In honor of throwback Thursday I have some pictures of the smokestack demolition. Ten years ago this week the old NSP power plant smokestack on the Mississippi River was taken down. NSP stood for Northern States Power which eventually became Xcel energy.
I lived within sight of that structure for most of my adult life. There was something oddly comforting about seeing those red blinking lights around the tower at night. I still see it sometimes.
The old power plant burned coal. Occasionally wind would hit the coal piles and the coal dust would get into the house. The power plant that replaced it uses natural gas.
