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> So the dams were sold and dismantled. Sold to who? Who would buy it just to dismantle it?
by doctoboggan 3y ago
> So the dams were sold and dismantled.
Sold to who? Who would buy it just to dismantle it?
- throwaway894345 3y agoMy guess would be "governments"
- dessimus 3y agoThe buyers of a certain bridge in Brooklyn, clearly.
- habinero 3y agoLocal governments or consortiums. You usually need to own something before you can destroy it. Besides, the government has a vested interest in acting before the dams fail and kill people.
- bell-cot 3y agoI'd guess it's often the owner of the dam's surrounding property, or the property surrounding the reservoir. That'd make it easier to make sensible use of the "new" land, after the dam is removed.