From Maine, scenes of a dam’s demise
The Great Works Dam on Maine's Penobscot River will be dismantled beginning today.
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A road is already being built into the Penobscot River. It will be used to help haul away the dam as it is dismantled.
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In total, the $62 million project will raze two dams on the Penobscot and bypass another.
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By project's end, officials hope to have opened access to 1,000 miles of habitat for native fish.
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Six remaining dams on the Penobscot and its tributaries will generate enough electricity to make up for the three that will be taken from the system.
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