The Salt River Project, Arizona, a Federal Reclamation Project: National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation Form

Author(s): Lynne MacDonald; Jim Bailey

Year: 2017

Summary

Pursuant to a 2009 Programmatic Agreement between the Bureau of Reclamation, Phoenix Area Office, the Salt River Project, and the Arizona State Historic Preservation Office, the Bureau of Reclamation prepared documentation formally nominating the Salt River Project system of dams and main canals to the National Register of Historic Places (Register). The Salt River Project Multiple Property Submission (MPS) was formally accepted and listed on the Register on August 7, 2017. This is the Salt River Project Multiple Property Documentation Form, or cover document, which provides a historic context for nomination under this MPS, describes associated property types, and provides a list of major references.

Cite this Record

The Salt River Project, Arizona, a Federal Reclamation Project: National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation Form. Lynne MacDonald, Jim Bailey. 2017 ( tDAR id: 452716) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8452716

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Keywords

Culture
Euroamerican • Historic • Historic Native American

Material
Building Materials

Site Name
Arizona Canal • Bartlett Dam • Consolidated Canal • Crosscut Canal • Eastern Canal • Grand Canal • Granite Reef Diversion Dam • Highline Canal • Horse Mesa Dam • Horseshoe Dam • Mormon Flat Dam • Salt River Project • South Canal • Stewart Mountain Dam • Tempe Canal • Theodore Roosevelt Dam • Western Canal

Site Type
Canal or Canal Feature • Historic Canal • Historic Dam • Reservoir • Water Control Feature

Investigation Types
Heritage Management • Historic Background Research

General
Bureau of Reclamation • National Register of Historic Places Registration Form • Salt River Project

Geographic Keywords
Salt River Valley • Verde River Valley

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: 1906 to 1920 (Period of significance for Granite Reef Diversion Dam)

Calendar Date: 1906 to 1938 (Period of significance for SRP main canals)

Calendar Date: 1902 to 1951 (Period of significance for SRP storage-regulation dams)

Calendar Date: 1913 to 1972 (Period of significance for SRP powerplants)

Calendar Date: 1917 to 1925 (Period of significance for SRP drainage system)

Calendar Date: 1903 to 1947 (Period of significance for SRP auxiliary features)

Spatial Coverage

min long: -111.974; min lat: 33.189 ; max long: -110.947; max lat: 34.082 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

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

Collaborator(s): Salt River Project

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

Submitted To(s): USDI, National Park Service

File Information

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Salt River Project Multiple Property Submission, signed August 7, 2017.