late afternoon on the apache trail ...

the roosevelt bridge, new mexico -- on the apache trail, looking upstream from the dam. is a dam on the Salt River located northeast of Phoenix, Arizona. The dam is 357 feet high and forms Theodore Roosevelt Lake as it impounds the Salt River. Originally built between 1905 and 1911; the dam was renovated and expanded in 1989–1996. The dam is named after President Theodore Roosevelt. Serving mainly for irrigation, water supply, and flood control, the dam also has a hydroelectric generating capacity of 36 megawatts.Roosevelt Dam, as originally conceived and built, was a symbol of success and a showpiece for the new agency, the reclamation act of 1902. The dam contributed more than any other dam in Arizona to the settlement of Central Arizona and to the development of large-scale irrigation there.

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