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[–] 4 points 1 year ago (12 children)

Look around them. It would have to be like that today too. Too crowded.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Bologna+towers&ia=images&iax=images

    Here are real images. Tell me how you can safely demolish those with explosives while guaranteeing it's not going to topple over adjacent buildings.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I'm sure the construction of towers is different from chimney stacks, but Fred Dibnah did it with a bunch of firewood and some shovels.

    https://youtu.be/0L1WOnR2KBY

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    Do you see a direction without buildings there so it can topple over safely? That's the main issue.

    These towers are significantly different from a mud brick stack, too. The fact that they're square is important. They're also built with different materials: instead of a lattice of uniform bricks and mortar, they are built with two layers of masonry filled with assorted stones and mortar. Not the kind of building we're used to demolish, making it harder to predict.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    demolish the adjacent buildings first

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    I don't know? But it's definitely easier than what the picture in the post suggests

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