HAER No. AZ-15, Horse Mesa Dam, Maricopa County, Arizona: Photographs, Written Historical and Descriptive Data, Reduced Copies of Drawings

Author(s): David M. Introcaso

Year: 1989

Summary

This Historic American Engineering Record includes photographs of the Horse Mesa Dam, dating from 1924-1988, and accompanying written historical and descriptive data.

The Horse Mesa Dam is operated by the Salt River Project for the purposes of generating hydroelectric power and for storing approximately 245,000 acre feet of water for agricultural and urban uses. Horse Mesa Dam was the second dam constructed under the Salt River Project's 1920's hydroelectric expansion program.

Cite this Record

HAER No. AZ-15, Horse Mesa Dam, Maricopa County, Arizona: Photographs, Written Historical and Descriptive Data, Reduced Copies of Drawings. David M. Introcaso. 1989 ( tDAR id: 439873) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8439873

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

Keywords

Culture
Historic

Material
Building Materials

Site Name
Horse Mesa Dam

Site Type
Dam • Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features

Investigation Types
Architectural Documentation • Historic Background Research

General
HAER Photographic Documentation • HAER Written Documentation • Historic American Engineering Record • Hydroelectric Power • Salt River Project • SRP

Geographic Keywords
Arizona (State / Territory) • Maricopa (County) • Phoenix Vicinity • Salt River

Temporal Keywords
1920's • 20th Century

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: 1924 to 1927 (Dates of Construction)

Spatial Coverage

min long: -111.359; min lat: 33.579 ; max long: -111.324; max lat: 33.603 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Salt River Project Cultural Resource Manager

Landowner(s): Salt River Project

Prepared By(s): Salt River Project

Submitted To(s): Historic American Buildings Survey, National Park Service, Western Region, Department of the Interior

Record Identifiers

Historic American Engineering Record No.(s): AZ-15

SRP Library Barcode No.(s): 00030577

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Contact(s): Salt River Project Cultural Resource Manager