Coolidge Dam

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Coolidge Dam is a large concrete multiple-arch dam in Arizona that impounds the Gila River to form San Carlos Lake for irrigation, flood control, and water storage.

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Label Occurrences
Coolidge Dam canonical 4

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf arch dam ⓘ
concrete multiple-arch dam ⓘ
gravity dam ⓘ
associatedPeople Calvin Coolidge ⓘ
San Carlos Apache Tribe ⓘ
builder United States Bureau of Reclamation ⓘ
completedIn 1928 ⓘ
constructionBegan 1924 ⓘ
constructionMaterial concrete ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
county Graham County, Arizona ⓘ
crosses Gila River ⓘ
designType multiple-arch ⓘ
elevationAtCrest about 2,600 feet above sea level ⓘ
formsReservoir San Carlos Lake ⓘ
hasRecreation boating on San Carlos Lake ⓘ
fishing on San Carlos Lake ⓘ
hasSpillway yes ⓘ
height 249 feet ⓘ
76 metres ⓘ
historicSignificance early large multiple-arch concrete dam in the United States ⓘ
impounds Gila River ⓘ
length 177 metres ⓘ
580 feet ⓘ
locatedIn Arizona ⓘ
locatedInReservation San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation ⓘ
locatedNear Peridot, Arizona ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Gila River ⓘ
mapLocation Gila River, Arizona ⓘ
linked to: Gila River
namedAfter Calvin Coolidge ⓘ
nearestCity Globe, Arizona ⓘ
Safford, Arizona ⓘ
openedIn 1928 ⓘ
operator United States Bureau of Indian Affairs ⓘ
owner United States Bureau of Indian Affairs ⓘ
partOfProject San Carlos Irrigation Project ⓘ
providesIrrigationTo Gila River Valley ⓘ
linked to: Gila River region
purpose flood control ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
water storage ⓘ
region south-central Arizona ⓘ
reservoirAlternateName Lake San Carlos ⓘ
linked to: San Carlos Lake
reservoirCapacity 1110000 acre-feet ⓘ
reservoirName San Carlos Lake ⓘ
riverBasin Gila River Basin ⓘ
linked to: Gila River region
status operational ⓘ
USGSFeatureID 3457 ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gila River → hasDam → Coolidge Dam ⓘ
San Carlos Reservoir → createdByDam → Coolidge Dam ⓘ
San Carlos Reservoir → isImpoundedBy → Coolidge Dam ⓘ