WATCH: Kirkwood wind turbine brought down with planned explosion

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — The Kirkwood wind turbine is no longer.

At 7:00 a.m. on Tuesday morning, crews brought the unused turbine down.

Built in 2012, the 417 ft. tall, 2.5-megawatt Clipper wind turbine on Kirkwood’s campus has served as a training tool for students in the former Energy Production and Distribution Technologies Program, a program that is now closed due to low enrollment…

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