Items Tagged with 'Klamath River Dams'

The Klamath River Dam Removal project was not only a massive undertaking—four hydroelectric dams deconstructed and removed across 40 miles of challenging terrain in California and Oregon—but also a multifaceted test.

The Klamath River Renewal project involved the removal of several dams in Northern California (and southern Oregon) over the span of just 16 months.

This 1926 cover shows a wooden stave pipe under construction in northern California. The 16-ft-dia, 1,318-ft-long conduit connected two concrete-lined tunnels at a hydroelectric plant on the Klamath River.

California and Oregon now are dam co-licensees for estimated $450M Klamath River project to resolve federal concerns, but major work by contractor Kiewit is pushed back one year.

When the U.S. Congress adjourned in December, it scrapped a water-rights settlement package meant to end years of bitter haggling in California and Oregon’s Klamath Basin among farmers, fishermen, utilities ratepayers and environmentalists.