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Inks Dam
Inks Dam
Official name	Inks Dam
Location	Burnet / Llano counties, Texas, United States
Coordinates	30°43′52″N 98°23′5″W / 30.73111°N 98.38472°W
Construction began	1936
Opening date	1938
Operator(s)	Lower Colorado River Authority
Dam and spillways
Impounds	Colorado River
Height	96.5 feet (29.4 m)
Length	1,547.5 feet (471.7 m)
Width (base)	75.1 feet (22.9 m)
Reservoir
Creates	Inks Lake
Power Station
Turbines	1
Installed capacity	13.8 MW

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Inks Dam was constructed from 1936 to 1938 and forms Inks Lake, one of the seven Texas Highland Lakes. The lake and dam are owned and operated by the Lower Colorado River Authority for hydropower generation and recreational purposes and are named for Roy B. Inks, one of the original members on the LCRA Board of Directors.

The Dam is also home to a national fish hatchery. Located just downriver from the spillway, Inks Dam NFH has 30 ponds ranging in size from 0.25 to 1.5 acres (0.10 to 0.61 ha) with a total of 28 acres (11 ha) for fish production. The facility also has an isolation building for endangered species containing aquariums of various sizes of circular tanks.^[1]

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^ "Inks Dam NFH, Home". www.fws.gov. Retrieved 2021-07-20.

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[1] "Inks Dam NFH, Home". www.fws.gov. Retrieved 2021-07-20.

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-'''Inks Dam''' was constructed from 1936 to 1938 and forms [[Inks Lake]], one of the seven [[Texas Highland Lakes]]. The dam is located at 30.7307 -98.3842 about {{convert|10|mi|km|0}} west-southwest of [[Burnet, Texas]].  It was constructed to provide [[hydroelectric power]], and helps buffer the large changes in water flow [[Buchanan Dam]], {{convert|3|mi|km|0}} upstream, tends to produce.  It is the smallest dam in the [[Texas Highland Lakes]] chain, and is the only one that does not have [[floodgate]]s.  Water passes through the hydroelectric [[water turbine|turbines]] or over the [[spillway]].
+'''Inks Dam''' was constructed from 1936 to 1938 and forms [[Inks Lake]], one of the seven [[Texas Highland Lakes]]. The lake and dam are owned and operated by the [[Lower Colorado River Authority]] for hydropower generation and recreational purposes and are named for Roy B. Inks, one of the original members on the LCRA Board of Directors.
+The Dam is also home to a national fish hatchery. Located just downriver from the spillway, Inks Dam NFH has 30 ponds ranging in size from {{convert|0.25|to|1.5|acre}} with a total of {{convert|28|acres}} for fish production. The facility also has an isolation building for endangered species containing aquariums of various sizes of circular tanks.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Inks Dam NFH, Home|url=https://www.fws.gov/southwest/fisheries/inks_dam/|access-date=2021-07-20|website=www.fws.gov}}</ref>
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-*[http://www.lcra.org/water/inks.html LCRA Website]
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20030812225323/http://www.lcra.org/water/inks.html LCRA Website]
+* [https://www.camplonghorn.com/ Camp Longhorn Website]
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