Massive BOP Plant In Weirton Reduced To Rubble

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WEIRTON, W.Va. (KDKA) – The “mill of the future” is no more.
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The Weirton Steel Basic Oxygen Plant was imploded on Saturday morning.
The massive BOP mill was completed in 1967 and covered more than six acres at the north end of town. At the time, it was dubbed the “mill of the future.”
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Crews from the Frontier Group of Cos., the company th