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The dam was completed in 1941. Originally called Marshall Ford Dam, the name was changed in 1941 in honor of United States Representative J.J. Mansfield. The reservoir behind Mansfield Dam is named Lake Travis. The dam is owned and operated by the LCRA. The dedication at Mansfield Dam, August 2023
Aerial shot of Lake Travis. Lake Travis is a reservoir on the Colorado River in central Texas in the United States.It is named in honor of William B. Travis. [1]Serving principally as a flood-control reservoir, Lake Travis' historical minimum to maximum water height change is nearly 100 feet. [2]
Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in Texas.. 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).
Authorities received a 911 call shortly before midnight Monday with reports of an unconscious person floating in the water downstream from the Mansfield Dam, in the 14111-14125 block of Low Water ...
Lake Marble Falls: Max Starcke Dam: 1951 Lower Colorado River Authority: 613 5.75 1,080 7,597 859.5 98.8 Lake Travis: Mansfield Dam: 1942 Lower Colorado River Authority: 19,044 1,115,076 7,089 278 Lake Austin: Tom Miller Dam: 1940 Lower Colorado River Authority: 1,830 20.25 1,300 24,644 1,590 100.5 Lady Bird Lake: Longhorn Dam: 1960 City of ...
Mansfield Dam, the dam completed in 1941 that forms Lake Travis (the beginning of Lake Austin and an early low-water crossing is seen below the dam) LCRA operates six hydroelectric dams along the Colorado River in Central Texas that provide a source of renewable energy and form six lakes collectively known as the Texas Highland Lakes:
The United States Army Corps of Engineers tested all 12 spillway gates at the Lake Hartwell hydropower dam located at 5625 Anderson Hwy at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, March 13. "We chose this date ...
Lake Austin is a part of Texas' Colorado River; it begins below Mansfield Dam and is principally fed by the outflow of Lake Travis. The lake meanders generally from northwest to southeast, with few significant tributaries; the largest are Bull Creek, entering from the north near where Loop 360 spans the lake at the Pennybacker Bridge, and Bee ...