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A house threatened by landslide movement in Santa Clara, Washington County in 2003. The historically slow-moving landslide, which began moving more rapidly in 2002, also damaged a street and buried utilities downslope of the residential lot. Pillars are part of a failed caisson (an underground concrete pier) wall designed to protect the back lot from landslide enlargement.
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Dept of Natural Resources Dept of Natural Resources