Theodore Roosevelt Lake
Highest dam of masonry and the largest man-made lake in the world upon completion
The Theodore Roosevelt Lake in Arizona USA is a reservoir, which dams the Salt River and Tonto Creek. It is located northeast of Phoenix (Arizona ). Reservoir and dam were named after Theodore Roosevelt. Its maximum depth is 74.7 m.
The only town on the shore is Roosevelt. Close to the Tonto National Monument is located.
Dam
The Theodore Roosevelt Dam ( Theodore Roosevelt Dam ) that accumulates this lake was started in 1905 and passed in 1911 its purpose. It was the first of five major projects that were under the Reclamation Act of 1902, which was also founded the United States Reclamation Service, the predecessor of the Bureau of Reclamation started. Their purpose was irrigation, flood control and power generation. The original height of the arch dam was 84 meters and its length 216 m. More information for the wall height are 63 m and 93 m ( the differences could be due to the reference points ). First, the dam " Salt River Dam No. 1" was, in 1959, the dam and reservoir were officially renamed after Theodore Roosevelt.
The dam was the highest dam of masonry of the earth on its completion with 84 m height. She was one of the first dams of modern times, which were higher than those built in the Middle Ages Kurit Dam in Persia in the USA. Also, the reservoir should have been ³ Contents of the largest man-made lake in the world at the time of its formation and its 2 Bcf.
Between 1989 and 1996, the dam ( other indication: 107 m) to 23 m to 109 m increased. The storage capacity has been increased in the conversion by 20%. The cost of $ 430 million, three other measures are included: the new road layout of Highway 188 on a new bridge, renewals on hydroelectric power plant, and the tunnel Lake Tap in the context of the pressure tubes. After the conversion, there was a longer dry period, so that the lake reached only in 2008 97% of its filling capacity.
The hydroelectric power plant of the dam has an electrical output of 36 MW.