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Roosevelt Dam

American  

noun

  1. a dam on the Salt River, in central Arizona. 284 feet (87 meters) high; 1,080 feet (329 meters) long.


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Her family moved to Arizona Territory a few years later and soon benefited from the first great reclamation project, Theodore Roosevelt Dam on the Salt River.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 30, 2022

On this date in 1915, state offices were closed in the Salt River Valley as thousands gathered to witness the first spillage of water over Roosevelt Dam.

From Washington Times • Apr. 11, 2018

The first major Newlands project, which turned little Phoenix, Arizona, into an agricultural empire and now the nation’s fifth-largest city, bears the name Theodore Roosevelt Dam.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 17, 2018

Army scout and guide, was killed by a falling boulder during construction of the road north of Roosevelt Dam.

From Washington Times • Feb. 11, 2015

The Roosevelt Dam is the chief work of construction in what is called the Salt River project.

From History of the United States, Volume 6 by Andrews, Elisha Benjamin

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