Waddell Dam, On Agua Fria River, 35 miles northwest of Phoenix, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ
Summary
Significance: It is the only storage dam constructed by private interests in central Arizona. It became the largest multiple arch dam in the world upon completion.
Survey number: HAER AZ-11
Building/structure dates: 1895 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1927 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: ca. 1936 Subsequent Work
Tags
Date
1936
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Beardsley, George
Agua Fria Water & Land Company
Agua Fria Construction Company
Peckham & James
Beardsley, William
Location
arizona, 33.44838, -112.07404
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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