HAER No. AZ-24, Horseshoe Dam, Technical Report

Author(s): Donald C. Jackson; Clayton B. Fraser

Year: 1991

Summary

This report provides a written narrative of the events leading to the construction of Horseshoe Dam on the Verde River, in Central Arizona. Horseshoe Dam was constructed between 1944 and 1946 by the Salt River Valley Water Users' Association and the Phelps Dodge Copper Company. The dam provides water storage for irrigation and domestic use.

Cite this Record

HAER No. AZ-24, Horseshoe Dam, Technical Report, 24. Donald C. Jackson, Clayton B. Fraser. 1991 ( tDAR id: 437900) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8437900

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

Keywords

Culture
Historic

Site Name
Horseshoe Dam

Site Type
Agricultural or Herding • Dam • Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features • Water Control Feature

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Architectural Documentation • Historic Background Research

General
Central Arizona Project • Historic American Engineering Record • Salt River Project • SRP • Technical Report

Geographic Keywords
Arizona (State / Territory) • Central Arizona • Horseshoe Dam • Maricopa (County) • Salt River Valley • Verde River

Temporal Keywords
Historic • Mid 20th Century

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: 1944 to 1946 (Construction dates for the Horseshoe Dam)

Spatial Coverage

min long: -111.788; min lat: 33.966 ; max long: -111.661; max lat: 34.049 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Salt River Project Cultural Resource Manager

Contributor(s): Richard E. Lynch

Landowner(s): U.S. Bureau of Reclamation

Prepared By(s): FRASERdesign

Submitted To(s): U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Arizona Projects Office

Record Identifiers

Report No.(s): DI-BR-APO-CCRS-91-13

SRP Library Barcode No.(s): 00023628

HAER No.(s): AZ-24

Contract No.(s): 8-CS-30-05990

File Information

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1991_FRASERdesign_TechnicalReportHorseshoeDam_OCR.pdf 51.50mb Dec 1, 1991 Sep 11, 2017 4:22:58 PM Confidential
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Contact(s): Salt River Project Cultural Resource Manager