Surface area 2,140 acres (8.7 km) Area 8.66 km² | Water volume 18,000 acres (73 km) Surface elevation 20 m | |
Location Fort Bend County, Texas Similar Addicks Reservoir, Lake Houston, Blaffer Art Museum, Holocaust Museum Houston, Byzantine Fresco Chapel | ||
Smithers Lake is a lake in Fort Bend County, Texas.
Map of Smithers Lake, Texas 77469, USA
It is located ten miles (16 km) southeast of Richmond. It is near the Brazos River.
The project is owned and operated by NRG Energy as the cooling-water supply for a steam-electric generating station, W. A. Parish Electric Generating Station. It was previously owned by the Houston Lighting and Power Company. Construction was started on August 22, 1956, and was completed on July 1, 1957. Water had already been impounded in a small lake, and the date for beginning of impoundment in the new lake was October 15, 1957.
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