Demolition of Køgevejens Gasbeholder, Industrial demolition site in Valby, Copenhagen, Denmark.
The Køgevejens Gasbeholder stood 108 meters tall with a diameter of 54 meters, storing 200,000 cubic meters of town gas until 2007.
Built between 1965 and 1967, this dry gas holder replaced facilities after the Valby Gasværk explosion in 1964, serving Copenhagen for four decades.
The light blue cylindrical structure marked the Copenhagen skyline as an industrial monument until its controlled implosion on November 4, 2012.
The demolition process utilized 50 kilograms of pentrite explosives, designed for systematic disassembly and material recycling by Tscherning company.
This gas holder provided Copenhagen and Frederiksberg with a two-day reserve of spaltgas before the transition to Bygas2, a natural gas-air mixture.
Location: Copenhagen Municipality
GPS coordinates: 55.64280,12.50770
Latest update: March 2, 2025 20:40
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