Horseshoe Dam, Arizona: National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form
Author(s): Jim Bailey
Year: 2017
Summary
Horseshoe Dam, the second dam on the Verde River, was constructed from 1944 to 1946 by the Phelps-Dodge Copper Products Company, as part of an agreement with the Salt River Valley Valley Water Users' Association (Association) to increase Phoenix's water supply in exchange for water delivered to Phelps-Dodge's copper mines in Morenci. Horseshoe Dam consists of the dam, including the concrete spillway, earthfill and rockfill abutments, the outlet tunnel, and the outlet tunnel's intake tower. The stability berm is a non-contributing structure to the dam complex. Horseshoe Dam is the first earthfill and rockfilll structure on the Salt River Project and exemplifies the shifting nature of its irrigation and municipal water supply programs.
Horseshoe Dam exhibits statewide significance under Criterion A in the areas of Politics/Government and Community Planning and Development. Under Criterion A, is it associated with the evolution of the Salt River Project, one of the first five federally-sponsored western water projects authorized under the National Reclamation Act of 1902. Under Politics/Government and Community Planning and Development, Horseshoe Dam is significant as the only Salt River Project dam associated with strategic materials production during World War II.
Cite this Record
Horseshoe Dam, Arizona: National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form. Jim Bailey. 2017 ( tDAR id: 453370) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8453370
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Keywords
Culture
Euroamerican
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Historic
Material
Building Materials
Site Name
Horseshoe Dam
Site Type
Historic Dam
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Water Control Feature
Investigation Types
Heritage Management
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Historic Background Research
General
Bureau of Reclamation
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National Register of Historic Places Registration Form
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Salt River Project
Geographic Keywords
Horseshoe Dam
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Verde River Valley
Temporal Coverage
Calendar Date: 1944 to 1951 (Period of Significance)
Spatial Coverage
min long: -111.79; min lat: 33.956 ; max long: -111.661; max lat: 34.06 ;
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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FINAL-2017-Horseshoe-Dam-NRHP-Nomination-Signed.pdf | 9.51mb | Jul 23, 2019 | Jul 23, 2019 9:43:05 AM | Public | |
Horseshoe Dam National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form, signed August 7, 2017. |