Cheesman Dam is a 211-foot-tall (64 m) masonry curved gravity dam on the South Platte River located in Colorado. It was the tallest of its type in the world when completed in 1905. The primary purpose of the dam is water supply and it was named for Colorado businessman Walter Scott Cheesman. In 1973 it was designated a Historic Civil Engineering Landmark.
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