Horse Mesa Dam
The Horse Mesa Dam is a concrete thin arch dam located in the Superstition Mountains, northeast of Phoenix in Maricopa County, Arizona. The dam is 660 feet long, 300 feet high and was built between 1924 and 1927.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Horse Mesa and Tortilla Flat.
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Horse Mesa Dam
- Type: Dam
- Description: concrete thin arch dam located in the Superstition Mountains
- Categories: hydroelectric power station and pumped-storage power station
- Location: Maricopa County, Arizona, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
33.59043° or 33° 35′ 26″ north
Longitude
-111.34432° or 111° 20′ 40″ west
Elevation
1,916 feet (584 metres)
Established
1926
Height
305 feet (93 metres)
Open location code
855CHMR4+57
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Horse Mesa Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Horse Mesa Dam”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سد ميسا هورس”
- German: “Talsperre Horse Mesa”
- Italian: “diga di Horse Mesa”
- Turkish: “Horse Mesa Dam”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС-ГАЕС Горс-Меса”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Mesquite Flat and Canyon Lake Marina.
Nearby Places
Places to explore: Horse Mesa Accommodation School and Black Rock.
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