Mansfield Dam (formerly Marshall Ford Dam) is a dam located across a canyon at Marshall Ford on the Colorado River 13 miles (21 km) northwest of Austin Texas. The groundbreaking ceremony occurred on February 19 1937 with United States Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes attending. The dam was a joint project by the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) and the United States Bureau of Reclamation with the company Brown and Root the prime contractor. The dam was completed in 1941.
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