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Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Old News

Stopped by Post-Hip the other day and this newspaper from September 18, 1933 caught my eye.


For the last several years there has been a lot of talk about taking out dams here and there to help restore the salmon runs. Bonneville is one of the big ones, and I don't think anyone is talking about removing it.

Here's a blow up of the text:


Update: So way back then there was a bit of an argument whether the dam was going to generate power at all. Bonneville is the biggest source of electrical power in this neck of the woods with a generating capacity of 500 Megawatts. But you already knew that, right?

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