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Similar Horse Mesa Dam, Stewart Mountain Dam, Salome Wilderness, Bartlett Dam, Horseshoe Dam | ||
The Mormon Flat Dam is a dam on the Salt River located Northeast of Phoenix, Arizona.
Map of Mormon Flat Dam, Mesa, AZ 85215, USA
The dam is 380 feet long, 224 feet high and was built between 1923-25. The Dam is named after nearby Mormon Flat, a place where LDS settlers from Utah stopped to camp. There are two hydroelectric generating units in the dam; rated at 10,000 and 50,000 kW. The dam forms the Canyon Lake as it slows the passage of the Salt River.
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