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[Temporary Dam Failure]

Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 151) is of a trench filling with water after a dam failure. The second image (numbered 152) is of water flowing over a dam into a trench. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "1:56 pm Garza Dam Failure of Temporary Dam" and (bottom) "Back-water rising rapidly because river channel has been closed by main dam about 300 feet downstream. 1:59 pm Garza Dam Failure of Temporary Dam" both taken on 04-28-24.
Date: 1925
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Temporary Dam Failure]

Photograph taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The image (numbered 153) is of a trench filled with water. Handwritten text on the image identifies it as: "2:04 pm Garza Dam Failure of Temporary Dam" taken on 04-28-25.
Date: 1925
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

[Upstream and Downstream]

Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 253) is of a river next to a slope of dirt and rock. The second image (numbered 254) is of a dirt slope with pieces of pipe on it and water in the distance. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Upstream Toe Looking North from Sta. 36" and (bottom) "Garza Dam Downstream Side Looking North from Sta. 36," both taken on 04-06-26.
Date: 1926
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Upstream and Downstream Slides]

Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 249) is of a shallow pool lined with pipes. The second image (numbered 250) is of a dirt slope with a pipe running along it; a pool of water at the base of the slope has a pipe running across it, perpendicular to the slope. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam North from Sta. 37 Showing Slides Downstream" and "Garza Dam North from Sta. 28 Showing Upstream Slide Near Br. Line," both taken on 03-16-26 .
Date: 1926
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Upstream Slop and Pump]

Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 202) is of a small hill of dirt with water running alongside it. The second image (numbered 206) is of a river with men holding a pipe. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Unfinished Upstream Slope Near Sta. 95" taken on 08-21-25, and (bottom) "Garza Dam Pumping Clay into Cut-Off Trench Near Sta. 66" taken on 09-09-25.
Date: 1925
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Upstream Slope]

Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 327) is of a river with a dam in the background. The second image (numbered 331) is of a lake with a tower in it. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Upstream Slope from Sta. 13 South" taken on 09-29-27, and (bottom) "Garza Dam Upstream Slope North from Stop Log Tower" taken on 10-06-27.
Date: 1927
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Upstream Slope and Blanket Pumping]

Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 317) is of a dirt plateau with a dredge in a lake in the background. The second image (numbered 318) is of a dirt slope with a forest at the bottom, and a car at the top. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Upstream Slope of Dam from Sta. 14 South" taken on 06-28-27, and (bottom) "Garza Dam Pumping Blanket on downstream Slope Sta. 31" taken on 07-08-27.
Date: 1927
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Wagon Fill]

Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 326) is of men working on a dirt slope with a lake in the background. The second image (numbered 332) is of a rocky slope above a lake. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam North from Sta. 31 Placing Last of Wagon Fill" taken on 09-29-27, and (bottom) "Garza Dam Downstream Slope North from Sta. 38" taken on 10-06-27.
Date: 1927
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Wagon Fill]

Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 311) is of a dirt road with tire tracks. The second image (numbered 312) is of men spraying water on loose dirt, with horses and wagons in the distance. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Looking North over Wagon Fill from Sta. 25" taken on 05-17-27, and (bottom) "Garza Dam Looking north from Sta. 29 over Wagon Fill" taken on 06-06-27.
Date: 1927
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
System: The Portal to Texas History