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Lake Hefner. / 35.567820; -97.595740. Lake Hefner is a reservoir in northwestern Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. It was built in the 1940s to expand the water supply for the city of Oklahoma City, [1] It is named after Robert A. Hefner, who served as mayor of Oklahoma City from April 11, 1939, to April 8, 1947, but was originally named the "Bluff ...
Lake Texoma is one of the largest reservoirs in the United States, the 12th-largest US Army Corps of Engineers ' (USACE) lake, and the largest in USACE Tulsa District. [1] Lake Texoma is formed by Denison Dam on the Red River in Bryan County, Oklahoma, and Grayson County, Texas, about 726 miles (1,168 km) upstream from the mouth of the river.
200 ft (61 m) [1] Lake Peigneur (pronounced [pæ̃j̃æ̹ɾ]) is a brackish lake in the U.S. state of Louisiana, 1.2 miles (1.9 kilometers) north of Delcambre and 9.1 mi (14.6 km) west of New Iberia, near the northernmost tip of Vermilion Bay. With a maximum depth of 200 feet (60 meters), it is the deepest lake in Louisiana.
5 September 1977 – Sixteen persons were killed and 24 others were injured when two speeding trucks crashed into a bus. [34] 20 December 1979 – A bus plunged into a river in Isabela, killing at least 50 people. [35] 23 May 1986 – A bus fell off a cliff and exploded in Hamtic, Antique, killing 23 people and injuring 15.
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. Lake Oologah is a reservoir in northeastern Oklahoma. It is located near the towns of Oologah, Nowata, and Claremore. The lake has a surface of 29,500 acres (119 km 2) of water and 209 miles (336 km) of shoreline with 11 lake-side parks. The water storage capacity is rated as 552,210 acre-feet ...
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Man-made disasters in North America by country. For convenience, all Man-made disasters in North America by country should be included in this category. This includes all man-made disasters that can also be found in the subcategories. This is a container category. Due to its scope, it should contain only ...
Hugh Hefner's cause of death has reportedly been revealed. According to the late Playboy founder's death certificate, which was obtained by both TMZ and the Daily Mail on Tuesday, Hefner died of ...
Subcategories. This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total. Man-made disasters by continent (16 C) Man-made disasters by country (210 C)