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Largest dam removal in U.S. history nears completion, reviving hopes for California salmon
HORNBROOK, Calif. — Excavators clawed at the remnants of Iron Gate Dam, clattering loudly as they unloaded tons of earth and rock into dump trucks. Nine miles upriver, machinery tore into the foundation of a second dam, Copco No. 1, carving away some of …