. Journal of electricity. for unnumbered centuries, a desert waste,were it not for the hydro-electric power developedfrom the Roosevelt Dam. The Roosevelt Dam, impounding the water of theSalt River and Tonto Creek, was built into the solidrock of the mountains just below the junction of thetwo above mentioned streams, and about 80 miles fromthe city of Phoenix. The dam is situated just at the head of a narrowcanyon. Back of the dam, and forming the reservoirsite, is a natural basin, an ideallocation for the greatreservoir. The dam is 284 feet high and 168 feet thick The Roosevelt Dam was compl
. Journal of electricity. for unnumbered centuries, a desert waste,were it not for the hydro-electric power developedfrom the Roosevelt Dam. The Roosevelt Dam, impounding the water of theSalt River and Tonto Creek, was built into the solidrock of the mountains just below the junction of thetwo above mentioned streams, and about 80 miles fromthe city of Phoenix. The dam is situated just at the head of a narrowcanyon. Back of the dam, and forming the reservoirsite, is a natural basin, an ideallocation for the greatreservoir. The dam is 284 feet high and 168 feet thick The Roosevelt Dam was completedFebruary 5, 1911, and dedicated byTheodore Roosevelt on March 18, course, a large portion of the areaIrrigated from this stored water isreached by gravity ditches, but 34,500acres of desert land are dependent onelectric pumps for their water 8000 kilowatts is further trans-mitted from the power plants at thedam to the great copper mines atMiami to help supply this war neces-sity for the May 15, 1918] JOURNAL OF ELECTRICITY 497
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