Elephant Butte Dam

On November 18, 1904, engineer B.M. Hall submitted his final report to the 12th National Irrigation Congress in El Paso, Texas. He concluded that the ideal location for a dam and reservoir would be a site in western New Mexico. A congressional act of February 25, 1905, authorized the construction of Elephant Butte Dam, the first civil engineering structure concerned with international allocation of water. Part of the Rio Grande Project, the dam and its reservoir would provide irrigation water for farmers along the Rio Grande in New Mexico, Texas, and Mexico. Today, Elephant Butte Dam is designated as a National Historical Engineer Landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), the oldest national professional engineering society in the United States. The area is home to Elephant Butte Lake State Park, where camping, fishing, and water sports are enjoyed by both residents and tourists.

Author: Cindy Carpenter, Sherry Fletcher
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Published: 07/20/2015
Pages: 128
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.40w x 0.40d
ISBN13: 9781467133326
ISBN10: 1467133329
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- History | United States | State & Local | Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
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