Serial/Series Title

Language

[Levee and Pool]

Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 200) is of cranes piling dirt on the sides of a river. The second image (numbered 201) is of a long pool of water. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Building Levees for Hydraulic Fill near Sta. 103" taken on 08-15-25, and (bottom) "Garza Dam Looking N. E. from Sta. 108 Elev. of Pool 528" taken on 08-21-25.
Date: 1925
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Levee and Spillway Foundation]

Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 135) is of men and machinery in a large pit, with a small wooden bridge in the foreground. The second image (numbered 139) is of concrete being poured into a trench in a shallow pit. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Spillway Exc. and Levee Looking Southeast from Concrete" taken on 03-27-25, and (bottom) "Garza Dam Spillway Foundation Looking North" taken on 04-13-25.
Date: 1925
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Outlet Conduits]

Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 141) is of concrete outlet conduits in a trench. The second image (numbered 142) is of concrete outlet conduits with tall concrete walls. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Outlet Conduits Looking Upstream" taken on 04-13-25, and (bottom) "Garza Dam Outlet Conduits Looking Downstream" taken on 04-14-25.
Date: 1925
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Outlet Conduits]

Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 213) is of concrete outlet conduits with water flowing through them. The second image (numbered 262) is of concrete outlet conduits filled with water. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Downstream End of Outlet Conduits" taken on 10-24-25, and (bottom) "Garza Dam Downstream End of Outlet Conduits 5 Logs out S. Cond., Elev. Water in Lake 499" taken 04-24-26.
Date: [1925..1926]
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Pumping and Hydraulic Fill]

Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 121) is of men pouring water into a trench. The second image (numbered 122) is of a lake. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Pumping into River Section of Dam" and (bottom) "Garza Dam 20" Suction Dredge Pumping for Hydraulic Fill" both taken on 02-26-25
Date: 1925
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Riprap and Gravel]

Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 209) is of several wagons at the top of a slope covered in rocks, next to a lake. The second image (numbered 218) is of wagons at the top of a dirt slope above a lake. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Placing Riprap on Upstream Slope, Water Elev. 491.2" taken on 09-16-25, and (bottom) "Garza Dam Sloping and Placing Gravel Blanket for Riprap" taken on 11-24-25.
Date: 1925
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
System: The Portal to Texas History

[River Channel and Fishtrap Road]

Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 191) is of a small river surrounded by brush and tree branches. The second image (numbered 190) is of a crane dumping dirt onto a dirt pile. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Reservoir Timber Slashed in River Channel S. from Fishtrap Br." and (bottom) "Garza Reservoir New Model 2-T Monighan Raising Fishtrap Road," both taken on 07-20-25.
Date: 1925
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Sloping Hydraulic Fill]

Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 221) is of a crane at the top of a dirt hill, with men and a wagon at the bottom of the hill. The second image (numbered 222) is of a crane at the top of a dirt slope. Handwritten text on the images identify them both as: "Garza Dam Sloping Hydraulic Fill with Bucyrus 30-B. Near Sta. 85" taken on 11-24-25.
Date: 1925
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Spillway]

Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 168) is of a partially-constructed concrete structure in a dirt pit. The second image (numbered 169) is of a man standing in a wooden frame for concrete in a trench. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Spillway Looking Northwest" and (bottom) "Garza Dam Spillway Forms for Downstream Slope," both taken on 05-28-25.
Date: 1925
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Spillway]

Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered P-9) is of a smoothed dirt slope with concrete at the top. The second image (numbered P-13) is of a large, partially constructed concrete slope with wooden frames. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Spillway Weir and Excavation for Downstream Slope and Apron" taken on 07-20-25, and (bottom) "Garza Dam Spillway Looking North" taken on 08-21-25.
Date: 1925
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Spillway]

Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image is of a concrete spillway with a concrete floor. The second image is of a concrete spillway with a wooden structure at the top of it. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Spillway Looking North," and "Garza Dam Spillway Looking South," both taken on 09-03-25.
Date: 1925
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Spillway]

Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered P-1) is of a concrete structure in a pit near a row of buildings. The second image (numbered P-4) is of a large pit with concrete on one side. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Shops, Concrete Plant Spillway and Spillway Outlet Looking North" taken on 05-15-25, and (bottom) "Garza Dam Spillway and Concrete Plant Looking Southwest" taken on 05-18-25.
Date: 1925
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Spillway]

Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 195) is of concrete being poured into wooden frames at the bottom of the trench. The second image (numbered 199) is of men pouring concrete for a spillway. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Pouring N. End of Concrete Spillway Apron" taken on 07-30-25, and (bottom) "Garza Dam Pouring Concrete on Spillway Slope" taken on 08-15-25.
Date: 1925
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Spillway and Bridge]

Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered P-24) is of a bridge being constructed on top of a spillway. The second image (numbered P-28) is of a bridge built on a spillway. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Spillway and Bridge from Downstream Side Looking North" taken on 11-24-25, and (bottom) "Garza Dam Spillway and Spillway Bridge Looking South from Downstream Side" taken on 01-05-26.
Date: [1925..1926]
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Spillway and Bridge]

Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered P-14) is of a large concrete spillway with concrete structures on either side. The second image (numbered P-17) is of a concrete spillway with the framework of a bridge at the top. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Spillway Looking South, Concrete Plant" taken on 08-21-25, and (bottom) "Garza Dam Spillway Looking North Showing Progress on Erection of Spillway Bridge" taken on 10-21-25.
Date: 1925
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Spillway and Bridge]

Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 208) is of a concrete spillway. The second image (numbered 214) is of a bridge being constructed on top of a spillway. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Spillway Looking Northwest" taken on 09-16-25, and (bottom) "Garza Dam Spillway and Spillway Bridge Looking Northwest" taken on 10-24-25.
Date: 1925
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Spillway and Cantilever Wall]

Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 160) is of a sloped concrete structure in a pit. The second image (numbered 165) is of concrete poured into a trench with a steel frame. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Spillway Looking Southwest" taken on 05-18-25, and (bottom) "Garza Dam Steel in Base of South Upstream Cantilever Wall" taken on 05-20-25.
Date: 1925
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Spillway and Headwall]

Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 182) is of men pouring concrete into a wooden frame at the top of a wall, with wood laying on the ground in front of it. The second image (numbered 183) is of a large concrete structure above a river. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Buggying Concrete up to Top of South Headwall" and (bottom) "Garza Dam Back Face of South Spillway Headwall," both taken on 07-10-25.
Date: 1925
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Spillway and Hydraulic Fill]

Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered P-22) is of a lake near a row of buildings and a bridge being constructed. The second image (numbered P-21) is of a river between long dirt hills with piping along the top of one side. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Spillway and Bridge, Shops, Spillway from Core Pool, Borrow Pits, Dredge" and (bottom) "Garza Dam Hydraulic Fill North of Spillway, Core Pool at Elev. 528," both taken on 11-24-25.
Date: 1925
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Spillway and Outlet]

Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered P-6) is of a concrete spillway with an arched tunnel running through it. The second image (numbered P-7) is of a sloped concrete structure at the top of a slope. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Looking North Spillway and Spillway Outlet" and (bottom) "Garza Dam Spillway Looking Northwest" both taken on 06-15-25.
Date: 1925
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Spillway and Stored Water]

Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered P-18) is of a concrete spillway with buildings and a lake beside it. The second image (numbered P-19) is of a lake with a crane on top of the slope nearby. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Spillway Looking South, Shops, Borrow Field for Hydraulic Fill" and (bottom) "Garza Dam Water Stored for Dredge by Unfinished Dam at Right Looking North," both taken on 10-21-25.
Date: 1925
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Spillway and Weir]

Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered P-8) is of a concrete structure at the top of a hill. The second image (numbered P-10) is of an excavated dirt slope with a section of concrete at the top. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Looking Southwest Spillway" taken on 06-15-25, and (bottom) "Garza Dam Excavation for Spillway Apron Spillway Weir and Headwalls Looking South" taken on 07-20-25.
Date: 1925
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Spillway and Weir]

Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 138) is of a large, shallow pit with buildings on the far edge of it. The second image (numbered 140) is of men pouring concrete into a wooden frame. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Spillway Looking Upstream and to Northwest," and (bottom) "Garza Dam Placing Concrete in Spillway Weir" both taken on 04-13-25.
Date: 1925
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Spillway and Weir]

Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 156) is of concrete in a shallow pit with cars and men around the edge of it. The second image (numbered 157) is of a concrete-pouring mechanism on the edge of a pit. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Spillway Looking Upstream and Northwest" and (bottom) "Garza Dam Placing Concrete Near North End of Spillway," both taken on 05-05-25.
Date: 1925
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
System: The Portal to Texas History