Roosevelt Dam, Beginning Construction
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Unknown Unknown dam120pjj.jpg DAM-120 B&W 1025-0120-0021 dam120pjj Print 4x6 Historic Photographs c. 1905 - 1911 Reproduction requires permission. Digital images property of SHM Library & ArchivesDescription
Theodore Roosevelt Dam, the first major structure constructed by the Bureau of Reclamation on the Salt River Project, is located about 76 miles northeast of Phoenix and 30 miles northwest of Globe, Arizona. The dam, completed in 1911, was subsequently modified between 1989 and 1996. The original dam was a cyclopean, rubble-masonry, thick-arch structure that spanned the Salt River to form a reservoir of 1,381,580 acre-feet. It was 280 feet high, 723 feet long at the crest, and contained 355,800 cubic yards of masonry.
Back of photo reads: "Building Roosevelt Dam; First Stone in Roosevelt Dam, set September 20 by L. C. Hill, Supervising Engineer and C. W. Smith Construction Company. On the stone are C. W. Smith, Construction Engineer; Contractors: John M. O'Rourke, George N. Steinmetz, Louis C. Hill, Supervising Eng., John M. Urquhart, chief inspector. reading from left to right. Construction started in 1905."
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