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September 11, 2014

1st anchors installed at Wanapum Dam

VANTAGE, Kittitas County (AP) — Workers have installed the first of 35 giant anchors intended to stabilize the broken Wanapum Dam.

The Grant County Public Utility District said Tuesday the anchors begin at the top of the spillway and run deep into the bedrock below the dam, ensuring the long-term stability of the spillway on the Columbia River near Vantage. The 200-foot-long anchors will be installed throughout the spillway.


 
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