TBT: Opening Day at Iron Gate 1962

cover image: Opening Day at Iron Gate, February 3, 1962
^{(Source: PacifiCorp Archive, Iron Gate Development Neg IG-264).}

The final component of the Klamath Hydroelectric Project, both in terms of construction and, geographically, within the flow of water, is the Iron Gate project. Begun in 1960, it was completed and put into service on January 13, 1962. Just as at Big Bend, the name and location of Iron Gate were first identified in 1911 as part of the very first surveys of the hydroelectric potential of the Klamath River. With its construction, the development of electric generation facilities in the Klamath Basin, begun in the early 1890s, was at an end. ¹

Dedication of Iron Gate Dam, February 3, 1962 (Source: PacifiCorp Archive, Big Bend Photographs Vol.8, Neg # BB 1023)