An arrow reflection in the waters near the Roosevelt Dam, Arizona, [s.d.]

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Photograph of an arrow reflection in the waters near the Roosevelt Dam, Arizona, [s.d.]. The water, reflecting the nearby waterfront hills, creates an image of an arrow. The arrowhead is pointing to the right. Small amounts of debris are floating in the water (bottom left). Small mountains are visible in the background.; "Roosevelt Dam was originally constructed between 1905 and 1911 to control to the erratic flow of the Salt River and to harness the water for irrigation. The dam turned the Arizona desert into land that could be farmed. Once the world's tallest masonry dam, this structure is named after President Theodore Roosevelt, who was instrumental in approval of the Federal Reclamation Act of 1902, and who dedicated the original dam in March 1911. Roosevelt Dam is unique in the way it was originally constructed. It was the world's largest 'cyclopean-masonry' dam, a Greco-Roman style of building that uses huge, irregular blocks. It is now covered by new concrete. In 1996 a $430 million modification project was completed that raised the height of the dam to 357 feet and expanded the lake's storage capacity by 20 percent -- enough for 1 million more people. This 77-foot increase offers six Valley cities 304,729 new acre-feet of water storage to the dam and, for the first time, provides SRP with substantial amounts of flood control and Safety of Dams storage space. The dam has hydrogeneration capacity of 36,000 kW." -- unknown author.

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Title An arrow reflection in the waters near the Roosevelt Dam, Arizona, [s.d.]

Subject dam sites (adlf), Dams (lcsh), Natural features -- Lakes (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place Arizona (states), Gila (counties), USA (countries)

Type images

Format 2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm., 15 x 25 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection), Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 (subcollection)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Repository Email specol@lib.usc.edu

Repository Name USC Libraries Special Collections

Repository Location Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189

Rights Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Copyright Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m17431

Identifier 5648 (accession number), CHS-5648 (call number), CHS-5648 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-17427 (legacy record id), chs-m17431 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14230 (legacy record id), 1-110-26 (microfiche number), 1-80-33 (microfiche number)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 17427

Unique identifier UC142459

Legacy Identifier CHS-5648.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.0 in × 12.6 in at 300dpi
48.2 cm × 32.2 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

Description The nearly 15,000 unique photographs of this collection contain the work of C.C. Pierce which cover the Los Angeles region city, street and architectural views, California Missions, Southwestern Native Americans, and turn-of-century Nevada, Arizona, and California. Pierce, active from 1886 to 1940, was one of the leading photographers of his day and amassed a collection of 15,000 images, including his own and those bought and copied from his contemporaries, George Wharton James and Charles Puck. The James collection contains over 2,000 images of portraits, customs, ceremonies, arts, and games of various groups of Southwestern Native Americans.

Date Created 1860/1960

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