Conchas Dam

Conchas Dam is a dam on the Canadian River in San Miguel County, New Mexico, United States, about 50 miles (80 km) northeast of Santa Rosa. Forming Conchas Lake, it is a concrete gravity dam flanked by earthen wing dikes, standing 235 feet (72 m) high with a total length of 19,500 feet (5,900 m). The dam serves mainly for irrigation water supply and flood control and is operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

First proposed in the 1930s, construction wasn't actually begun until 1935 after passage of the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act. Actual construction began in 1936, and the dam was completed in 1939.

Conchas Dam in The House of Daniel
Conchas Dam was begun in 1934 on the Mora River, in part to keep the Mora from flooding. As it was a government project designed to put people to work, living human beings, not zombies, did the actual construction.

The House of Daniel passed the site on their way to Clovis, New Mexico.