Archive for February 3rd, 2010

Duke Energy has begun removing the Dillsboro Dam. Work began at 9 a.m. Wednesday (Feb. 3) as a hoe-ram, an attachment on the end of a trackhoe arm that works like a large-size jackhammer, began notching the north (powerhouse) side of the 12-foot-high, 216-foot-wide dam. While the dam is removed – only by mechanical means… »