Grand Coulee: The Grande Dame

Grand Coulee: The Grande Dame

Grand Coulee, the second largest dam in the world stands 550 feet tall, is 500 feet thick at the base, and just 57 feet shy of a mile long. She has 6.8 million kilowatts of power capacity from her 33 generators producing about 21 billion kWh of power each year. That...
Once More into the Breach

Once More into the Breach

134 year old earthen dam with concrete spillway. Overgrown with trees and vegetation. Portions crumbling off both sides. To breech or not to breech? Remove or repair/replace? These are the questions being debated in towns across the nation as they try to figure out...