Salt River Valley Water Users' Association (Other Keyword)
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Beginning in 2021, Salt River Project (SRP) will replace substandard historic-age lattice tower structures along the 130-mile-long Eastern Mining Area (EMA) 115 kilovolt (kV) transmission system located on the Tonto National Forest and Tonto National Monument. The work is necessary to maintain reliability and safety of the EMA system and is being conducted to meet the requirements of the National Electrical Safety Code and the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), acting under...
Final History to 1916 (1916)
After the passage of what is known as the Reclamation Act, approved June 17, 1902, the people of Salt River Valley made very earnest efforts to induce the Secretary of the Interior to authorize the construction of the Salt River Project. They were successful in these efforts and the project was tentatively authorized by the Secretary on March 12, 1903. It was early decided by the Interior Department that in cases where the lands, that would receive the benefit of the proposed project, were...
Historic American Engineering Record: Stewart Mountain Dam (1992)
Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. AZ-12 presents a written historical summary and relevant historical documentation about the construction and use of Stewart Mountain Dam, a key component of the Salt River Project that provides water and power to the Phoenix Basin. The structure is also an important example of a radius arch dam designed using the trial load method. Stewart Mountain Dam is one of a series of dams that along with the earlier Roosevelt, Horse Mesa and Mormon Flat...
The History of the SRP Canal System (2020)
Booklet gives a brief overview of the history of SRP and the canal system. "The Salt River Project (SRP) began as a partnership between the federal government and landowners in Central Arizona – a partnership that has allowed the area to flourish. When landowners formed the Salt River Valley Water Users’ Association (the Association) over a century ago, it signaled a turning point in the rise of Phoenix as a major Southwestern city. SRP became one of the nation’s first reclamation projects...
Phoenix, Arizona - City Map (1915)
October 1915 City Map of Phoenix, Arizona by G.S. Foster Civil Engineer. Map depicts the original townsite, fairgrounds, schools, hospital, and other growth within Phoenix at the time, along with a depiction of the Capital Building in the top left corner.
The Story of SRP: Water, Power, and Community (2017)
This is, in the end, the story of those who call the Valley of the Sun home. From its earliest conception, SRP was created by—and for—the communities it serves. Over time, SRP’s water and power services have helped ensure the successful achievement of its original purpose: the economic development of the Valley and the region. When the Association was formed in 1903, the population of Maricopa County was barely twenty thousand. On his visit to the Valley just eight years later for the dedication...