USDI Bureau of Reclamation, PXAO, Historic American Engineering Records (HAER), Theodore Roosevelt Dam and Components

Part of: USDI Bureau of Reclamation, PXAO, Historic American Engineering Records (HAER), Salt River Project, Water Storage and Regulation Features and Power Generation Facilities along the Salt River

Site Name Keywords
Theodore Roosevelt Dam • Roosevelt Power Canal

Site Type Keywords
Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features • Agricultural or Herding • Canal or Canal Feature • Water Control Feature • Dam • Diversion Dam • Road, Trail, and Related Structures or Features • Bridge • Culvert • Flume

Culture Keywords
Historic • Euroamerican

Investigation Types
Historic Background Research • Site Evaluation / Testing

Material Types
Building Materials

Temporal Keywords
Historic Period • Twentieth Century • Nineteenth Century

Geographic Keywords
Gila County (County) • Arizona (State / Territory) • United States of America (Country) • North America (Continent) • Theodore Roosevelt Dam • Theodore Roosevelt Lake • US (ISO Country Code) • Maricopa County (County) • 04999 (Fips Code) • Pinto Creek

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  • Documents (4)
  • Historic American Engineering Record: Archaeological Survey and Evaluation of Structural Components of the Roosevelt Power Canal (1983)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text James E. Ayers.

    During December 1982 and January 1983, representatives of the Environmental Services and Civil Engineering Departments of Salt River Project consulted with Archaeological Research Services, Inc. (ARS) regarding the status of archaeological and historical information pertaining to the Roosevelt Power Canal, a historic canal associated with Theodore Roosevelt Dam. As part of a Central Arizona Water Control Study sponsored by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and the U.S. Army, Corps of Engineers,...

  • Historic American Engineering Record: Roosevelt Power Canal and Diversion Dam, Gila County, Arizona (1983)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text David M. Introcaso.

    Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. AZ-4 presents a written historical summary and relevant historical documentation about the construction and use of the Roosevelt Power Canal and Diversion Dam in the vicinity of Theodore Roosevelt Lake in south-central Arizona. The report contains a narrative description, photographs, drawings, and maps. It draws on information from the Archaeological Survey and Evaluation of Structural Components of the Roosevelt Power Canal (see...

  • Historic American Engineering Record: Theodore Roosevelt Dam (1992)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Donald C. Jackson.

    Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. AZ-6 examines the origins and construction of Theodore Roosevelt Dam, the first major project to increase the Salt River Valley's water supply beyond that available from the "normal flow" of the Salt River in south-central Arizona. Sponsored by the Arizona Projects Office of the Bureau of Reclamation, this HAER documentation was undertaken because the Roosevelt Dam was dramatically altered in the early 1990s. The alteration served to increase the...

  • Historic American Engineering Record: Theodore Roosevelt Dam, Power Plant (1996)
    DOCUMENT Full-Text Christine Pfaff.

    Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. AZ-6A examines the origins, construction, use, and significance of the Theodore Roosevelt Dam Power Plant and Transformer House, located in south-central Arizona along the Salt River. The report contains a narrative description, drawings, maps, and historic photographs of the dam's power plant and transformer house. As the key structure in one of the first major federally sponsored Reclamation projects in the West, Theodore Roosevelt Dam...