Andy Maser's Blog – October 2011 Archive (2)

125 Foot Tall Condit Dam Breached with a Bang

October 26th, 2011 is certainly a day that will go down in history. After the Blaster in Charge yelled “fire in the hole!” and ignited the charges packed into the bottom of 125' tall Condit Dam, the White Salmon River was explosively set free for the first time in 100 years.  The lake took less than 2 hours to drain, carrying an…
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Added by Andy Maser on October 30, 2011 at 6:30pm — 2 Comments

VIDEO: Huge Dam Removal Means New Whitewater on the White Salmon

 

In 2 weeks, Condit Dam on the White Salmon River in Washington will be packed with enough explosives to blow a huge hole in the base of the concrete wall.  Moments after the climactic explosion, 10,000 CFS will gush from the tunnel and drain Northwestern Lake completely in 6 hours.  That’s the moment paddlers have been…

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Added by Andy Maser on October 11, 2011 at 8:30am — 3 Comments

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