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Francesca_Knowl
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Mar 05, 2014

Hey Eastern Washingtonians! Wanapum Dam Drawdown?

I heard about the crack in the dam last week. Looks like the drawdown for repairs has dropped the water level about twenty feet. Link to article I've only found this one picture on the web so far...
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Francesca_Knowl
Explorer
Mar 05, 2014
travelnutz wrote:
Looks normal to me! Just another one of those dam places...
:B

Just to be clear:

This isn't yer regular lake/reservoir...it's the water behind a dam on the Columbia River (one of the biggest rivers in North America).

That shoreline hasn't been seen/exposed since the dam went online in 1964!

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