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Mansfield Dam (formerly Marshall Ford Dam) is a dam located across a canyon at Marshall Ford on the Colorado River, northwest of Austin, Texas.[1]

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  1. 27 relations: Alfred A. Knopf, Austin, Texas, Canyon, Colorado River (Texas), Dam, Embankment dam, Flood, Harold L. Ickes, Hydroelectricity, Joseph J. Mansfield, Lake Travis, Levee, List of dams and reservoirs in Texas, Lower Colorado River Authority, Lyndon B. Johnson, Public Works Administration, Ranch to Market Road 620, Reservoir, Sea level, Texas, Texas's 10th congressional district, Travis County, Texas, U.S. Route 281 in Texas, United States Bureau of Reclamation, United States House of Representatives, United States Secretary of the Interior, Water.

  2. Crossings of the Colorado River (Texas)
  3. Dams completed in 1941
  4. Energy infrastructure completed in 1941
  5. Hydroelectric power plants in Texas
  6. Lower Colorado River Authority dams
  7. Public Works Administration in Texas

Alfred A. Knopf

Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. is an American publishing house that was founded by Blanche Knopf and Alfred A. Knopf Sr. in 1915.

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Austin, Texas

Austin is the capital of the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat and most populous city of Travis County, with portions extending into Hays and Williamson counties.

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Canyon

A canyon (from; archaic British English spelling: cañon), gorge or chasm, is a deep cleft between escarpments or cliffs resulting from weathering and the erosive activity of a river over geologic time scales.

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Colorado River (Texas)

The Colorado River is an approximately river in the U.S. state of Texas.

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Dam

A dam is a barrier that stops or restricts the flow of surface water or underground streams.

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Embankment dam

An embankment dam is a large artificial dam.

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Flood

A flood is an overflow of water (or rarely other fluids) that submerges land that is usually dry.

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Harold L. Ickes

Harold LeClair Ickes (March 15, 1874 – February 3, 1952) was an American administrator, politician and lawyer.

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Hydroelectricity

Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is electricity generated from hydropower (water power).

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Joseph J. Mansfield

Joseph Jefferson Mansfield (February 9, 1861 – July 12, 1947) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from the U.S. state of Texas from 1917 to 1947.

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Lake Travis

Lake Travis is a reservoir on the Colorado River in central Texas in the United States.

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Levee

A levee, dike (American English), dyke (Commonwealth English), embankment, floodbank, or stop bank is a structure used to keep the course of rivers from changing and to protect against flooding of the area adjoining the river or coast.

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List of dams and reservoirs in Texas

Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in Texas. Mansfield Dam and list of dams and reservoirs in Texas are dams in Texas.

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The Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) is a nonprofit public utility created in November 1934 by the Texas Legislature.

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Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908January 22, 1973), often referred to by his initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969.

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Public Works Administration

The Public Works Administration (PWA), part of the New Deal of 1933, was a large-scale public works construction agency in the United States headed by Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes.

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Ranch to Market Road 620

Ranch to Market Road 620 (RM 620) is a ranch to market road in Travis and Williamson counties in Texas, United States, that is maintained by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT).

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Reservoir

A reservoir is an enlarged lake behind a dam, usually built to store fresh water, often doubling for hydroelectric power generation.

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Sea level

Mean sea level (MSL, often shortened to sea level) is an average surface level of one or more among Earth's coastal bodies of water from which heights such as elevation may be measured.

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Texas

Texas (Texas or Tejas) is the most populous state in the South Central region of the United States.

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Texas's 10th congressional district

Texas's 10th congressional district of the United States House of Representatives stretches from the northwestern portion of the Greater Houston region to the Greater Austin region.

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Travis County, Texas

Travis County is located in Central Texas.

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U.S. Route 281 in Texas

U.S. Route 281 (US 281) is a United States Numbered Highway that runs from the Mexican border in the Rio Grande Valley to the Canadian border near Dunseith, North Dakota.

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United States Bureau of Reclamation

The Bureau of Reclamation, formerly the United States Reclamation Service, is a federal agency under the U.S. Department of the Interior, which oversees water resource management, specifically as it applies to the oversight and operation of the diversion, delivery, and storage projects that it has built throughout the western United States for irrigation, water supply, and attendant hydroelectric power generation.

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United States House of Representatives

The United States House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber.

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United States Secretary of the Interior

The United States secretary of the interior is the head of the United States Department of the Interior.

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Water

Water is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula.

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See also

Crossings of the Colorado River (Texas)

Dams completed in 1941

Energy infrastructure completed in 1941

Hydroelectric power plants in Texas

Lower Colorado River Authority dams

Public Works Administration in Texas

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mansfield_Dam

Also known as Marshall Ford Dam.