The former location of Condit Dam on the White Salmon River, shown earlier this year.
Dam-free river plots new course
Changes unfold for the White Salmon now that Condit Dam is gone
HUSUM — Susan Hollingsworth had seen the photos. She'd seen the stories. Then she saw it for herself — a fish leaping from the waters of the White Salmon River.
At the peak of Condit Dam demolition in July, shown here, crews were removing about 500 cubic yards of concrete per day. The dam was breached in October. The final pieces of the dam have been removed, PacifiCorp officials said Saturday.
Condit Dam removal complete
Demolition crews first breached the dam last October with a carefully orchestrated blast of 700 pounds of dynamite. The explosion released a free-flowing White Salmon River for the first time in nearly a century.
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