The world’s biggest dam removal project — and the second-largest environmental restoration project in U.S. history — is now in progress on the Elwha River on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington state.
MORE (including great time lapse videos of the removal process)
(PHOTO: The 108-foot-tall Elwha Dam was constructed in 1911 to provide electricity to the Olympic Peninsula. courtesy KCTS9/EarthFix reporter Katie Campbell)
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