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Like many dams in Texas and Oklahoma, this dam was built for a water supply.
When I looked at photos of the spillway, I was confused because it looked like there were two different spillways. These aerial photos show that there are two different spillways --- a one at the edge of the lake and another one downstream before Garland Road.
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Historic Texas USA posted
Spillway Under Construction at White Rock Lake, Dallas (1911)
[The description continues with some platitudes.]
DallasASACE
When Lake Lewisville was built in 1930, the land around this lake was transferred to the parks department. A swimming beach was built. Because of a severe drought, the lake was transferred back to the water department in 1952 and swimming was outlawed. The pump station remained in use until 1964.
The lake was dredged in 1937, 55, 74 and 98. They are in the midst of a feasibility study (accessed Dec 2025) to determine if it should be dredged again. |
The "earth-fill structure [is] approximately 2,100 feet [640m] in length and 40 feet [12m] in height." The spillway is 450' (45.7m) wide. [
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This photo catches the upper spillway passing water. I wonder what the workers are doing in the middle of the photo.
The lower spillway passing water.
Were the workers in the upper-spillway photo above adding these two outlets?
A strong flow over the upper spillway.
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| Marcus Tovar, Apr 2021 [I lost the link] |
And a view of the upper spillway from the parking lot.
Another view of the lower spillway. Part of the upper spillway is in the right background.
The earth-filled part of the dam taken from the edge of the upper spillway. The smokestack is part of the
pump house that is at the end of the dam.
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