Elwha dam teardown resumes with a bang

Sunday, October 6, 2013 at 2:30AM
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Contractors have resumed removing the final 50 feet of the Glines Canyon Dam on the Elwha River. Explosives were used to further lower the dam that was once 210 feet tall and three more blasts next year will be needed to complete the demolition.

LINK (via: The Seattle Times)

Unfortunately due to the federal government shutdown all the dam webcams are offline.

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