BRAINTREE − Bricks fell with a clatter. Concrete crumbled as the steel jaws of an excavator's crusher attachment took another bite. Even a large steel beam was ripped from its longtime home. In a ...
In August 2024, the Klamath River in Northern California flowed freely for the first time in over a century. The world’s largest dam removal project—demolishing four hydroelectric dams—marked a ...
The project falls under the Great Lakes Legacy Act, and crews are aiming to remove more than 850,000 cubic yards of sediment from the roughly 1.5 mile dam pool. That muck is laced with polychlorinated ...