Parker Dam
CountryUSA
Height98 m
Year1938
TypeArch
RiverColorado
About Parker Dam
The deepest dam in the world - 73 m of its 98 m height is below the riverbed. Creates Lake Havasu. Pumped water supplies Phoenix and Los Angeles via the Colorado River Aqueduct. The London Bridge was relocated to Lake Havasu in 1971.
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