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    Built in 1918 and standing 25 feet tall, Copco 2 was the first of four hydroelectric dams slated to be removed from the lower Klamath River.
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    Situated between Copco 1 and Iron Gate dams, Copco 2 worked as a diversion dam, re-routing water from the river’s historic channel.
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    Crews work to remove the Copco 2 dam.
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    Crews work to remove the Copco 2 dam.
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    Crews work to remove the Copco 2 dam.
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    Crews work to remove the Copco 2 dam.
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    Crews work to remove the Copco 2 dam.
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    Crews work to remove the Copco 2 dam.
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    Crews work to remove the Copco 2 dam.
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    Crews work to remove the Copco 2 dam.
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    The Klamath River flows free where Copco 2 dam once stood.
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    The Klamath River flows free, where Copco 2 dam once stood.

Thadeus Greenson is the news editor of the North Coast Journal.