On Verde R. approx. 50 mi. ENE. of Phoenix, Carefree, Arizona. County/parish: Maricopa.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places August 07, 2017. NRIS 100001406.
1 contributing structure.
The Bartlett Dam is a concrete multiple-arch buttress dam on the Verde River, located 50 km northeast of Phoenix, Arizona. The dam creates Bartlett Lake and its primary purpose is irrigation water supply. It was the first dam constructed on the Verde River and the first of its type constructed by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. It was built between 1936 and 1939. It was named after Bill Bartlett, a government surveyor. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017.
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