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Col. Fremont's last grand exploring expedition in 1856

Col. Fremont's last grand exploring expedition in 1856

Fremont and his abolitionist supporters are ridiculed. In particular, the artist condemns the Republican candidate's alliance with New York "Tribune" editor Horace Greeley and Henry Ward Beecher and Beecher's r... More

Horse Mesa Dam, Salt River, 65 miles East of Phoenix, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

Horse Mesa Dam, Salt River, 65 miles East of Phoenix, Phoenix, Maricop...

Significance: It was the second dam constructed under the Salt River Project's hydroelectric expansion program in the 1920s. Survey number: HAER AZ-15 Building/structure dates: 1927 Initial Construction Nati... More

Horse Mesa Dam, Salt River, 65 miles East of Phoenix, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

Horse Mesa Dam, Salt River, 65 miles East of Phoenix, Phoenix, Maricop...

Significance: It was the second dam constructed under the Salt River Project's hydroelectric expansion program in the 1920s. Survey number: HAER AZ-15 Building/structure dates: 1927 Initial Construction Nati... More

Grand Canal, North side of Salt River, Tempe, Maricopa County, AZ

Grand Canal, North side of Salt River, Tempe, Maricopa County, AZ

Significance: This was the first Salt River Valley canal that was built by a canal company; that improved northside distribution system; that was the site of the most significant low-head hydropower plant of th... More

Grand Canal, North side of Salt River, Tempe, Maricopa County, AZ

Grand Canal, North side of Salt River, Tempe, Maricopa County, AZ

Significance: This was the first Salt River Valley canal that was built by a canal company; that improved northside distribution system; that was the site of the most significant low-head hydropower plant of th... More

Grand Canal, North side of Salt River, Tempe, Maricopa County, AZ

Grand Canal, North side of Salt River, Tempe, Maricopa County, AZ

Significance: This was the first Salt River Valley canal that was built by a canal company; that improved northside distribution system; that was the site of the most significant low-head hydropower plant of th... More

Grand Canal, North side of Salt River, Tempe, Maricopa County, AZ

Grand Canal, North side of Salt River, Tempe, Maricopa County, AZ

Significance: This was the first Salt River Valley canal that was built by a canal company; that improved northside distribution system; that was the site of the most significant low-head hydropower plant of th... More

Grand Canal, North side of Salt River, Tempe, Maricopa County, AZ

Grand Canal, North side of Salt River, Tempe, Maricopa County, AZ

Significance: This was the first Salt River Valley canal that was built by a canal company; that improved northside distribution system; that was the site of the most significant low-head hydropower plant of th... More

Old Crosscut Canal, North Side of Salt River, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

Old Crosscut Canal, North Side of Salt River, Phoenix, Maricopa County...

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Old Crosscut Canal, North Side of Salt River, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

Old Crosscut Canal, North Side of Salt River, Phoenix, Maricopa County...

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Old Crosscut Canal, North Side of Salt River, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

Old Crosscut Canal, North Side of Salt River, Phoenix, Maricopa County...

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Old Crosscut Canal, North Side of Salt River, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

Old Crosscut Canal, North Side of Salt River, Phoenix, Maricopa County...

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Old Crosscut Canal, North Side of Salt River, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

Old Crosscut Canal, North Side of Salt River, Phoenix, Maricopa County...

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Cross Cut Hydro Plant, North Side of Salt River, Tempe, Maricopa County, AZ

Cross Cut Hydro Plant, North Side of Salt River, Tempe, Maricopa Count...

Significance: This was the largest low-head hydro plant in the SRP system. From about 1915 to 1938, it represented a large percentage of the SRP generating capacity. Survey number: HAER AZ-30 Building/structu... More

Cross Cut Hydro Plant, North Side of Salt River, Tempe, Maricopa County, AZ

Cross Cut Hydro Plant, North Side of Salt River, Tempe, Maricopa Count...

Significance: This was the largest low-head hydro plant in the SRP system. From about 1915 to 1938, it represented a large percentage of the SRP generating capacity. Survey number: HAER AZ-30 Building/structu... More

Cross Cut Hydro Plant, North Side of Salt River, Tempe, Maricopa County, AZ

Cross Cut Hydro Plant, North Side of Salt River, Tempe, Maricopa Count...

Significance: This was the largest low-head hydro plant in the SRP system. From about 1915 to 1938, it represented a large percentage of the SRP generating capacity. Survey number: HAER AZ-30 Building/structu... More

Highline Canal & Pumping Station, South side of Salt River between Tempe, Phoenix & Mesa, Tempe, Maricopa County, AZ

Highline Canal & Pumping Station, South side of Salt River between Tem...

Significance: The Highline Canal expanded the irrigable acreage of the Salt River Project. The pumping plant was the only surface water canal pump on the project. Survey number: HAER AZ-23 Building/structure ... More

Texas coming in. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Texas coming in. Book illustration from Library of Congress

A pro-Democrat cartoon forecasting the collapse of Whig opposition to the annexation of Texas. James K. Polk, the expansionist candidate, stands at right near a bridge spanning "Salt River." He holds an America... More

Rowing him up Salt River - Public domain book illustration, Library of Congress

Rowing him up Salt River - Public domain book illustration, Library of...

The cartoonist is optimistic about the prospects of Whig presidential candidate Zachary Taylor, here shown rowing Democratic oppponent Lewis Cass up the river of political misfortune. Cass, seated in the stern,... More

Skirmish line, Company A, Thirty-second Indiana at Salt River, Kentucky, October 9, 1862

Skirmish line, Company A, Thirty-second Indiana at Salt River, Kentuck...

Title from Blood shed in this war by M. Peake. "N.2" upper left corner. Title on mat (source unverified): Skirmish line Co. A 32nd Regt. at Battle of Perryville, KY. Oct. 8, 1862, Near the Salt River. Code on m... More

Great Copperhead Jubilee! On the banks of Salt River!

Great Copperhead Jubilee! On the banks of Salt River!

Anti-Democratic Party presidential campaign cartoon broadside. Reference copy may be in SSF (Gr) - Copperhead (Nickname) 1864 Cartoons. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card ... More

Willamette National Forest, Lane County, Oregon. Tourists at the Salt River falls

Willamette National Forest, Lane County, Oregon. Tourists at the Salt ...

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Ash Avenue Bridge, Spanning Salt River at Foot of Ash Avenue, Tempe, Maricopa County, AZ

Ash Avenue Bridge, Spanning Salt River at Foot of Ash Avenue, Tempe, M...

Significance: Constructed over the Salt River on the Pheonix-Tempe Highway, the Ash Avenue Bridge is the first concrete multi-arch bridge erected in Arizona. The structure is comprised of eleven spans of two-ri... More

Ash Avenue Bridge, Spanning Salt River at Foot of Ash Avenue, Tempe, Maricopa County, AZ

Ash Avenue Bridge, Spanning Salt River at Foot of Ash Avenue, Tempe, M...

Significance: Constructed over the Salt River on the Pheonix-Tempe Highway, the Ash Avenue Bridge is the first concrete multi-arch bridge erected in Arizona. The structure is comprised of eleven spans of two-ri... More

Ash Avenue Bridge, Spanning Salt River at Foot of Ash Avenue, Tempe, Maricopa County, AZ

Ash Avenue Bridge, Spanning Salt River at Foot of Ash Avenue, Tempe, M...

Significance: Constructed over the Salt River on the Pheonix-Tempe Highway, the Ash Avenue Bridge is the first concrete multi-arch bridge erected in Arizona. The structure is comprised of eleven spans of two-ri... More

Ash Avenue Bridge, Spanning Salt River at Foot of Ash Avenue, Tempe, Maricopa County, AZ

Ash Avenue Bridge, Spanning Salt River at Foot of Ash Avenue, Tempe, M...

Significance: Constructed over the Salt River on the Pheonix-Tempe Highway, the Ash Avenue Bridge is the first concrete multi-arch bridge erected in Arizona. The structure is comprised of eleven spans of two-ri... More

Ash Avenue Bridge, Spanning Salt River at Foot of Ash Avenue, Tempe, Maricopa County, AZ

Ash Avenue Bridge, Spanning Salt River at Foot of Ash Avenue, Tempe, M...

Significance: Constructed over the Salt River on the Pheonix-Tempe Highway, the Ash Avenue Bridge is the first concrete multi-arch bridge erected in Arizona. The structure is comprised of eleven spans of two-ri... More

Ash Avenue Bridge, Spanning Salt River at Foot of Ash Avenue, Tempe, Maricopa County, AZ

Ash Avenue Bridge, Spanning Salt River at Foot of Ash Avenue, Tempe, M...

Significance: Constructed over the Salt River on the Pheonix-Tempe Highway, the Ash Avenue Bridge is the first concrete multi-arch bridge erected in Arizona. The structure is comprised of eleven spans of two-ri... More

Santa Fe Bridge, Spanning South Fork of Salt River at County Road 24, Santa Fe, Monroe County, MO

Santa Fe Bridge, Spanning South Fork of Salt River at County Road 24, ...

Significance: Designed, fabricated and erected by the St. Louis Bridge and Iron Company in 1888, the through truss on the Santa Fe Bridge originally spanned the South Fork of the Salt River one mile south of th... More

Mormon Flat Dam, On Salt River, Eastern Maricopa County, east of Phoenix, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

Mormon Flat Dam, On Salt River, Eastern Maricopa County, east of Phoen...

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Mormon Flat Dam, On Salt River, Eastern Maricopa County, east of Phoenix, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

Mormon Flat Dam, On Salt River, Eastern Maricopa County, east of Phoen...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a dam, cascade, water stream, waterfall, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mormon Flat Dam, On Salt River, Eastern Maricopa County, east of Phoenix, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

Mormon Flat Dam, On Salt River, Eastern Maricopa County, east of Phoen...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a canal, barge, historic place, water reflection, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mormon Flat Dam, On Salt River, Eastern Maricopa County, east of Phoenix, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

Mormon Flat Dam, On Salt River, Eastern Maricopa County, east of Phoen...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a power dam, cascade, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mormon Flat Dam, On Salt River, Eastern Maricopa County, east of Phoenix, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

Mormon Flat Dam, On Salt River, Eastern Maricopa County, east of Phoen...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a power dam, cascade, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mormon Flat Dam, On Salt River, Eastern Maricopa County, east of Phoenix, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

Mormon Flat Dam, On Salt River, Eastern Maricopa County, east of Phoen...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a power dam, cascade, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Arizona Canal, North of Salt River, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

Arizona Canal, North of Salt River, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

Public domain photograph - historical image of Arizona, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Arizona Canal, North of Salt River, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

Arizona Canal, North of Salt River, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

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Salt River Bridge, Spanning Salt River at Dillon Road, Ferndale, Humboldt County, CA

Salt River Bridge, Spanning Salt River at Dillon Road, Ferndale, Humbo...

Significance: The Salt River Bridge, also known as the Valley Flower Bridge, determined eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places in 1987, represents a major example of the work of a si... More

Western Canal, South side of Salt River between Tempe, Phoenix & Mesa, Mesa, Maricopa County, AZ

Western Canal, South side of Salt River between Tempe, Phoenix & Mesa,...

Significance: The Western Canal expanded the irrigable acreage of the Salt River Project; constructed partly by the Reclamation Service and partly by the landowners to be served; supplied water to the Highline ... More

Western Canal, South side of Salt River between Tempe, Phoenix & Mesa, Mesa, Maricopa County, AZ

Western Canal, South side of Salt River between Tempe, Phoenix & Mesa,...

Significance: The Western Canal expanded the irrigable acreage of the Salt River Project; constructed partly by the Reclamation Service and partly by the landowners to be served; supplied water to the Highline ... More

Managing a candidate - Print, Library of Congress collection

Managing a candidate - Print, Library of Congress collection

A caustic portrayal of the abolitionist Whigs' manipulation of Winfield Scott during the 1852 campaign. Influential Whigs (left to right) New York "Times" editor Henry J. Raymond, "Tribune" editor Horace Greele... More

Horse Mesa Dam, Salt River, 65 miles East of Phoenix, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

Horse Mesa Dam, Salt River, 65 miles East of Phoenix, Phoenix, Maricop...

Significance: It was the second dam constructed under the Salt River Project's hydroelectric expansion program in the 1920s. Survey number: HAER AZ-15 Building/structure dates: 1927 Initial Construction Nati... More

Horse Mesa Dam, Salt River, 65 miles East of Phoenix, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

Horse Mesa Dam, Salt River, 65 miles East of Phoenix, Phoenix, Maricop...

Significance: It was the second dam constructed under the Salt River Project's hydroelectric expansion program in the 1920s. Survey number: HAER AZ-15 Building/structure dates: 1927 Initial Construction Nati... More

Horse Mesa Dam, Salt River, 65 miles East of Phoenix, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

Horse Mesa Dam, Salt River, 65 miles East of Phoenix, Phoenix, Maricop...

Significance: It was the second dam constructed under the Salt River Project's hydroelectric expansion program in the 1920s. Survey number: HAER AZ-15 Building/structure dates: 1927 Initial Construction Nati... More

Horse Mesa Dam, Salt River, 65 miles East of Phoenix, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

Horse Mesa Dam, Salt River, 65 miles East of Phoenix, Phoenix, Maricop...

Significance: It was the second dam constructed under the Salt River Project's hydroelectric expansion program in the 1920s. Survey number: HAER AZ-15 Building/structure dates: 1927 Initial Construction Nati... More

Horse Mesa Dam, Salt River, 65 miles East of Phoenix, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

Horse Mesa Dam, Salt River, 65 miles East of Phoenix, Phoenix, Maricop...

Significance: It was the second dam constructed under the Salt River Project's hydroelectric expansion program in the 1920s. Survey number: HAER AZ-15 Building/structure dates: 1927 Initial Construction Nati... More

Horse Mesa Dam, Salt River, 65 miles East of Phoenix, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

Horse Mesa Dam, Salt River, 65 miles East of Phoenix, Phoenix, Maricop...

Significance: It was the second dam constructed under the Salt River Project's hydroelectric expansion program in the 1920s. Survey number: HAER AZ-15 Building/structure dates: 1927 Initial Construction Nati... More

Horse Mesa Dam, Salt River, 65 miles East of Phoenix, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

Horse Mesa Dam, Salt River, 65 miles East of Phoenix, Phoenix, Maricop...

Significance: It was the second dam constructed under the Salt River Project's hydroelectric expansion program in the 1920s. Survey number: HAER AZ-15 Building/structure dates: 1927 Initial Construction Nati... More

Horse Mesa Dam, Salt River, 65 miles East of Phoenix, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

Horse Mesa Dam, Salt River, 65 miles East of Phoenix, Phoenix, Maricop...

Significance: It was the second dam constructed under the Salt River Project's hydroelectric expansion program in the 1920s. Survey number: HAER AZ-15 Building/structure dates: 1927 Initial Construction Nati... More

Arizona Eastern Railroad Bridge, Spanning Salt River, Tempe, Maricopa County, AZ

Arizona Eastern Railroad Bridge, Spanning Salt River, Tempe, Maricopa ...

Significance: Longest-standing railroad bridge at a location notorious for flood damage; last remaining railroad bridge in Tempe. Nine-span Pratt truss style illustrates evolution of bridge engineering of the e... More

Grand Canal, North side of Salt River, Tempe, Maricopa County, AZ

Grand Canal, North side of Salt River, Tempe, Maricopa County, AZ

Significance: This was the first Salt River Valley canal that was built by a canal company; that improved northside distribution system; that was the site of the most significant low-head hydropower plant of th... More

Grand Canal, North side of Salt River, Tempe, Maricopa County, AZ

Grand Canal, North side of Salt River, Tempe, Maricopa County, AZ

Significance: This was the first Salt River Valley canal that was built by a canal company; that improved northside distribution system; that was the site of the most significant low-head hydropower plant of th... More

Cross Cut Hydro Plant, North Side of Salt River, Tempe, Maricopa County, AZ

Cross Cut Hydro Plant, North Side of Salt River, Tempe, Maricopa Count...

Significance: This was the largest low-head hydro plant in the SRP system. From about 1915 to 1938, it represented a large percentage of the SRP generating capacity. Survey number: HAER AZ-30 Building/structu... More

Cross Cut Hydro Plant, North Side of Salt River, Tempe, Maricopa County, AZ

Cross Cut Hydro Plant, North Side of Salt River, Tempe, Maricopa Count...

Significance: This was the largest low-head hydro plant in the SRP system. From about 1915 to 1938, it represented a large percentage of the SRP generating capacity. Survey number: HAER AZ-30 Building/structu... More

Cross Cut Hydro Plant, North Side of Salt River, Tempe, Maricopa County, AZ

Cross Cut Hydro Plant, North Side of Salt River, Tempe, Maricopa Count...

Significance: This was the largest low-head hydro plant in the SRP system. From about 1915 to 1938, it represented a large percentage of the SRP generating capacity. Survey number: HAER AZ-30 Building/structu... More

Cross Cut Hydro Plant, North Side of Salt River, Tempe, Maricopa County, AZ

Cross Cut Hydro Plant, North Side of Salt River, Tempe, Maricopa Count...

Significance: This was the largest low-head hydro plant in the SRP system. From about 1915 to 1938, it represented a large percentage of the SRP generating capacity. Survey number: HAER AZ-30 Building/structu... More

Theodore Roosevelt Dam, Power Plant, Salt River, Tortilla Flat, Maricopa County, AZ

Theodore Roosevelt Dam, Power Plant, Salt River, Tortilla Flat, Marico...

Survey number: HAER AZ-6-A Building/structure dates: 1906- 1908 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 100001454

Old Grade Road Bridge, Spanning Brashear Drainage Ditch (Salt River), Brashear, Adair County, MO

Old Grade Road Bridge, Spanning Brashear Drainage Ditch (Salt River), ...

Significance: One of less than five known skewed high Pratt through truss bridges in Missouri. Survey number: HAER MO-47 Building/structure dates: 1924 Initial Construction

Ash Avenue Bridge, Spanning Salt River at Foot of Ash Avenue, Tempe, Maricopa County, AZ

Ash Avenue Bridge, Spanning Salt River at Foot of Ash Avenue, Tempe, M...

Significance: Constructed over the Salt River on the Pheonix-Tempe Highway, the Ash Avenue Bridge is the first concrete multi-arch bridge erected in Arizona. The structure is comprised of eleven spans of two-ri... More

Ash Avenue Bridge, Spanning Salt River at Foot of Ash Avenue, Tempe, Maricopa County, AZ

Ash Avenue Bridge, Spanning Salt River at Foot of Ash Avenue, Tempe, M...

Significance: Constructed over the Salt River on the Pheonix-Tempe Highway, the Ash Avenue Bridge is the first concrete multi-arch bridge erected in Arizona. The structure is comprised of eleven spans of two-ri... More

Ash Avenue Bridge, Spanning Salt River at Foot of Ash Avenue, Tempe, Maricopa County, AZ

Ash Avenue Bridge, Spanning Salt River at Foot of Ash Avenue, Tempe, M...

Significance: Constructed over the Salt River on the Pheonix-Tempe Highway, the Ash Avenue Bridge is the first concrete multi-arch bridge erected in Arizona. The structure is comprised of eleven spans of two-ri... More

Ash Avenue Bridge, Spanning Salt River at Foot of Ash Avenue, Tempe, Maricopa County, AZ

Ash Avenue Bridge, Spanning Salt River at Foot of Ash Avenue, Tempe, M...

Significance: Constructed over the Salt River on the Pheonix-Tempe Highway, the Ash Avenue Bridge is the first concrete multi-arch bridge erected in Arizona. The structure is comprised of eleven spans of two-ri... More

Santa Fe Bridge, Spanning South Fork of Salt River at County Road 24, Santa Fe, Monroe County, MO

Santa Fe Bridge, Spanning South Fork of Salt River at County Road 24, ...

Significance: Designed, fabricated and erected by the St. Louis Bridge and Iron Company in 1888, the through truss on the Santa Fe Bridge originally spanned the South Fork of the Salt River one mile south of th... More

Mormon Flat Dam, On Salt River, Eastern Maricopa County, east of Phoenix, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

Mormon Flat Dam, On Salt River, Eastern Maricopa County, east of Phoen...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a power dam, cascade, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mormon Flat Dam, On Salt River, Eastern Maricopa County, east of Phoenix, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

Mormon Flat Dam, On Salt River, Eastern Maricopa County, east of Phoen...

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Arizona Canal, North of Salt River, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

Arizona Canal, North of Salt River, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

Picryl description: Public domain image of field, irrigation, agriculture, water, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Arizona Canal, North of Salt River, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

Arizona Canal, North of Salt River, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

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Arizona Canal, North of Salt River, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

Arizona Canal, North of Salt River, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

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Arizona Canal, North of Salt River, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

Arizona Canal, North of Salt River, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

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Arizona Canal, North of Salt River, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

Arizona Canal, North of Salt River, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, water, historic structure, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Arizona Canal, North of Salt River, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

Arizona Canal, North of Salt River, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

Picryl description: Public domain image of field, irrigation, agriculture, water, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Arizona Canal, North of Salt River, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

Arizona Canal, North of Salt River, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge over a water stream, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Salt River Bridge, Spanning Salt River at Dillon Road, Ferndale, Humboldt County, CA

Salt River Bridge, Spanning Salt River at Dillon Road, Ferndale, Humbo...

Significance: The Salt River Bridge, also known as the Valley Flower Bridge, determined eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places in 1987, represents a major example of the work of a si... More

Salt River Bridge, Spanning Salt River at Dillon Road, Ferndale, Humboldt County, CA

Salt River Bridge, Spanning Salt River at Dillon Road, Ferndale, Humbo...

Significance: The Salt River Bridge, also known as the Valley Flower Bridge, determined eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places in 1987, represents a major example of the work of a si... More

Salt River Bridge, Spanning Salt River at Dillon Road, Ferndale, Humboldt County, CA

Salt River Bridge, Spanning Salt River at Dillon Road, Ferndale, Humbo...

Significance: The Salt River Bridge, also known as the Valley Flower Bridge, determined eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places in 1987, represents a major example of the work of a si... More

Inklings of travel, up Salt River

Inklings of travel, up Salt River

A broad satire, ridiculing all of the candidates in the 1848 presidential campaign. Swimming up "Salt River" and pulling the "Salt River Barge" is fox Martin van Buren. Seated in the barge are (left to right):... More

Inklings of travel, up Salt River

Inklings of travel, up Salt River

A broad satire, ridiculing all of the candidates in the 1848 presidential campaign. Swimming up "Salt River" and pulling the "Salt River Barge" is fox Martin van Buren. Seated in the barge are (left to right):... More

Theodore Roosevelt Dam, Transformer House, Salt River, Tortilla Flat, Maricopa County, AZ

Theodore Roosevelt Dam, Transformer House, Salt River, Tortilla Flat, ...

Survey number: HAER AZ-6-B Building/structure dates: 1908 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 100001454

Western Canal, South side of Salt River between Tempe, Phoenix & Mesa, Mesa, Maricopa County, AZ

Western Canal, South side of Salt River between Tempe, Phoenix & Mesa,...

Significance: The Western Canal expanded the irrigable acreage of the Salt River Project; constructed partly by the Reclamation Service and partly by the landowners to be served; supplied water to the Highline ... More

Col. Fremont's last grand exploring expedition in 1856

Col. Fremont's last grand exploring expedition in 1856

Fremont and his abolitionist supporters are ridiculed. In particular, the artist condemns the Republican candidate's alliance with New York "Tribune" editor Horace Greeley and Henry Ward Beecher and Beecher's r... More

Horse Mesa Dam, Salt River, 65 miles East of Phoenix, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

Horse Mesa Dam, Salt River, 65 miles East of Phoenix, Phoenix, Maricop...

Significance: It was the second dam constructed under the Salt River Project's hydroelectric expansion program in the 1920s. Survey number: HAER AZ-15 Building/structure dates: 1927 Initial Construction Nati... More

Horse Mesa Dam, Salt River, 65 miles East of Phoenix, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

Horse Mesa Dam, Salt River, 65 miles East of Phoenix, Phoenix, Maricop...

Significance: It was the second dam constructed under the Salt River Project's hydroelectric expansion program in the 1920s. Survey number: HAER AZ-15 Building/structure dates: 1927 Initial Construction Nati... More

Horse Mesa Dam, Salt River, 65 miles East of Phoenix, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

Horse Mesa Dam, Salt River, 65 miles East of Phoenix, Phoenix, Maricop...

Significance: It was the second dam constructed under the Salt River Project's hydroelectric expansion program in the 1920s. Survey number: HAER AZ-15 Building/structure dates: 1927 Initial Construction Nati... More

Grand Canal, North side of Salt River, Tempe, Maricopa County, AZ

Grand Canal, North side of Salt River, Tempe, Maricopa County, AZ

Significance: This was the first Salt River Valley canal that was built by a canal company; that improved northside distribution system; that was the site of the most significant low-head hydropower plant of th... More

Grand Canal, North side of Salt River, Tempe, Maricopa County, AZ

Grand Canal, North side of Salt River, Tempe, Maricopa County, AZ

Significance: This was the first Salt River Valley canal that was built by a canal company; that improved northside distribution system; that was the site of the most significant low-head hydropower plant of th... More

Grand Canal, North side of Salt River, Tempe, Maricopa County, AZ

Grand Canal, North side of Salt River, Tempe, Maricopa County, AZ

Significance: This was the first Salt River Valley canal that was built by a canal company; that improved northside distribution system; that was the site of the most significant low-head hydropower plant of th... More

Grand Canal, North side of Salt River, Tempe, Maricopa County, AZ

Grand Canal, North side of Salt River, Tempe, Maricopa County, AZ

Significance: This was the first Salt River Valley canal that was built by a canal company; that improved northside distribution system; that was the site of the most significant low-head hydropower plant of th... More

Cross Cut Hydro Plant, North Side of Salt River, Tempe, Maricopa County, AZ

Cross Cut Hydro Plant, North Side of Salt River, Tempe, Maricopa Count...

Significance: This was the largest low-head hydro plant in the SRP system. From about 1915 to 1938, it represented a large percentage of the SRP generating capacity. Survey number: HAER AZ-30 Building/structu... More

Cross Cut Hydro Plant, North Side of Salt River, Tempe, Maricopa County, AZ

Cross Cut Hydro Plant, North Side of Salt River, Tempe, Maricopa Count...

Significance: This was the largest low-head hydro plant in the SRP system. From about 1915 to 1938, it represented a large percentage of the SRP generating capacity. Survey number: HAER AZ-30 Building/structu... More

Highline Canal & Pumping Station, South side of Salt River between Tempe, Phoenix & Mesa, Tempe, Maricopa County, AZ

Highline Canal & Pumping Station, South side of Salt River between Tem...

Significance: The Highline Canal expanded the irrigable acreage of the Salt River Project. The pumping plant was the only surface water canal pump on the project. Survey number: HAER AZ-23 Building/structure ... More

Highline Canal & Pumping Station, South side of Salt River between Tempe, Phoenix & Mesa, Tempe, Maricopa County, AZ

Highline Canal & Pumping Station, South side of Salt River between Tem...

Significance: The Highline Canal expanded the irrigable acreage of the Salt River Project. The pumping plant was the only surface water canal pump on the project. Survey number: HAER AZ-23 Building/structure ... More

A correct chart of Salt River - Public domain book illustration

A correct chart of Salt River - Public domain book illustration

"Salt River," the fictitious river of political doom, is charted here as a meandering stream of Democratic misfortunes. The chart was purportedly "prepared by Father Ritchie," i.e., Democratic editor and Polk a... More

[Mormon Flat Dam with double-gated spillway on right side on the Salt River, Maricopa County, Arizona]

[Mormon Flat Dam with double-gated spillway on right side on the Salt ...

3158. Public domain photograph of electric power generation, power lines, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph of electric power plant, generation, free ... More

A passing (and paddling) duck delights observers off the Tempe city harbor in the Rio Salado (Salt River)

A passing (and paddling) duck delights observers off the Tempe city ha...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Barbara Barrett; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:112) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive. C... More

Theodore Roosevelt Dam, Power Plant, Salt River, Tortilla Flat, Maricopa County, AZ

Theodore Roosevelt Dam, Power Plant, Salt River, Tortilla Flat, Marico...

Survey number: HAER AZ-6-A Building/structure dates: 1906- 1908 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 100001454

Ash Avenue Bridge, Spanning Salt River at Foot of Ash Avenue, Tempe, Maricopa County, AZ

Ash Avenue Bridge, Spanning Salt River at Foot of Ash Avenue, Tempe, M...

Significance: Constructed over the Salt River on the Pheonix-Tempe Highway, the Ash Avenue Bridge is the first concrete multi-arch bridge erected in Arizona. The structure is comprised of eleven spans of two-ri... More

Ash Avenue Bridge, Spanning Salt River at Foot of Ash Avenue, Tempe, Maricopa County, AZ

Ash Avenue Bridge, Spanning Salt River at Foot of Ash Avenue, Tempe, M...

Significance: Constructed over the Salt River on the Pheonix-Tempe Highway, the Ash Avenue Bridge is the first concrete multi-arch bridge erected in Arizona. The structure is comprised of eleven spans of two-ri... More

Ash Avenue Bridge, Spanning Salt River at Foot of Ash Avenue, Tempe, Maricopa County, AZ

Ash Avenue Bridge, Spanning Salt River at Foot of Ash Avenue, Tempe, M...

Significance: Constructed over the Salt River on the Pheonix-Tempe Highway, the Ash Avenue Bridge is the first concrete multi-arch bridge erected in Arizona. The structure is comprised of eleven spans of two-ri... More

Ash Avenue Bridge, Spanning Salt River at Foot of Ash Avenue, Tempe, Maricopa County, AZ

Ash Avenue Bridge, Spanning Salt River at Foot of Ash Avenue, Tempe, M...

Significance: Constructed over the Salt River on the Pheonix-Tempe Highway, the Ash Avenue Bridge is the first concrete multi-arch bridge erected in Arizona. The structure is comprised of eleven spans of two-ri... More

Santa Fe Bridge, Spanning South Fork of Salt River at County Road 24, Santa Fe, Monroe County, MO

Santa Fe Bridge, Spanning South Fork of Salt River at County Road 24, ...

Significance: Designed, fabricated and erected by the St. Louis Bridge and Iron Company in 1888, the through truss on the Santa Fe Bridge originally spanned the South Fork of the Salt River one mile south of th... More

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