Wirtz Dam
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| Height | 3600 (cm) |
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| Opened | 1950 |
| Length | 1. 674 km |
| Spillway capacity | 317,400 cu ft/s (8,990 m3/s) (10 floodgates at 30,800; 2 turbines at 4,700) |
| Create | Lake Lyndon B. Johnson |
| Operator | Lower Colorado River Authority |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 1483530 |
About Wirtz Dam
Wirtz Dam was constructed from 1949 to 1951 to provide hydroelectric power and to form Lake Lyndon B. Johnson, one of the Texas Highland Lakes. Lake LBJ ‒ as it is more commonly referred to ‒ provides cooling water for the Lower Colorado River Authority's Thomas C. Ferguson Power Plant along Horsehoe Bay.
