Earth-fill dam across the Sulphur River in northeast Texas in the United States
Dam in Texas
Wright Patman Dam
Country
United States
Location
Texas
Status
Operational
Opening date
1956
Wright Patman Dam (formerly called Texarkana Dam) is an earth-fill dam across the Sulphur River in northeast Texas in the United States. The water impounded by the dam forms Wright Patman Lake.
WrightPatmanDam (formerly called Texarkana Dam) is an earth-fill dam across the Sulphur River in northeast Texas in the United States. The water impounded...
Cass counties by WrightPatmanDam. The reservoir provides flood control and water conservation for the communities downstream from the dam. The lake is also...
John William WrightPatman (August 6, 1893 – March 7, 1976) was an American politician. First elected in 1928, Patman served 24 consecutive terms in the...
provides most of the water for WrightPatman Lake, on the border between Bowie and Cass counties. Below WrightPatmanDam, the river continues its generally...
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of the Treasury Department's proposals. In early 1932, Congressman WrightPatman of Texas initiated impeachment proceedings against Mellon, contending...
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Quitman, Alba, Emory, and Yantis, Texas. It was impounded by the Lake Fork Dam in 1980, and reached its normal pool surface elevation of 403.0 feet (122...
Lake. 1,500 people attended including U.S. Democratic Majority Leader Jim Wright, who among others, had helped keep the project alive through the years....
lake is located. The reservoir was constructed in 1960 with the Iron Bridge Dam. The area was chosen due to its location to the growing Dallas area and the...
non-oxbow natural lakes. It was artificially altered by the addition of a dam in the 1900s. According to Caddo legend, the lake was formed by the 1811–12...
Construction was finished on the dam on 15 February 1971. The dam is 5,230 ft (1,590 m) long, with the top of the dam at 395 ft (120 m) above sea level...
the House as H.R. 2202 and introduced without change by Congressman WrightPatman in the Senate as S. 380. The bill represented a concerted effort to...
on the Sulphur River in Texas, renamed Lake Texarkana, now known as WrightPatman Lake Lake Texoma — a man-made lake on the Red River that divides Texas...
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