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Photo Gallery: Removal of Savage Rapids Dam
View photos on the removal of Savage Rapids Dam on the Rogue River, just outside of Grants Pass, Oregon. May-June 2009
June 1, 2009, Photo to the NE as the Linkbelt backhoe with hoe ram begins punching a hole in the D/S of dam in bay 2. Photo courtesy of U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (Click image to view in full size)
June 1, 2009, To the East after 30 minutes of working with the hoe ram in bays 2 and 3. Photo courtesy of U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (Click image to view in full size)
June 1, 2009, Photo to the NE as the backhoe with hoe ram continues punching the hole in the D/S side of bays 2 and 3. This part was in the thinner areas and went fast. Photo courtesy of U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (Click image to view in full size)
June 1, 2009, Photo to the East of the hole demoed into the D/S side bays 2 and 3. Photo courtesy of U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (Click image to view in full size)
June 9, 2009, Photo courtesy of Bob Hunter (Click image to view in full size)
June 9, 2009, Photo courtesy of Bob Hunter (Click image to view in full size)
June 9, 2009, Photo courtesy of Bob Hunter (Click image to view in full size)
June 9, 2009, Photo courtesy of Bob Hunter (Click image to view in full size)
June 23, 2009, Photo to the South as the 400 Komatsu backhoe completes excavating U/S of bay 6. Photo courtesy of Bob Hunter.
June 23, 2009, To the South of the Volvo backhoe with shears breaking the U/S arch in bay 6. Note on the U/S arch there is a concrete block hooked onto the arch on the U/S face. The block extends around the bay, but I couldn’t tell if it extended into bay 7. It is 3 ft. high and approx. 2 ft. thicker than the arch. Photo courtesy of Bob Hunter.
June 23, 2009, To the South as the Volvo with shears continues crushing the wall between bay 5 and 6 while the 220 Komatsu with hoe ram breaks out part of the block around the U/S arch in bay 6. Photo courtesy of Bob Hunter.
June 23, 2009, Photo to the NE of the hoe ram breaking the footings out in bay 6. Note the rock knob along the right track of the backhoe. There were no footers in any of the walls in bay 6. Photo courtesy of Bob Hunter.
June 23, 2009, Photo to the SE as the hoe ram continues breaking out the footings in bay 6. Photo courtesy of Bob Hunter.
June 23, 2009, Photo to the East of the dam removal with breaking of concrete from bays 1 through 6 completed. Photo courtesy of Bob Hunter.
October 9, 2009, the view looking upstream the morning of the initial breaching of the coffer dam. Photo courtesy Margaret Bowman.
October 9, 2009. One of the first aerial photos of the former dam site the day of the breaching, looking downstream. Photo courtesy of the Bureau of Reclamation.