Theodore Roosevelt Dam is a dam on the Salt River located northeast of Phoenix, Arizona. The dam is 357 feet high and forms Theodore Roosevelt Lake as it impounds the Salt River. Built between 1905 an
Roosevelt Dam in 2015
Theodore Roosevelt speaking at the dedication ceremony in 1911. Photo by Walter Lubken.
Roosevelt Dam shortly after completion in 1911
Roosevelt Dam in 1915 spilling from filled reservoir
The Salt River is a river in Gila and Maricopa counties in Arizona, United States, that is the largest tributary of the Gila River. The river is about 200 miles long. Its drainage basin covers about 1
Theodore Roosevelt Dam
…Theodore Roosevelt Dam is a dam on the Salt River located northeast of Phoenix, Arizona. The dam is 357 feet (109 m) high and forms Theodore Roosevelt Lake as it impounds the Salt River. Built between…
Lower Salt River, near the Phoenix metropolitan area
The Salt River as seen in Salt River Canyon, 2004
Salt River alongside State Route 77, September 2006
Rio Salado south of Stewart Mountain Dam