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authorized the construction of the dam as well as six others on the White River and its tributaries in the
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This article about a dam or floodgate in the United States is a
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in response to severe flooding between 1915 and 1927. President
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This article about a building or structure in Arkansas is a
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Buildings and structures in Baxter County, Arkansas
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Buildings and structures in Marion County, Arkansas
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Baxter
Marion
Arkansas
36°21′58″N 92°34′29″W / 36.36611°N 92.57472°W / 36.36611; -92.57472
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Type of dam
Spillways
Bull Shoals Lake
Catchment area
Turbines
Installed capacity
Annual generation
gravity dam
White River
Arkansas
United States
Marion
Baxter
Bull Shoals Lake
Missouri
hydroelectricity
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Flood Control Act of 1938
"Carbon Monitoring for Action"
"Bull Shoals Dam"
"Bull Shoals Dam and Lake"
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