Giant blocks of granite — like the ones used to build the 1888 Texas Capitol — formed the dam. More from the archives: From the Statesman archives: Austin started big as a national ...

THEcomplete failure of the Austin dam, with its resultant loss of property and human life, has naturally drawn attention to the early history of this structure. The dam was constructed in the year ...

Longhorn Dam is Town Lake's big cement pappy, standing 36 feet high and running a cool 506 feet across. The "reservoir impoundment length," according to Austin Utilities, is 5 3/4 miles ...

Lottery Questions – Concerns about a huge jackpot lead to tough questions for leaders of the Texas lottery. Senators accuse lottery leaders of enabling money laundering. We speak with Austin ...

Tom Miller Dam and the Colorado River after historic rainfall in October 2018. The University of Texas at Austin’s Institute for Geophysics and the City of Austin are studying the impact of ...

Read more: https://www.kxan.com/news/local/15th-annual-dam-that-cancer-fundraiser-makes-waves-for-families-of-cancer-patients/ Hundreds of paddleboarders launched ...

Texas believes bigger is better and its lakes ... First-time visitors can get a good idea of its scale if they drive by Mansfield Dam, the dam that created Lake Travis while taming the Colorado ...

Giant blocks of granite — like the ones used to build the 1888 Texas Capitol — formed the dam. Not just a practical supplier of hydroelectric power and water for the city, the Austin Dam ...