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May 5, 2021 PEWAUKEE, Wis. (AP) — The company whose underwater power cables were damaged by an anchor strike in Michigan’s Straits of Mackinac three years ago said Monday it was beginning to install replacements. A ship anchor in April 2018 struck three of American Transmission Co.’s six cables, which moved electricity between the Lower Peninsula and the Upper Peninsula. Two were severed and another was seriously damaged. About 600 gallons of insulation fluid leaked into the straits, a channel that connects Lake Huron and Lake Michigan. The portions of the cables closer to shore were un...

The Associated Press PEWAUKEE, Wis. (AP) — The company whose underwater power cables were damaged by an anchor strike in Michigan’s Straits of Mackinac three years ago said Monday it was beginning to install replacements. A ship anchor in April 2018 struck three of American Transmission Co.’s six cables, which moved electricity between the Lower Peninsula and the Upper Peninsula. Two were severed and another was seriously damaged. About 600 gallons of insulation fluid leaked into the straits, a channel that connects Lake Huron and Lake Michigan. The portions of the cables closer to shor...

The company whose underwater power cables were damaged by an anchor strike in Michigan's Straits of Mackinac three years ago said Monday it was beginning to install replacements.

May 4, 2021 PEWAUKEE, Wis. (AP) — The company whose underwater power cables were damaged by an anchor strike in Michigan’s Straits of Mackinac three years ago said Monday it was beginning to install replacements. A ship anchor in April 2018 struck three of American Transmission Co.’s six cables, which moved electricity between the Lower Peninsula and the Upper Peninsula. Two were severed and another was seriously damaged. About 600 gallons of insulation fluid leaked into the straits, a channel that connects Lake Huron and Lake Michigan. The portions of the cables closer to shore were un...

Underwater power cables in Straits of Mackinac being replaced 3 years after anchor damaged them Updated 10:26 AM; Today 10:26 AM The power cables are located in the Straits of Mackinac, near the Mackinac Bridge. (Garret Ellison | MLive) Facebook Share Three years after a ship anchor damaged three underwater power cables in the Straits of Mackinac, work has begun to replace those cables. On Monday, American Transmission Co. said the process of removing the old cables and installing the new ones will take about seven months, according to the Associated Press. Two of the cables were severed ...