The demolition of the historic First Congregational Church in New London began late Saturday morning, as a growing crowd of people watched. A grapple excavator removed parts of one of the church’s towers and then lowered and dropped the building materials onto the existing pile of rubble from Thursday’s steeple collapse. The pile was then sprayed with water from a fire hose. The church was a sight she has seen every day since moving to New London about a decade ago. New London Mayor Michael Passero was on scene watching the demolition. By a little before 4:30 p.m. Saturday, the right tower was knocked about three quarters of the way down, and work was being done on the left tower, closer to the Manwaring Building, according to Fire Marshal Vernon Skau.
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