The recent drama around “Cement Lake” on the west side was the first time many El Pasoans ever even heard of the lake. (Video above.) Did you know El Paso used to have other lakes?
If the dam at Cement Lake had actually broken, it could have spelled the end for the lake and it would have been the 4th time El Paso lost a lake. (That I know of.) El Paso used to have a pretty big one in Central, near the El Paso Zoo…