Historic American Engineering Record, HAER No. AZ-6, Theodore Roosevelt Dam

Author(s): Donald C. Jackson

Year: 1992

Summary

Roosevelt Dam comprises the key structure in one of the first major federally sponsored reclamation projects in the West. Authorized as one of the Reclamation Service's first projects in 1903, it continues to store water for agricultural lands, homeowners, and industrial concerns in the Phoenix region that are served by the Salt River Project. Used to impound floodwaters of the Salt River, the 280-foot-high Roosevelt Dam was distinguished as the tallest and last major stone masonry gravity dams at the time of its completion. It was intended to be the flagship of the Reclamation Service, a symbol of government permanency, stability and power.

Cite this Record

Historic American Engineering Record, HAER No. AZ-6, Theodore Roosevelt Dam. Donald C. Jackson. 1992 ( tDAR id: 439852) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8439852

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Keywords

Culture
Euroamerican

Material
Building Materials

Site Name
Theodore Roosevelt Dam

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

Investigation Types
Architectural Documentation • Historic Background Research

General
Central Arizona Water Control • Historic American Engineering Record • Theodore Roosevelt Dam

Geographic Keywords
04999 (Fips Code) • Arizona (State / Territory) • Gila (County) • Maricopa (County) • Phoenix, AZ • Salt River • Theodore Roosevelt Dam • Theodore Roosevelt Lake • Tonto Creek

Temporal Keywords
Historic Period • Nineteenth Century • Twentieth Century

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: 1906 to 1911 (Theodore Roosevelt Dam construction)

Calendar Date: 1870 to 1903 (History of water rights, use, and irrigation along the Salt River in the Phoenix and Tonto Basins prior to Roosevelt Dam)

Calendar Date: 1912 to 1955 (Additional history of the Salt River Project after Roosevelt Dam construction)

Spatial Coverage

min long: -111.188; min lat: 33.654 ; max long: -111.148; max lat: 33.684 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Salt River Project Cultural Resource Manager

Contributor(s): Richard Lynch

Sponsor(s): USDI Bureau of Reclamation, Phoenix Area Office

Prepared By(s): FRASERdesign

Submitted To(s): USDI Bureau of Reclamation, Phoenix Area Office

Record Identifiers

Historic American Engineering Record No.(s): AZ-6

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

NADB document id number(s): 2203114

Report No.(s): DI-BR-APO-CCRS-92-7

SRP Library Barcode No.(s): 00091150

NADB citation id number(s): 000000167218

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