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Topic | Tour: Pacific Corp Dams and Facilities |
Click on image to enlarge (43K). This color drawing shows the location of Pacific Corp facilities on the Klamath River in Oregon and California. The facilities are Link River Dam and associated power houses, J.C. Boyle Dam and power house, Copco I and Copco II dams on the upper Klamath in California and Iron Gate Dam. Click on FIT to make the photo appear as full screen. Press F1 for help in use of photo tools.
Link River Dam at the outfall of Upper Klamath Lake generates power as well as increasing the storage capacity of the lake by raising its surface eight feet. The Link River is actually the short section of the Klamath River above Lake Ewauna.
Pacific Corp diversion structure on the east side of the Link River sends water to the Eastside Power House in the city of Klamath Falls, Oregon.
East Side Power House with the Link River in the background. This facility is operated by Pacific Corp.
Photograph of the Link River looking west at the Westside Power House operated by Pacific Corp in Klamath Falls, Oregon.
Klamath River below J.C. Boyle Dam in Oregon. Flows are diverted by the dam into a tunnel which routes water to a power house downstream then the water is returned to the river. This facility is operated by Pacific Corp.
Copco Dam #1 impounds the Klamath River near the California-Oregon border. This dam and the smaller Copco #2 downstream were constructed in 1918.
Iron Gate Hatchery as seen from the top of Iron Gate Dam, lowest in a series of dams operated for power production by Pacific Corp. The hatchery is funded by Pacific Corp as part of mitigation for blocking salmon and steelhead migrations upstream.
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