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Starcke Dam photos

For Immediate Release: November 10, 2003 12:00 AM

Dedication of hydraulically controlled gates recalls earlier event

Water from Lake Marble Falls flows over the new hydraulically operated floodgates at Starcke Dam.
At left, LCRA General Manager Joe Beal poses with Margaret Woodruff-Wieding, daughter of Max Starcke, who gave his name to the dam. At right, Beal addresses LCRA Board members, local officials and the general public during the dedication ceremony.
At left, the audience stands during the playing of the "Star-Spangled Banner" during the Starcke Dam dedication ceremony Oct. 31, 1962. In the photo on right, Gov. Price Daniel delivers a tribute to Max Starcke at the same event. In the background (left to right) sit Mrs. Evelyn Starcke, Mr. Max Starcke, Mr. Sim Gideon, Mrs. Price Daniel, Congressman Homer Thornberry and Mrs. Gladys Gideon.