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Title: Klamath River Dam Removal Investigation
Creator: G&G Associates
Date Created and/or Issued: 7/1/03
Contributing Institution: UC Riverside, Library, Water Resources Collections and Archives
Collection: Clearinghouse for Dam Removal Information (CDRI)
Rights Information: Copyrighted
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Description: Scope/Content: Abstract: An investigation was conducted by G&G Associates for American Rivers, to determine the feasibility and cost of removing Iron Gate, Copco 2, Copco 1, and J.C. Boyle dams on Klamath River. The study was based on public information available to American Rivers and limited information available from PacifiCorp. Review of available information regarding the dams, trapped sediment, and river characteristics indicates that removing the dams is feasible and that the cost would be approximately $40 million.
Scope/Content: Dam type: concrete
Scope/Content: Dam type: earth fill
Scope/Content: Dam type: rockfill
Scope/Content: Date constructed: 1918-1962.
Type: text
Form/Genre: digital copy
Identifier: ark:/86086/n2th8mbj
60
Subject: Alternative analysis
Engineering
Fisheries and fish passage
Sediment and channel dynamics
Dams
Dam retirement
Place: Klamath River, CA
Copco No.1 Dam
Copco No.2 Dam
Iron Gate Dam
J. C. Boyle Dam
US

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