VIDEO — Fire in the hole! Watch as explosives rip Glines Canyon Dam on Elwha River

Published 6:33 pm Monday, July 9, 2012

By The Associated Press

CONTINUING THROUGH July 31, explosives are being used to lower the concrete wall of Glines Canyon Dam, once 210 feet high.

CLICK ON http://www.elwhafilm.com/blasting/video/index.htm to watch it happen.

This time-lapse video documents the dismantling of the Glines Canyon Dam, with a large explosion toward the end of the video.

The demolition work — in addition to blasting, workers are using a huge hydraulic jackhammer on a barge — is part of the $325 million Elwha River restoration project that began in September with the beginning of the demolition of Elwha Dam, built in 1913, and Glines Canyon Dam, built in 1923 — both of which were constructed without fish ladders.

Elwha Dam, 5 miles from the mouth of the river, was removed earlier this year, and Lake Aldwell behind it has drained.

To learn more, click on cmg-northwest2.go-vip.net/peninsuladailynews and search “Elwha River” for dozens of recent Peninsula Daily News stories about the dam removal project.

THIS VIDEO IS is courtesy of cinematographer John Gussman of Sequim, 360-808-6406 or email jgussman@dcproductions.com.

You can learn more about Gussman’s work on the Elwha at www.elwhafilm.com .