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The dam was originally constructed for flood control and irrigation, but is now owned and operated by the local Farwell Irrigation District and the Loup Basin Reclamation District. [3] The reservoir it creates, Sherman Reservoir, has a water surface of 2,845 acres (1,151 ha), surrounded by 4,721 acres (1,911 ha) of land.
There is a marble plaque at the site which reads "SHERMAN'S DAM (JAMES M.) 1st SUP, COLUMBIA WATER – LIGHT, 1894–1920". this indicated the dam was in use until 1920. Thereafter, the deep wells and alternative water sources from More's lake as well as siltation problems ended the utility of Sherman's dam.
Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in Nebraska.. All major dams are linked below. The National Inventory of Dams defines any "major dam" as being 50 feet (15 m) tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre-feet (6,200,000 m 3), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m 3).
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Loup City is a city in and the county seat of Sherman County, Nebraska, United States. [4] The population was 1,173 at the 2010 census . Loup City is close to the Middle Loup River , and about 5 miles (8.0 km) from Sherman Reservoir .
Fort Sherman, a Republic of Texas stockade, was established by 1838, and eventually the land was used for farming and ranching by settlers, until it was acquired by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department in 1978. [3] Lake Bob Sandlin is located on Big Cypress Creek. It was impounded in 1977 with the construction of the Fort Sherman Dam.
2000 The Dam appears in a level in Die Hard Trilogy 2. 2004 A parody of the dam appears in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas known as the Sherman Dam. It provides Las Venturas (the game's version of Las Vegas) with hydroelectric power and also regulates the height of the Sherman Reservoir behind it.
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