Stewart Mountain Dam

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Stewart Mountain Dam
File:Stewart Mountain Dam.jpg
Stewart Mountain Dam
Country United States of America
Location Maricopa County, Arizona
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Status Operational
Construction began 1928
Opening date 1930
Owner(s) United States Bureau of Reclamation
Dam and spillways
Type of dam Arch dam
Impounds Salt River
Height 207 feet (63 m)[1]
Length 1,260 feet (380 m)[1]
Elevation at crest 1,533 feet (467 m)[1]
Width (crest) 8 feet (2.4 m)[1]
Width (base) 33 feet (10 m)[1]
Dam volume 120,000 cubic yards (92,000 m3)[1]
Reservoir
Total capacity 73,613 acre-feet (90,800,000 m3)[1]
Catchment area 6,330 square miles (16,400 km2)[1]
Surface area 1,260 acres (510 ha)[2]
Power station
Operator(s) Salt River Project
Type Conventional
Hydraulic head 116 feet (35 m)[1]
Installed capacity 13 MW

The Stewart Mountain Dam is a concrete thin arch dam located 41 miles northeast of Phoenix, Arizona. The dam is 1,260 feet (380 m) long, 207 feet (63 m) high, and was built between 1928-30. The dam includes a 13,000 kilowatt (kW) hydroelectric generating unit that is operated by SRP (Salt River Project), an Arizona public utility. It is primarily operated during the summer months. The dam forms Saguaro Lake as it slows the passage of the Salt River in Maricopa County, Arizona. It was named after a ranch that used to be located nearby known as the Old Stewart Ranch.

Construction

  • "Stewart Mountain Dam. View looking downstream of partly completed right wall with piers 13-14 and supported floor... - NARA - 294650.tif

    25 June 1936

  • "Stewart Mountain Dam. View from left end of gate operating platform, left wall about 90^ complete except 50 feet at... - NARA - 294644.tif
  • "Stewart Mountain Dam. View from left end of gate operating platform, channel excavation about 95^ complete." - NARA - 294643.tif
  • "Stewart Mountain Dam. View looking toward right wall. Supported floor 4-5 in foreground." - NARA - 294628.tif

References

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