Roosevelt Dam and lake – Vintage Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Roosevelt Dam and lake
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Roosevelt Dam, on the Salt River northeast of Phoenix, was named for Theodore Roosevelt, who had championed federal reclamation while in office. Built by the U.S. Reclamation Service and completed in 1911, the masonry dam created the reservoir now called Theodore Roosevelt Lake, which stored water for irrigation in the Salt River Valley. This view, copyrighted by the Phoenix photographer McCulloch around 1915, shows a broad sheet of water against bare desert hills, a reminder of how federal irrigation projects were reshaping the arid Southwest.
| Created / published | c1915. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1910-1920. |
| Notes | J202111 or J202112 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by McCulloch, Phoenix, Ariz. |
| Subjects | Dams--Arizona--1910-1920. Lakes & ponds--Arizona--1910-1920. Roosevelt Dam--1910-1920. Theodore Roosevelt Lake (Ariz.)--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,945 × 731 px · prints to 6 × 2 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 6a00608u roosevelt dam and lake |
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