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LOCAL JUNEAU EMPIRE Shortly before 4 a.m., several feet of new snow on steep terrain gave way and raced for the water below. Scraping down nearly vertical rocky chutes and snapping trees, the avalanche built up tons of force before crashing into an aluminum tower placed in its path 35 years ago.

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 Progress: A front-end loader lifts an aluminum tower section during staging work April 26 at the Snettisham hydroelectric construction yard. New towers will be built at the yard and transported by helicopter.
Michael Penn / Juneau Empire
Progress: A front-end loader lifts an aluminum tower section during staging work April 26 at the Snettisham hydroelectric construction yard. New towers will be built at the yard and transported by helicopter.
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