Possum Kingdom Dam

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Possum Kingdom Dam is a large hydroelectric and flood-control dam in Palo Pinto County, Texas, that creates Possum Kingdom Lake on the Brazos River.

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Possum Kingdom Dam canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf dam ⓘ
flood control dam ⓘ
hydroelectric dam ⓘ
basinCountry United States ⓘ
constructionBegan 1938 ⓘ
constructionMaterial concrete ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
county Palo Pinto County ⓘ
createsReservoir Possum Kingdom Lake ⓘ
hasFunction generation of hydroelectric energy ⓘ
reduction of downstream flooding ⓘ
regulation of Brazos River flow ⓘ
hasHydroelectricPlant yes ⓘ
hasSpillway yes ⓘ
height about 190 feet ⓘ
inception 1941 ⓘ
length about 2,700 feet ⓘ
locatedIn Palo Pinto County, Texas ⓘ
Texas ⓘ
United States ⓘ
locatedNear Possum Kingdom State Park ⓘ
locatedOnWaterbody Possum Kingdom Lake ⓘ
namedAfter Possum Kingdom Lake ⓘ
nearestCity Graford, Texas ⓘ
opened 1941 ⓘ
operator Brazos River Authority ⓘ
ownedBy Brazos River Authority ⓘ
partOf Brazos River basin ⓘ
linked to: Brazos River
purpose flood control ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
water supply ⓘ
regionServed North Central Texas ⓘ
linked to: North-central Texas
river Brazos River ⓘ
state Texas ⓘ
watercourseDammed Brazos River ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Brazos River → hasDam → Possum Kingdom Dam ⓘ
Brazos River → hasDam → Possum Kingdom Dam ⓘ
Possum Kingdom Lake → hasStructure → Possum Kingdom Dam ⓘ
Possum Kingdom Lake → formedBy → Possum Kingdom Dam ⓘ
Morris Sheppard Dam → alsoKnownAs → Possum Kingdom Dam ⓘ