Marmot Dam: going, going, gone

Posted on August 10, 2007 | Filed Under Dam Removal, Northwest, River Renewal 

Amy Kober
Northwest Outreach & Communications Director

We just got these photos, showing how the demolition of the Sandy River’s Marmot Dam is progressing.

Demolition began with a boom on July 24; watch the rough cut of our short film about the river restoration effort)

hotos taken on July 25, July 31, and August 6:

Marmot Dam demolition, 7-25-07

Marmot Dam demolition, 7-31-07

Marmot Dam demolition, 8-6-07

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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7 Responses to “Marmot Dam: going, going, gone”

  1. Sandy River Dam Disappearing Before Our Eyes : The Trout Underground Fly Fishing Blog on August 13th, 2007 12:29 pm

    [...] Marmot Dam on Oregon’s Sandy River is being removed, and the American Rivers blog has posted a gratifying series of “going… going… not quite gone…” photographs of the [...]

  2. Fly Fishing » Blog Archive » Sandy River Dam Disappearing Before Our Eyes on August 13th, 2007 2:02 pm

    [...] Marmot Dam on Oregon’s Sandy River is being removed, and the American Rivers blog has posted a gratifying series of “going… going… not quite gone…” photographs of the [...]

  3. To drown a river beneath its own impounded water… — David Quamman : American Rivers Blog on August 23rd, 2007 6:05 am

    [...] Restoration of Oregon’s Sandy River has begun with the demolition of the Marmot Dam. Learn more River Quotes are posted weekday mornings. Want to see your favorite river quote here? Email it to [...]

  4. Tracking a dam’s removal : American Rivers Blog on September 28th, 2007 11:43 am

    [...] the Northwest is booming with the removal of larger scale dams like the Marmot Dam and the pending removal of Elwha, Glines Canyon and the Condit Dam, several smaller dams have been [...]

  5. Oregon’s Sandy River flows free! : American Rivers Blog on October 20th, 2007 12:53 pm

    [...] to the recent rains here in the Northwest, the earthen dam upstream of the old Marmot Dam site was washed away by the rising Sandy River at 5:28pm on Friday, October [...]

  6. New pictures of the free-flowing Sandy River : American Rivers Blog on November 14th, 2007 5:40 pm

    [...] For comparison, check out pics of the July 24 demolition blast, and pics of the deconstruction process. [...]

  7. Great USGS video of Marmot Dam removal : American Rivers Blog on February 20th, 2008 4:06 pm

    [...] Dam removal progress (Aug 2007) [...]

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