A HUGE WATER intake tower at Glines Canyon Dam and its Lake Mills reservoir crashes to the ground in a video (and still photos) courtesy of cinematographer John Gussman of Sequim, 360-808-6406 or email jgussman@dcproductions.com.

Click on http://www.elwhafilm.com/tower/ to see them. Note the “Play the Video Here” button at the beginning and at the end of the string of stills.

The tower was taken down on Wednesday (Aug. 22).

Gussman is working on a documentary film about the $325 million Elwha River restoration/dam removal project.

You can learn more about Gussman’s work on the Elwha at www.elwhafilm.com .

The demolition work at Glines Canyon Dam — in addition to blasting, workers are using a huge hydraulic jackhammer on a barge — and at the Elwha Dam, the other dam on the river, began last September. Both Elwha Dam, built in 1913, and Glines Canyon, completed in 1927, were constructed without fish ladders.

Elwha Dam, 5 miles from the mouth of the river, was removed earlier this year, and Lake Aldwell behind it has drained.

Lake Mills behind Glines is now being drained, as Gussman’s photos show. The entire removal project is ahead of schedule by almost a year.

To learn more, click on www.peninsuladailynews.com and search “Elwha River” for dozens of recent Peninsula Daily News stories about the dam removal project.