Hydrohistorian
Elephant Butte Dam, Rio Grande, New Mexico
Library of Congress · 1916 · United States Reclamation Service
Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, LC-DIG-ppmsca-17302 No known restrictions on publication. Archive record ↗ · Rights
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Elephant Butte on the Rio Grande, near the end of construction. Colorado's obligation under the Rio Grande Compact is measured against deliveries to this reservoir, so a Conejos headgate is connected to this concrete.
Shows: The scale of federal storage on a river Colorado shares, and the architecture the Reclamation Service gave it.
What this does not let you conclude: Anything about current storage or compact standing. The numbers beside it are today's; this is the structure, not its accounting. The Library gives 1916 or 1917; the record suggests the final stages of construction.
Placed on
- Topic storage · plate
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The archive’s record did not answer our check on 2026-10-12 (refused automated check, HTTP 403). Our copy above is unaffected; the credit stands. A person will look.