De Cordova Bend Dam
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The De Cordova Bend Dam is a man-made dam on the Brazos River in Hood County, Texas, United States, controlled by the Brazos River Authority. De Cordova Bend Dam forms the 8,300-acre (34 km²) Lake Granbury. The dam is so named because of the clockwise almost-complete loop in the Brazos River named De Cordova Bend after Jacob De Cordova.
The dam is one of only three damming the Brazos River.
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[edit] Location and Access
The dam is located at (32.37393, -97.68753)[1].
The dam is southeast of Granbury, Texas and road access is available by Rainey Ct which crosses the dam.
[edit] History
The lake was first proposed in the late 1950s. Construction was begun on the Cordova Bend Dam on December 15, 1966 by the H. B. Zachry Company.[2]. Impoundment of water began on September 15, 1969.
The proposed construction of the De Cordova Bend Dam in the mid-1950s became the impetus for John Graves' book, Goodbye to a River.
[edit] References
- ^ US Gazetteer files: 2000 and 1990. United States Census Bureau (2005-05-03). Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
- ^ Lake Granbury from the Handbook of Texas Online
[edit] External links
- De Cordova Bend Dam is at coordinates Coordinates:
