Some Facts
LOCATION: The large site straddles the border of Texas and
Louisiana. The dam and generating complex is in Newton County,
Texas (near Burkeville, Texas) and Sabine Parish, Louisiana (near
Hornbeck, Louisiana). This site forms part of the Texas-Louisiana
border.
RESERVOIR: The largest man-made body of water in the South, the
lake covers 205,000 acres, is 15 miles across at its widest point,
and has 1,264 miles of shoreline. The reservoir has a storage
capacity of 4,777,000 acre-feet (one acre-foot is the volume of
water required to cover an acre of land to a depth of one foot),
and it has an average depth of 60 feet.
POWER PLANT CAPABILITY: The two hydroelectric power generators
boast a generating capacity of 92,000 kilowatts. The estimated
annual energy output is 205 million kilowatt-hours.
OPERATING FACTS: The two generators are operated by remote
control facilities from the Entergy System Control Center in Pine
Bluff, Arkansas.
COST: Texas and Louisiana, through their respective Sabine River
Authorities and in cooperation with three investor-owned utility
companies - Gulf States Utilities Company, Louisiana Power and
Light Company and Central Louisiana Electric Company - created the
reservoir, dam and generating complex at a cost of $70 million.
More remarkable, however, was that the project was built without
using federal funds in permanent financing. Power generated by this
hydroelectric facility is purchased by the three electric
utilities. GSU receives half the power, while LP&L and CLECO
share the other half.
CONSTRUCTION: The dam alone required 9 million yards of
excavation, 8 million yards of embankment and 9,500 tons of steel.
A joint $3.5 million highway relocation project was needed to
elevate portions of Louisiana Highway 6 and Texas Highway 21.
Toledo Bend Dam Hydroelectric Power Plant
You are looking for an ammo box or a plastic container if the we
haven't gotten the ammo box there yet. Contains log and pens and
other goodies. This is a beautiful spot to have a picnic on the
beach or another spot just up the road at the lookout point.
This Cacher is a United States Air Force
Veteran and also a Proud Member of the MAGC:
