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Francesca_Knowl
Explorer
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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2oldman
Explorer II
Mar 06, 2014
Francesca Knowles wrote:
I read yesterday that doing so brought the edges of the crack back together, and that the pillar itself "moved" almost two inches back upstream!Really stupendous forces involved, eh?
I guess so. Water is heavy stuff! Moving water even worse.

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