Copco Lake
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Copco Lake was an artificial lake on the Klamath River in Siskiyou County, California, near the Oregon border. The lake's waters were impounded by the Copco Number 1 Dam, which was completed in 1922 a
Copco Lake in the 1990s
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The basin left by the draining of Copco Lake in spring 2024
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Iron Gate Dam (California)
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Iron Gate Dam was an earthfill hydroelectric dam on the Klamath River in northern California, outside Hornbrook, California, that opened in 1964. The dam blocked the Klamath River to create the Iron G
Copco Lake
…2,400 to 2,500 cu ft/s (68 to 71 m3/s), through a flume and tunnels to a 27-megawatt powerhouse 1.5 miles (2.4 km) downstream, on the upstream end of Iron Gate Reservoir. The diversion bypassed a canyon section of the Klamath River that historically consisted of some steep rapids. The dam was required to maintain a…
Iron Gate Dam in 2009
Removal of the Iron Gate Dam in 2024