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[Steel Pile Drive and Cut-Off Trench]

Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 58) is of a steel pile being constructed on the edge of a trench. The second image (numbered 59) is of a crane excavating a trench. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Exc. Cut-Off Trench Erecting Steel Pile Drive in foreground" and (bottom) "Garza Dam Bucyrus Class 24 Excavating Cut-Off Trench, Looking S." both taken on 11-10-24.
Date: 1924
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Steel Sheet Piling]

Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 69) is of a steel structure at the bottom of a trench. The second image (numbered 71) is of a trench with piles of dirt on either side, a steel structure at the bottom, and a crane on the far edge. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Driving Steel Sheet Piling in Core Trench," taken on 11-17-24 and (bottom) "Garza Dam Driving Steel Sheet and Exc. for Cut-Off Trench," taken on 11-21-24.
Date: 1924
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Suction Dredge]

Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 79) is of a wooden hull. The second image (numbered 80) is of a tiered wooden hull. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Building 20" Suction Dredge" and (bottom) "Garza Dam Side View of Hull for 20" Suction Dredge," both taken on 12-04-24.
Date: 1924
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Suction Dredge Construction]

Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 44) is of men constructing a dredge from wood and steel. The second image (numbered 45) is of men placing a wooden beam in a wood and steel frame. Handwritten text on the images identify them both as: "Garza Dam Interior of Hull for 20" Suction Dredge" taken on 11-06-24.
Date: 1924
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Suction Dredge Hull]

Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 23) is of lumber on the ground with a fenced area in the background. The second image (numbered 34) is of men working with lumber in a yard. Handwritten text on the images identify them both as: "Garza Dam Starting Hull for 20" Suction Dredge" taken on 10-17-24 and 10-24-24.
Date: 1924
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Suction Dredge Hull]

Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 47) is of a wooden structure being built. The second image (numbered 48) is of a wooden structure. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Building Hull for 20" Suction Dredge, taken on 11-01-24, and (bottom) "Garza Dam Hull for 20" Suction Dredge Looking S.E." taken on 11-07-24.
Date: 1924
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Suction Dredge Launching]

Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 98) is of a dredge being launched into a lake. The second image (numbered 100) is of a railroad track and steel rods in the foreground, with a dredge in water in the background. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Launching 20" Suction Dredge Hull 115'x43'x11'" taken on 12-23-24, and (bottom) "Garza Dam 20" Suction Dredge Starting Hydraulic Fill" taken on 01-22-25.
Date: [1924..1925]
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Temporary Dam]

Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 77) is of a crane placing a metal frame into a pile of dirt by a river. The second image (numbered 95) is of a trench in front of a dirt dam. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Setting Gate for 48" Pipe Through Temporary Dam" taken on 11-26-24, and (bottom) "Garza Dam to store water for Dredging Operations" taken on 12-15-24.
Date: 1924
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Temporary Dam]

Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 67) is of piles of dirt beside a river. The second image is of a crane piling dirt near a river. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Starting Temporary Dam across River" taken on 11-17-24, and (bottom) "Garza Dam Closing River Channel with Temporary Dam" taken on 11-23-24.
Date: 1924
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Trench and Pile Driver Crew]

Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 83) is of a long trench. The second image (numbered 103) is of a group of men standing on a pile driver. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Looking N. from Sta. 49," taken on 12-04-24 and (bottom) "Garza Dam Pile Drive and Crew on Steel Sheet Piling," taken on 01-22-25.
Date: [1924..1925]
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Tresses and Suction Dredge]

Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 41) is of a crane unloading steel tresses from a train car. The second image (numbered 42) is of a wooden structure being constructed. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Unloading Trusses for Dredge Hull" taken on 11-01-24, and (bottom) "Garza Dam Building Hull for 20" Suction Dredge" taken on 11-04-24.
Date: 1924
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Unloading Dragline and Garza Dam North]

Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 24) is of various machinery being unloaded from railroad cars; a horse-drawn wagon is near the railroad tracks. The second image (numbered 20) is of horses hitched to a mechanism in a field. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Unloading Bucyrus Class 24 Dragline" and (bottom) "Garza Dam North from South Bank" both taken 10-17-24.
Date: 1924
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Unloading Steel and Hauling Parts]

Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 31) is of steel sheets being unloaded from a train car. The second image (numbered 32) is of steel parts being hauled in a wagon. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Unloading Steel Sheet Piling for Cut-off," taken on 10-22-24 and (bottom) "Garza Dam Hauling Parts for Bucyrus Class 24 Dragline," taken on 10-24-24.
Date: 1924
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
System: The Portal to Texas History