The Gillespie Dam is a concrete gravity dam located on the Gila River between the towns of Buckeye and Gila Bend Arizona. The dam was constructed during the 1920s for primarily irrigation purposes. A portion of the dam failed unexpectedly in 1993 during unusually heavy rains.
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