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Toledo Bend Reservoir is a reservoir on the Sabine River between Texas and Louisiana. The lake has an area of 185,000 acres (749 km²), the largest man-made body of water in (or partially in) Texas, the largest in the South, and the fifth largest (surface acre) in the United States.〔(North Toledo Bend )〕 The dam is capable of generating 92 megawatts of electrical power. The dam itself is located in the northeast corner of Newton County, Texas; however, that county includes very little of the reservoir, as most of it extends northward into parts of Sabine and DeSoto parishes in Louisiana, and Sabine, Shelby, and Panola counties in Texas. ==Historical development== The land along the Orange area often flooded from the Sabine, with destructive effects. Also, the considerations for municipal, industrial, agricultural, and recreational purposes were part of the reasons the Texas State Legislature formed the ''Sabine River Authority of Texas'' in 1949, and in 1950 the Louisiana State Legislature created the ''Sabine River Authority, State of Louisiana'' for the project.〔(Toledo Bend Project )〕 With both authorities in agreement, in 1955 a feasibility report was initiated and by 1959, the two states allocated 30 million dollars for the project. The land was acquired in 1963, with the work following the subsequent year. The ''Massman-Johnson Construction Company'' served as the general contractor, and by the completion of the project in 1969, Texas’ estimated share of the funds was $70 million. The dam was built by the two states, without any assistance from the federal government.〔(Toledo Bend Reservoir in East Texas )〕 Louisiana Director of Public Works Claude Kirkpatrick, who was also president of the Sabine River Authority of Louisiana at the time, pushed for the joint agreement with Texas, in the absence of federal funds, to make the project a reality. The Toledo Bend legislative bill was successfully pushed despite numerous obstacles by freshman Representative Cliff Ammons of Many, the seat of Sabine Parish. Funding came from Constitutional Amendment 8, which tapped previous funds for Civil War pensions into the specific reservoir project.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Andy Crawford, "Ruby Anniversary", August 4, 2009 )〕 Though Ammons became known as "the father of Toledo Bend,"〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Headlines from the ''Sabine Index'' )〕 voters defeated him in the 1964 state legislative election.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Toledo Bend Reservoir」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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