Cofferdam In Three Gorges Ready For Blasting

YICHANG, CHINA - JUNE 5: (CHINA OUT) Workers walk along the cofferdam protecting the just-completed Three Gorges Dam on June 5, 2006 in Yichang of Hubei Province, central China. Demolition experts finished setting the explosives on June 2, that will be used to demolish the cofferdam. A total of 192 tons of dynamite, reportedly, was placed in more than 1,700 locations. The 140-meter-high (about 459 feet) and 580-meter-long (about 1902 feet) cofferdam, 114 meters (about 374 feet) upstream of the Three Gorges Dam, is scheduled to be brought down on June 6, according to state media. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images)