Granite Reef Diversion Dam
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The Granite Reef Diversion Dam is a concrete diversion dam located 22 miles Northeast of Phoenix, Arizona. It impounds the Salt River for irrigation purposes. If it were to overflow, more than half of
Arizona Dam in c. 1903
Aerial view of the dam, river, and canals in 2018
Diversion dam
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A diversion dam is a dam that diverts all or a portion of the flow of a river from its natural course. Diversion dams do not generally impound water in a reservoir; instead, the water is diverted into
The Faraday Diversion Dam, Clackamas River. This dam slows a normally fast and shallow river for partial diversion to a hydroelectric dam. The diversion tunnel opening can be seen in the upper left.
The Imperial Dam diverting the Colorado River in the southwestern United States.