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Coolidge Dam

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Coolidge Dam 249 ft (76 m) high, 920 ft (280 m) long, on the Gila River, SE Ariz.; built 1927-28. It irrigates c.100,000 acres (40,470 hectares), half of which are Native American lands in San Carlos Reservation. San Carlos Reservoir, formed behind the dam, lies above old tribal burial grounds and the former camp of Geronimo. Author not available, COOLIDGE DAM. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more

Gila River
...desert land to the Colorado River at Yuma, Ariz. Coolidge Dam (1928) on the Gila near Globe, Ariz., is used for irrigation; the dam, together with Roosevelt Dam on the Salt River , stores all available surface... Read more

Tennessee Valley Authority
...a plan to have the government take over and operate Wilson Dam and other installations that had been built by the government...effect was vetoed in 1928 and in 1931 by Presidents Calvin Coolidge and Herbert Hoover. The 1933 TVA Act, redrafted by President...Controversial issues have involved construction of the ... Read more

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	Hitting the wall : Coolidge Park's Walnut Wall great place for beginners or expert climbers. ; ...Chattanooga's heights, a great place to start is Coolidge Park's Walnut Wall, run by the Adventure...along the Riverwalk from the Chickamauga Dam to the park, said Don Tucker, owner of...We ride down here frequently from the Dam. We climb, then ride back. We keep in shape... Read more
	ARGUMENTS OVERFLOW AS LAKE DRIES DROUGHT FORCES CHOICE BETWEEN FISH OR CROPS.(News/National/International) ; Byline: Matt Kelley Associated Press COOLIDGE DAM, Ariz. -- In most years, Douglas Soberg would not be...water coming into the reservoir, the federal managers of Coolidge Dam have kept its gates open to irrigate crops downstream... Read more
	Floods Force 300 Arizona Residents From Homes ; ...communities that are downstream from the Coolidge Dam, where the water is very high...ten years has forced water over Coolidge Dam, cutting a path of destruction...Ken Klauser [sp]. KEN KLAUSER, Coolidge Dam Safety Coordinator: It sounds like... Read more
	STRAINING TO HOLD ; Water from a San Carlos Indian Reservation lake in Arizona cascades down Coolidge Dam into the Gila River on Thursday. The Coolidge, labeled the nation's most dangerous federal dam in 1989, has been overflowing since Monday, flooding towns along the Gila's path in southeastern Arizona. / AP PHOTO Read more
	San Carlos Lake water level dips to perilous low: Anoxic conditions ; ...released down the Gila River below Coolidge Dam to agricultural users in downstream...second continue to pass through Coolidge Dam, the lake will cease to exist by...has ever been established since Coolidge Dam was built in 1927, and the lake... Read more
	Stalking the salmon stockers; Anglers try to find where the fish run ; ...October. Access points included the Ayers Island Dam, the stretch of river along the Coolidge Woods Road, and the Profile Falls recreation area...along the road. Immediately below the Ayers Island Dam, the river enjoys a good reputation among whitewater... Read more
	COME A LONG WAY, MUDDY RIVER HAMLET ; ...website, showing scenes from the past, including a carless Coolidge Corner, horses in front of Brookline High School, and...architecture. But few know the others. Like David S. Coolidge, who in 1857 decided to build a coach line to and from...on the corner of Beacon and Harvard streets yielded ... Read more
	Barge Traffic on Tennessee River to Resume in Chattanooga, Tenn. ; ...amount of water it was spilling Tuesday at the Chickamauga Dam to help lower its rain-swollen reservoirs. Hopefully, river...more than 150,000 cubic feet per second at the Chickamauga Dam. Because of the swift currents in the river, especially near the Chickamauga Dam, the Corps of Engineers suspended ... Read more
	FORE! IT`S FRISBEE GOLF; At 7 Bay State courses, players put a different spin; on 18 holes ; ...at the new course near the Buffumville Dam, Steve Hartwell squints across the fairway...rise to the first hole. The side of the dam, a mountain of jagged rock, is to his...Each should cost about $8. City Sports in Coolidge Corner is one of the few local sporting...straight or curve right. The Buffumville ... Read more
	Triathlon training gets trial. ; Byline: Mallory Carra Aug. 13--From Chickamauga Dam to downtown, more than 500 competitors will swim, bike and...Roo Sprint Triathlon 7 a.m. today The swim is at Chickamauga Dam. The bike course is from the dam to downtown Sports Barn via Amnicola Highway. The run course goes from Sports Barn, across the ... Read more

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