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.

2025年1月1日 · Mansfield Dam Park offers beautiful views of Lake Travis where families can picnic, swim in our secluded cove, fish, and play and includes the largest public boat ramp on Lake Travis with an extensive scuba diving park.

2014年2月11日 · Mansfield Dam is built across a deep canyon at Marshall Ford, which was a long-time river crossing before the dam was erected. It may seem like a distant memory now, but early inhabitants of the Lake Travis area actually drove on a …

LCRA operates six dams on the lower Colorado River in Central Texas: Buchanan, Inks, Wirtz, Starcke, Mansfield and Tom Miller. These dams form the six Highland Lakes: Buchanan, Inks, LBJ, Marble Falls, Travis and Austin.

Mansfield Dam is an earth rockfill gravity dam located about 18 miles from Austin, Travis, Texas. The dam, which is on the Colorado River, was primarily built for Flood Risk Reduction purposes, but also serves for Irrigation, Hydroelectric and Water Supply benefits.

Boat Ramp 360 is a public access boat ramp on Lake Austin that gives an alternative view of the Pennybacker bridge. While the park provides access to the listed activities, Travis County Parks does not provide any equipment. There is no electricity or drinking water.

Lake Travis and Mansfield Dam are located approximately thirteen miles northwest of Austin in Travis County (extending into Burnet County), on the Colorado River. The project is owned and operated by the Lower Colorado River Authority for flood control, water supply, electrical power generation and recreational purposes.

“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.

Mansfield Dam Park is located adjacent to Mansfield Dam on the main body of Lake Travis and serves as one of the primary access points for boaters. Mansfield Dam was constructed to control flooding, and the reservoir created by the dam is named Lake Travis.