Chimney Implosion on 12th and other vintage films

**cman710** · March-30-09, 04:26 PM

This one shows a six ton tank being lifted to the top of the "new" Penobscot Building in 1928. The views include a panorama in several directions. I noticed the Book Tower and Broderick building, though I bet that some of you will notice other, more interesting details. Here's the link: http://www.lib.wayne.edu/resources/d....php?vid=13_24

**Huggybear** · April-01-09, 07:41 AM

What's priceless in the Penobscot video is the men in the "skiff," who are all wearing their hats [[rather than holding on to them). The wind blows like crazy that high up.

**pffft** · April-01-09, 08:19 AM

Just to post my usual historian footnote...but these "videos" are newsreels shot by Detroit News photographers back in the teens and 1920s.

**buildingsofdetroit** · April-01-09, 09:49 AM

My favorite:
http://www.lib.wayne.edu/resources/d...php?vid=3R2_03

The construction of the Broderick Tower [[nee Eaton Tower). The flapper dancing at the end is priceless.

**Zacha341** · May-22-11, 07:25 AM

Yeah it had to be windy that high up!!!!! The one guy looks like he is putting a phone up to his right ear in one instance! Of course there was no kind of 'portable' phone apparatus then --

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Originally Posted by Huggybear

What's priceless in the Penobscot video is the men in the "skiff," who are all wearing their hats [[rather than holding on to them). The wind blows like crazy that high up.

**Whitehouse** · May-22-11, 06:04 AM

Originally Posted by cman710

This one shows a six ton tank being lifted to the top of the "new" Penobscot Building in 1928. The views include a panorama in several directions. I noticed the Book Tower and Broderick building, though I bet that some of you will notice other, more interesting details. Here's the link: http://www.lib.wayne.edu/resources/d....php?vid=13_24

Looks like the American flag is at half-mast that day.