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Images of America Series
Arcadia Publishing
January 2010
On Sale: January 18, 2010
128 pages
ISBN: 0738578622
EAN: 9780738578620
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Non-Fiction
The history of Lake Worth begins in 1909 when two young boys
accidentally set a fire that destroyed many buildings in
Fort Worth. Fighting the fire nearly drained the city’s
wells dry, so city leaders reconsidered an earlier
suggestion from engineer John Hawley to create a surface
reservoir. The enormous hole filled in just three weeks
after heavy rains, instead of the predicted three years.
Completed in 1914, Lake Worth became the largest reservoir
in the Southwest. Fort Worth now had a better water supply,
and local beach development brought water recreation to
millions and greatly impacted the small community nearby.
Through the years, silt and contaminants have infiltrated
the lake, and the City of Fort Worth has temporarily stopped
the slow process of dredging the lake because of the
economy. But the community’s collective hope soars with the
possibility that the lake and beaches eventually will be
restored to their original condition.
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