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Oct 1, 2009
100 years later, Roosevelt Dam continues to put a charge in the Valley
Oct. 1 marked the centennial of the first day that electricity was permanently run to the Valley from Theodore Roosevelt Dam. The dam was still incomplete 100 years ago, and electricity wasn't even the main focus of the project. Hydro-electric power just happened to be a byproduct of water-delivery efforts.
