Many of us can visualize the ad on television that shows the dam proposed by the Pebble Mine project that states it will be taller than the Space Needle in Seattle. I have been up the Space Needle a few times with my family, but even now it is hard for me to visualize how tall that really is.
The tallest building in the state of Alaska is the Conoco-Phillips Building which is 296 feet tall in downtown Anchorage. There are actually three dams proposed for the mine, the tallest being 740 feet tall. That is nearly two and one-half times the height of the tallest building in Alaska.
Next time you’re in downtown Anchorage, stand next to the Conoco-Phillips building, think of a structure two and one-half times as tall. That will give you some perspective as to the size of the proposed dam for the mine at the headwaters of Bristol Bay.
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