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Show 40 3. Buckeye Dam. This dam is situated on the Gila just below the confluence of the Agua Fria and Gila Rivers, at the lower end of the Salt River Project. It diverts the return flow re-entering the River below the upstream diversion structures.43 4. Painted Rock Dam. Located on the Gila River, slightly below Gila Bend, Arizona, this structure is designed for flood control in the lower Gila valley and in Mexico.44 5. Roosevelt Dam. This rubble masonry, arch gravity type dam, with a structural height of 280 feet and a hydraulic height of 225 feet, is situated on the Salt River 30 miles northwest of Globe, Arizona. The overflow spillways at both abutments have a capacity of 150,000 c.f.s. and a seven unit power plant with a generating capacity of 15,400 kw. is situated at the toe of the dam. Roosevelt Reservoir impounds 1,398,430 acre-feet of water and the waters so impounded are utilized to irrigate the Salt River Project. Construction of Roosevelt Dam was initiated in March 1904, water was first impounded in May 1909 and power was first generated on August 1, 1909.45 6. Horse Mesa Dam. Located on the Salt River 43 miles northeast of Phoenix, Arizona, this concrete variable-radius arch type dam has a structural height of 300 feet and a hydraulic height of 266 feet. Its reservoir, with a capacity of 245,138 acre-feet, is utilized to irrigate the Salt River Project. Over fall spillways at both abutments have a capacity of 150,000 c. f. s. and a 30,000 kw. power plant is located at the toe of the dam. "Tr. 603-604 (Akin). 44Tr. 617-61S (Akin). 45Ariz. Ex. 1000, pp. 23-24. |
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Original Report: State of Arizona, complainant v. State of California, Palo Verde Irrigation District, Imperial Irrigation District, Coachella Valley County Water District, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, City of Los Angeles, California, City of San Diego, California, and County of San Diego, California |