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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Parker_DamParker Dam - Wikipedia

    Parker Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam that crosses the Colorado River 155 miles (249 km) downstream of Hoover Dam. Built between 1934 and 1938 by the Bureau of Reclamation , it is 320 feet (98 m) high, 235 feet (72 m) of which are below the riverbed (the deep excavation was necessary in order to reach the bedrock on which the foundation of the dam was built), [1] [2] making it the deepest dam in the world.

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  3. www.usbr.gov › projects › indexParker Dam - Bureau of Reclamation

    Parker Dam is a concrete arch structure commonly called the 'deepest dam in the world'. Seventy-three percent of the dam's structural height of 320 feet is below the original river bed; only about 85 feet of the dam's strucural height is visible (its superstructure rises another 62 feet above the roadway across the top of the dam).

  4. www.nps.gov › articles › california-parker-damCalifornia: Parker Dam - U.S. National Park Service

    The Parker Dam story has not always been so lighthearted, though many benefits have come with the dam, built on the Arizona-California border 155 miles downstream from Hoover Dam. When construction began on Parker Dam in 1934, Arizona Governor Benjamin B. Moeur was so upset that he called out the Arizona National Guard to take possession of the territory around the dam site.

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    Thanks for visiting! I'm Parker, an actor, director, writer, and puppeteer based in New York City originally from Maryland. I'm the oddball friend who is often too open but will lend a hand when one is needed.

  7. www.atlasobscura.com › places › parker-damParker Dam – Parker, Arizona - Atlas Obscura

    May 28, 2019 · Reaching 235 feet below the riverbed, the Parker Dam ranks today as the deepest dam in the world. In 1944, Arizona relented and signed the Colorado River Compact in exchange for additional federal ...

  8. www.usbr.gov › lc › hooverdamHoover Dam | Bureau of Reclamation

    The Dam and Powerplant. Parker Dam is the deepest dam in the world; 73 percent of its structural height of 320 feet is below the original riverbed. Men and machines excavated 235 feet into the Colorado riverbed before concrete was placed for the dam's foundation. About 85 feet of the dam are visible.

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