Mansfiewld Dam

Mansfield Dam is a dam located across a canyon at Marshall Ford on the Colorado River, 13 miles northwest of Austin, Texas. The groundbreaking ceremony occurred on February 19, 1937, with United States Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes attending. The dam was a joint project by the Lower Colorado River Authority and the United States Bureau of Recl…
Mansfield Dam is a dam located across a canyon at Marshall Ford on the Colorado River, 13 miles northwest of Austin, Texas. The groundbreaking ceremony occurred on February 19, 1937, with United States Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes attending. The dam was a joint project by the Lower Colorado River Authority and the United States Bureau of Reclamation, with partial funding provided by the Public Works Administration. Brown and Root, headed by James E. Walters, Sr., was the prime contractor. 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.
  • Impounds: Colorado River
  • Height: 278 feet (85 m)
  • Length: 7,089 feet (2,161 m)
  • Width (base): 213 feet (65 m)
  • Spillway type: 24 controlled (paradox and jet-flow gates)
  • Spillway capacity: 130,000 cu ft/s (3,700 m³/s) (23 floodgates at 5,250 cfs; 1 variable discharge gate at 2,285 cfs 2 turbines at 4,100 cfs, 1 turbine at 2,400 cfs)
  • Creates: Lake Travis

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