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[Blanket and Hydraulic Fill]
Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 306) is of a dirt slope with trees at its base. The first image (numbered 307) is of a trench with some shallow pools of water. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam South from Sta. 13 Pumping Blanket on Down. Slope" taken on 03-22-27 and (bottom) "Garza Dam Looking North from Sta. 25 Hydraulic Fill" taken on 04-21-27.
Date:
1927
Creator:
Dallas Water Utilities
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Borrow Pits and Wagon Pits]
Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 309) is of a rocky slope with pools of water at the bottom and a lake in the distance. The second image (numbered 310) is of railroad tracks at the top of a rocky slope. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Looking North over Borrow Pits from Sta. 41" and (bottom) "Garza Dam Looking North from Sta. 16 over Wagon Pits," both taken on 05-17-27.
Date:
1927
Creator:
Dallas Water Utilities
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Catchbasin]
Photograph taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The image (numbered 340) is of a concrete catchbasin in a shallow trench. Handwritten text on the image identifies it as: "Garza Dam Type of Catchbasins Used on Berms" taken on 12-29-27.
Date:
1927
Creator:
Dallas Water Utilities
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clay Blanket]
Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 302) is of a dirt slope with pipes at the bottom of it. The second image (numbered 305) is of a dirt plateau with pipe and steel pieces at the top of a hill. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam South from Sta. 19 Pumping Clay Blanket on Downstream Slope" taken on 02-07-27 and (bottom) "Garza Dam North from Sta. 31 Downstream Blanket to Right" taken on 03-22-27.
Date:
1927
Creator:
Dallas Water Utilities
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clay Puddling and Wagon Fill]
Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 315) is of men fixing large cracks in a dirt surface. The second image is of a man with three horses and a wagon. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Puddling Clay into Cracks after Slide" and (bottom) "Garza Dam Placing Wagon Fill at Elev. 530 Sta. 18 North," both taken on 06-28-27.
Date:
1927
Creator:
Dallas Water Utilities
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Conduit Gate Preparation]
Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 320) is of a crew clearing mud out of a conduit. The second image (numbered 322) is of large valves being lowered by crane into a conduit. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Cleaning out North Conduit to Place Gates" taken on 07-12-27, and (bottom) "Garza Dam Assembling Conduit Gate Valves" taken on 08-01-27.
Date:
1927
Creator:
Dallas Water Utilities
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas 1927 Sheet 601
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Dallas in Dallas County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1927
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas 1927 Sheet 602
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Dallas in Dallas County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1927
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas 1927 Sheet 603
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Dallas in Dallas County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1927
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas 1927 Sheet 604
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Dallas in Dallas County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1927
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas 1927 Sheet 605
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Dallas in Dallas County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1927
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas 1927 Sheet 606
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Dallas in Dallas County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1927
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas 1927 Sheet 607
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Dallas in Dallas County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1927
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas 1927 Sheet 701
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Dallas in Dallas County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1927
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas 1927 Sheet 702
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Dallas in Dallas County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1927
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas 1927 Sheet 703
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Dallas in Dallas County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1927
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas 1927 Sheet 704
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Dallas in Dallas County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1927
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas 1927 Sheet 705
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Dallas in Dallas County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1927
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas 1927 Sheet 706
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Dallas in Dallas County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1927
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas 1927 Sheet 707
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Dallas in Dallas County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1927
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas 1927 Sheet 708
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Dallas in Dallas County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1927
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas 1927 Sheet 709
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Dallas in Dallas County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1927
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas 1927 Sheet 710
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Dallas in Dallas County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1927
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas 1927 Sheet 711
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Dallas in Dallas County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1927
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History