ANDERSON COUNTY, Tenn. — On Saturday morning at 6 a.m., the Tennessee Valley Authority will implode the smokestacks that have been a staple of the Claxton community in Anderson County since the 1960s.
TVA said no coal ash is in the stacks, and all hazardous material has been removed. TVA will put hundreds of thousands of gallons of water on the site and will put up ‘curtains’ to minimize dust.
“They fall in a very controlled manner, basically like you’d see a tree falling,” TVA spokesperson Tom Satkowiak said. “Saturday morning, they’re gonna fall away from Edgemoor Road to the south.”…