Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of the Frisco Railway, near Bessie, OK, after a 6 inch flash flood 1/4 mile of the railraod, with the track and rail washed over against the right-of-way fence. OK-9561.
Date: May 12, 1947
Creator: Parman, Rex (Frank's Studio, Cordell, OK)
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of a road as impassable with a great deal of damage being done to fill in between the bridges. OK-9360.
Date: May 12, 1947
Creator: Parman, Rex (Frank's Studio, Cordell, OK)
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

An UNIDENTIFIED Man Surveying a Drainage Ditch

Photograph of an UNIDENTIFIED man surveying a drainage ditch, also known as the Abney-Huey Project. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Looking upstream along drainage ditch known as Abney-Huey Project. Rod and chain show depth and shape of section, about 3 ft. deep with 3-1 sides and V bottom."
Date: May 12, 1943
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History