The Bartlett Dam is a concrete multiple-arch buttress dam on the Verde River located 50 km northeast of Phoenix Arizona. The dam creates Bartlett Lake and its primary purpose is irrigation water supply. It was the first dam constructed on the Verde River and the first of its type constructed by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. It was built between 1936–39 and named after Bill Bartlett a government surveyor.
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length (km)
250.85
building start year
1936-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
height (cm)
94.0308
vastest lake
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location
Tonto National Forest, Phoenix Arizona, Maricopa County Arizona
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