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Merritt Dam is a dam in Cherry County, Nebraska, southwest of Valentine, in the north-central part of the state.The 126-foot (38 m) earthen dam impounds the Snake River as it flows along the southern edge of the Samuel R. McKelvie National Forest in the Sandhills.
Tanking in sports refers to the practice of intentionally fielding non-competitive teams to take advantage of league rules that benefit losing teams. [1] This is a much more common practice in American sports that utilize closed leagues than in open sports leagues in other nations, which typically penalize poor performers using a promotion and relegation system, in which the worst teams after ...
University of Nebraska North Platte Experimental Station: US 83 south of North Platte: Lincoln: 1971: 2004 Now State Farm Road S-57A: 2.25: 3.62 US 83 / N-92 west of Gandy: Gandy Logan: 1971: current Former Spur 583 S-59A — — Business US 275 in Norfolk: Norfolk Regional Center Madison: 1971: 2001
October 24, 1926 - Two were killed in a tank farm fire, in Beaumont. [155] December 14, 1940 - A tank farm fire I Texas City killed one person, and injured 18 others. [156] May 16, 1952 - A massive tank farm fire hit a Corpus Christi terminal. [155] April 11, 1965 - A gas well blew out in Parker County, causing a massive fire.
Stagecoach State Recreation Area (SRA) is a state recreation area in southeastern Nebraska, United States. The recreation area surrounds the 195-acre (0.79 km 2) Stagecoach Lake, located approximately 20 miles (32 km) south of Lincoln. The recreation area is managed by the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. [1]
January 16 – A 30 inch gas transmission pipeline exploded & burned, near Elmwood, Nebraska. Flames threatened a nearby farm for a time. There were no injuries. [77] Transwestern Pipeline Co.'s gas line 58 miles northwest of Roswell N.M. suffered an 8.1-mile brittle fracture, during testing of the 30-inch X56 pipeline. It failed at about 850 ...
Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in Nebraska. All major dams are linked below. The National Inventory of Dams defines any "major dam" as being 50 feet (15 m) tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre-feet (6,200,000 m 3 ), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m 3 ).
Largest lake entirely within the State of Nebraska. Lake Minatare: 2,158 Scotts Bluff NE of Scotts Bluff Ogallala 650 5 mph Keith near Ogallala Maskenthine 98 5 mph Stanton North of Stanton Medicine Creek 1,850 Frontier near Cambridge Merritt Reservoir: 2,900 Cherry: near Valentine Midway Canyon Reservoir: 607 Dawson: south of Cozad Mud Lake ...