Tom Miller Dam, Dam in Austin, Texas, United States
Tom Miller Dam is a dam on the Colorado River in Austin, Texas. It holds back Lake Austin and sits where two earlier dams were destroyed by floods.
The dam was built in the 1930s with funds from the Public Works Administration. It replaced two earlier dams that had been washed away by floods, and it has been operated by the Lower Colorado River Authority since then.
The dam is named after Robert Thomas Miller, a former mayor of Austin. Local people know the lake behind it as a place for boating and fishing, and the dam itself is a landmark on the river.
You can see the dam from nearby roads and parks, but there is no visitor center or formal tour. The area around the dam is best explored on foot or by car, and the views are good from the downstream side.
The dam is listed in the Historic American Engineering Record, which documents its engineering details. It is one of the few dams in the country to have such a record.
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