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Demolition

technology Maturity 9-11

People sometimes tear down old buildings. They use big machines to do it. Some machines use heavy weights to swing. Others use tools to break walls. This helps make room for new things.

Wrecking ball.jpg
Wrecking ball.jpg
Have you seen a big machine work?

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File:House at Gilmour RD being demolished b.jpg
House at Gilmour RD being demolished b.jpg
File:Vacant House Demolition in Greenville, NC 15.jpg
Vacant House Demolition in Greenville, NC 15.jpg
File:Qormi monuments 02.jpg
Qormi monuments 02.jpg
File:Athlone_cooling_towers_demolition_2010-08-22.gif
Athlone_cooling_towers_demolition_2010-08-22.gif
File:Demolition of an old house in Argos, Greece.jpg
Demolition of an old house in Argos, Greece.jpg
File:Wrecking ball.jpg
Wrecking ball.jpg
File:House destroyed by an excavator 3 - Invermere, British Columbia.jpg
House destroyed by an excavator 3 -...
File:Pyynikin Uimahallin Majaa puretaan 1.jpg
Pyynikin Uimahallin Majaa puretaan 1.jpg
File:Hydraulicke demolicni nuzky na podvozku CAT 330.jpg
Hydraulicke demolicni nuzky na podvozku...
File:Demolition of Carlton Hotel, Sandown, IW, UK.jpg
Demolition of Carlton Hotel, Sandown, IW, UK.jpg
File:NIMH - 2011 - 0368 - Aerial photograph of Nieuwersluis, The Netherlands - 1920 - 1940.jpg
NIMH - 2011 - 0368 - Aerial photograph of...
File:Blasting of a chimney at the former Henninger Brewery in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.jpg
Blasting of a chimney at the former...

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