• The Coolidge Dam is a reinforced concrete multiple dome and buttress dam 31 miles (50 km) southeast of Globe, Arizona on the Gila River.
  • Decided to visit Coolidge Dam and the desert while it was green. ... It's on BIA land and the Coolidge Dam was part of the San Carlos Irrigation Project.
  • 3 When was Coolidge Dam built? 4 Where does Coolidge Az get its water? 5 Can you camp at San Carlos Lake? 6 When was the Coolidge Dam dedicated?
  • But I continue to find Coolidge Dam my favorite. Probably because it’s out of the way, but also from some of the stories of when the dam was ‘opened’.
  • The Coolidge Dam Nearby Mountains webpage provides you with a complete list of mountains in the vicinity of Coolidge Dam, AZ.
  • 85 years later the Coolidge Dam still stands as a monument to the wonders of modern engineering, providing needed water to residents of Southeastern Arizona.
  • Coolidge Dam was constructed in 1930 by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) as a major component of the San Carlos Irrigation Project.
  • Coolidge Dam is a multiple dome and buttress dam, irrigation & industrial water dam and concrete dam that was completed in 1928.
  • Coolidge Dam. ... At the dam's dedication, the water level was so low that vegetation was still visible, prompting Will Rogers to quip, "If this was my lake, I'd mow it."