Earlier in the month, we posted about a a 66 feet long, 165 tonne, starfish and barnacle encrusted, steel and concrete floating dock that washed up on Agate beach, south-west of Portland, Oregon.  We were surprised to hear that the dock, torn free in last year’s Japanese tsunami  would become a tourist attraction.  The Japanese dock has drawn tens of thousands of visitors tot he beach since it washed ashore in early June.   It won’t stay a tourist attraction for long, however.   Earlier this week, Oregon officials picked Ballard Diving & Salvage of Vancouver, Wash., to dismantle the dock for $84,155. The company says it plans to start Monday and complete the job in about a week.

Tsunami Relic Puts Beach on Map

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