Mansfield Dam

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Mansfield Dam is a large concrete dam on the Colorado River in central Texas, built for flood control, water supply, and hydroelectric power generation.

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Label Occurrences
Mansfield Dam canonical 5

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf arch-gravity dam ⓘ
concrete dam ⓘ
hydroelectric dam ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Marshall Ford Dam (original name) ⓘ
basinCountry United States ⓘ
constructionFunding Public Works Administration ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1937 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
creates Lake Travis ⓘ
floodControlFunction protects Austin metropolitan area ⓘ
hasPowerPlant yes ⓘ
hasSpillway yes ⓘ
height 278 feet ⓘ
about 85 meters ⓘ
impounds Lake Travis ⓘ
installedCapacity about 108 MW ⓘ
length 7089 feet ⓘ
about 2160 meters ⓘ
locatedIn Travis County, Texas ⓘ
locatedNear Austin, Texas ⓘ
linked to: Austin
locatedOnRiver Colorado River ⓘ
managesRiver Lower Colorado River ⓘ
linked to: Colorado River
mapFeature Colorado River basin in Texas ⓘ
namedFor Joseph J. Mansfield ⓘ
nearCity Austin, Texas ⓘ
linked to: Austin
numberOfSpillwayGates 24 ⓘ
openingDate 1941 ⓘ
operator Lower Colorado River Authority ⓘ
owner Lower Colorado River Authority ⓘ
partOf Lower Colorado River Authority system ⓘ
powerPlantType conventional hydroelectric ⓘ
purpose flood control ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
water supply ⓘ
recreationActivity boating ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
swimming ⓘ
region Central Texas ⓘ
linked to: central Texas
renamedAfter Joseph J. Mansfield ⓘ
reservoirName Lake Travis ⓘ
reservoirUse industrial water supply ⓘ
municipal water supply ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
spillwayType gated spillway ⓘ
state Texas ⓘ
typeOfConcreteDam multiple-arch gravity dam ⓘ
watercourse Colorado River (Texas) ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

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

Lake Travis → createdBy → Mansfield Dam ⓘ
Lake Travis → dam → Mansfield Dam ⓘ
Tom Miller Dam → isDownstreamOf → Mansfield Dam ⓘ
Highland Lakes → hasDam → Mansfield Dam ⓘ