[KatieM1995]

i was there that day but i was 4 when it happened so i dont remeber it :(

[PR2glitcher]

OMG HI KATIE

[KatieM1995]

OMG! HELLLOOOO. WHO IS THISSSS??? bahahahahahahahha

[KatieM1995]

i wasnt 4... ;x

[tisdeathonu]

i was there when that happened it was a sad day because i grew up there yea it was sad

[sobuzoby]

that gas tower always took me home whether it was coming home from my grandpas or bringing me back the right way when we got lost on a roadie...lol. good times. sad to see it go.

[thered41car]

yea... its kinda sad its gone. i watched it that morning.

[almostskater2011]

a sad day for the people of kokomo. i was 11... i wanted to cry. i miss it. now every time i drive by there i remember how massive that thing was

[H3yDud3ItsCarl33]

Oh yea and it hit the kokomo Gass place t\it didnt go down the way they planned! I live here! :)

[cimerax]

I felt that when it happened!

[artsiguy]

How big was it? Judging by the buildings in the foreground, it must have been enormous.

[Dono233]

I remember it being the talest (or at least one of the talest i dont think it is taller than any of the delphi or chyster plants) it was a land mark to Kokomo but yeah it was tall and wide

[Pdestroyex]

Thanks for catching this on video, I thought I didn't think anybody took footage of it!

[bitzky77]

Grew up in Kokomo. Miss it, especially on X-mas.  Wish they hadn't blown up the puppy chow tower.

[SgtSMOKE78]

im from jonesboro and i used to call it the same thing when i was a kid!

[ultramegabob2]

people in Kokomo used it to navigate, when they blew it up, they sold out of TomToms at Bestbuys

[bcuppy]

I remembered seeing that tower for miles when driving on US 31 between Carmel, IN and Northern IN.

[ericrichard7]

Cool. I go to Kokomo all the time.

[WIREMAN102]

lol i guess there is more than corn in indiana :P

[hornraiser]

ha! i grew up in kokomo and the only other place i've seen a tower like this is in NYC. they should've blown up the town and left the tower.

[greycoat1861]

i remember when that happened

[chainsawleon]

That really sucked. I grew up in Kokomo, but I was in Kansas for a few years. I come back, and this landmark is completely gone! It was a sad day indeed.

[browncrayon2007]

wth?? why did they do that for??

[Calvin5040]

Howard county Historical Society Are wimps and didn't want to take on the gas company.

[coolkid032495]

me and my dad called that the Purina Puppy Chow Tower. I miss that place ='(

[cab1000]

Great video! I was there, but took footage with a cheap camera, yours is great!!

[XxXUzakiXxX]

Growing up in Kokomo, the Gas Tower was the sure sign you were close to home. I miss it. =(

[dumbwiz]

Man, I miss that thing....

[garycalgary]

very very very cool