Yesterdays: A giant wrecking ball clears the forest
Tom Powell looks at the huge steel ball that was used to smash down trees to clear the land for the Hungry Horse Dam project.
70 years ago
May 12, 1950
The big news on the Hungry Horse Dam project was that the huge 4-1/2-ton steel balls designed to smash down trees worked. The land needed to be cleared quickly for the dam project. Wixson and Crowe was the contractor for the project...
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