Height 30 m Length 262 m Construction began 1949 | Opening date 1951 Width (base) 56.8 feet (17.3 m) Opened 1951 Turbine 2 | |
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Address 0 County Road 0, Ivesdale, IL 61851, USA Similar Lake Marble Falls, Wirtz Dam, Colorado River, Inks Dam, Tom Miller Dam | ||
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Max Starcke Dam is a dam in the U.S. state of Texas. Named for Max Starcke in 1962. He was a former Mayor of Seguin, Texas, who became the second General Manager of the Lower Colorado River Authority, and served from 1940 through 1955.
Starcke Dam forms Lake Marble Falls, one of the Texas Highland Lakes. It was constructed in 1949-1951 in order to provide hydroelectric power. Located near Marble Falls, Texas, Starcke Dam was the last of the six Highland Lakes dams to be built.
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