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![Theodore Roosevelt Dam, 1911. Water is being released through the outlet works to test the emergency gates. The dam structure is complete with operational powerhouse and transformer building. Reclamation photo.](images/1970s-Decade-Point-of-Interest-Roosevelt-Dam-Photo-1.jpg)
The American Society of Civil Engineers has designated Theodore Roosevelt Dam and the Salt River project near Phoenix, Ariz. as a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark. Completed in 1911, this multipurpose dam was one of the first structures undertaken by the Bureau of Reclamation.
ASCE presented a plaque of the dam's and project's new award at a national water resources meeting last January 14, in Phoenix.
Source:
Reclamation ERA Magazine, May 1971.
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