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Richard Edward Rainwater (June 15, 1944 – September 27, 2015) was an American investor and philanthropist. With an estimated net worth of $3 billion, he ranked 211th on the Forbes 400 in 2015. [ 1 ]
Tom Miller Dam is a dam located on the Colorado River within the city limits of Austin, Texas, United States.The City of Austin, aided by funds from the Public Works Administration, constructed the dam for the purpose of flood control and for generating hydroelectric power.
Longhorn Dam is a dam crossing the Colorado River in Austin, Texas, United States, where it creates Lady Bird Lake.Completed in 1960, the dam was built by the City of Austin as the last in a chain of Colorado River dams in central Texas begun during the Great Depression.
Barton Springs is a set of four natural water springs located at Barton Creek on the grounds of Zilker Park [2] in Austin, Texas, resulting from water flowing through the Edwards Aquifer. The largest spring, Main Barton Spring (also known as Parthenia, "the mother spring"), supplies water to Barton Springs Pool , a popular recreational ...
Block 185 was the final Green Water site to be developed, with construction beginning in 2019 and completing in 2022. The tower was the second in Austin to be leased by Google, who occupies the entire building. [13] The tower is the tallest of the Green Water skyscrapers and the tallest office building in Austin, reaching 594 feet (181 meters ...
Lake Austin, formerly Lake McDonald, is a water reservoir on the Colorado River in Austin, Texas. The reservoir was formed in 1939 by the construction of Tom Miller Dam by the Lower Colorado River Authority. Lake Austin is one of the seven Highland Lakes created by the LCRA, and is used for flood control, electrical power generation, and ...
Algernon Austin, opinion contributor. January 24, 2025 at 12:00 PM. Richmond, Va., loses water. ... And water is just one part of the country’s decrepit infrastructure.
Austin Dam ruins. The victims of the dam break are commemorated in the Austin Dam Memorial Park. [4] The remains of the failed first dam still stand. [4] The ruins consist of a series of broken sections extending east-west across the Freeman Run Valley - five upright sections and two large and several smaller toppled sections. [5]