Photos and video of anchor-strike damage to Line 5 released

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  The east Line 5 oil pipeline, which was struck by an anchor last April.

  U.S. SEN. GARY PETERS (D-MICH.)

Newly released images from Enbridge Energy show damage sustained to the Line 5 oil pipelines from an anchor strike last April.

The video and photos given to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation show a gash across the east pipeline, and several dents and scrapes on the west pipeline. In written testimony Enbridge identifies three dents on the pipelines caused by the anchor strike, the longest was more than 23 inches.

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