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This is the historic rubber dam, now substituted by a metal dam. This dam dams up Rio Salado/Salt River in Tempe, Arizona/USA. Usually the river bed is completely dry but on September 8, 2014 torrential rains filled the reservoir to the brim and had to be released into the river bed. The reservoir behind the dam is Tempe Town Lake. An operating system controlled the inflation and deflation of the rubber tubes of the dam. The rubber tubes have special ozone and UV protection for the Arizona climate; a pedestrian bridge (with sun shade sails) offers additional protection.