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Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of wet core trench being excavated with a 3/4 cubic yard dragline and loaded into scrapers to be disposed of Station 10+50 C/L (center line) of dam
Date:
September 14, 1955
Creator:
Cornforth, Kenneth
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of wet core trench being excavated with a 3/4 cubic yard dragline and loaded into scrapers to be disposed of Station 10+50 C/L (center line) of dam
Date:
September 14, 1955
Creator:
Cornforth, Kenneth
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Watersheds
Photograph of lower end of concrete pipe. OK-169-6.
Date:
September 28, 1955
Creator:
Cornforth, Kenneth
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of a floodwater retarding structure. Water discharging through 30-inch diameter principal spillway with water approximately 16 feet above the top of the drop inlet. OK-544-4.
Date:
July 19, 1957
Creator:
Cornforth, Kenneth
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
Photograph of the Caney River Watershed, Site # 6, looking northeast from the station, 11+00 along C/L [center line] of dam. OK-203-7.
Date:
December 1955
Creator:
Cornforth, Kenneth
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Hogshooter Creek Salt Water Pollution
Photograph of Salt water spraying from a salt water line and killing the vegetation on a large area near the Jack Cochran farm north of Oglesby. The Saltwater is also running into Hogshooter Creek and polluting the stream. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Salt water spraying from a salt water line and killing the vegetation on a large area. Also is running into Hog-shooter Creek and polluting the stream."
Date:
August 25, 1971
Creator:
Wood, Calvin L.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Hogshooter Creek Salt Water Pollution
Photograph of Salt water spraying from a salt water line and killing the vegetation on a large area near the Jack Cochran farm north of Oglesby. The Saltwater is also running into Hogshooter Creek and polluting the stream. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Salt water spraying from a salt water line and killing the vegetation on a large area. Also is running into Hog-shooter Creek and polluting the stream."
Date:
August 25, 1971
Creator:
Wood, Calvin L.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Deteriorated Manhole on Main Sewer Line
Photograph of "A manhole on main sewer line that has deteriorated and fallen apart, and is letting raw sewage run over pasture land."
Date:
January 31, 1973
Creator:
Wood, Calvin L.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Water and Raw Sewage Flowing From Sewer Manhole
Photograph of water and raw sewage from an overloaded covered sewer spewing from the manhole near Rowing Meadows, Bartlesville. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Water from sewer manhole that has been covered up during construction of Willow Brook apartments on E. Adams Blvd. Sewer became overloaded during rain and backed up, and was releasing raw sewage from this manhole."
Date:
March 2, 1973
Creator:
Wood, Calvin L.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Johnny Bitness, Johnny Blevins, and Wilbur Hadley Using Pull-Type Combines to Harvest Sideoats Grama
Photograph of Johnny Bitness and Johnny Blevins using pull-type combines to harvest sideoats grama for the Caney Valley Soil Conservation District. A third man, Wilbur Hadley is operating the machine directly behind Blevins' combine. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. Johnny Bitness, 2. Johnny Blevins, 3. Wilber Hadley. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Pull-type combines harvesting sideoats grama grass for the Caney Valley Soil Conservation District. Johnny Bitness drives the combine at the left, Johnny Blevins the one at the right. Behind Blevins' machine is another operated by Wilbur Hadley of Wann, Okla. All three operators are hired by the district."
Date:
August 26, 1948
Creator:
Reid, Louis
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Double Creek Overall View of Site 2
Photograph of Double Creek, an overall view of the reservoir looking downstream.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Phillips Petroleum Co.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
A Change from Native Pasture
Photograph of Double Creek Site 14. Land use changed from native pasture to tame-in the flood pool area. Native grasses were killed out in 1957 due to high water after shich was seeded with common bermudagrass.
Date:
October 24, 1961
Creator:
Bryan, Hugo
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Double Creek Overall View
Photograph of Double Creek, an overall view of the reservoir looking upstream.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Phillips Petroleum Co.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Double Creek Watershed Sign
Photograph of the sign on US Highway 75 at the entrance into Double Creek Watershed from the south. The six upstream detention dams constructed on the watershed were designed and constructed by the Soil Conservation Service.
Date:
May 12, 1956
Creator:
McConnell, John
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Double Creek Overall View of Site 2
Photograph of Double Creek, an overall view of the reservoir looking upstream.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Phillips Petroleum Co.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Double Creek Watershed Tree Removal
Photograph of D-7 tractor with dozer piling timber to be burned.
Date:
1955-07-XX
Creator:
Cornforth, Kenneth
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Double Creek Retention Reservoir
Photograph of Double Creek Site 5 detention reservoir. See also OK 3-4. Construction completed 11-11-54
Date:
1955-01-XX
Creator:
Brune, G. M.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Double Creek Trench Construction
Photograph of setting concrete support blocks in trench to set concrete pipe on Site No. 4, Double Creek Sub-Watershed, Caney River Watershed
Date:
1954-07-XX
Creator:
Cornforth, Kenneth
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Double Creek Spillway Entrance
Photograph of view looking northwest across spillway entrance, show water pool elevation.
Date:
1955-04-XX
Creator:
Cornforth, Kenneth
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Caney River Watershed
Photograph of structure outlet with water level in reservoir one foot over riser.
Date:
1959-04-XX
Creator:
Cornforth, Kenneth
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Landscape of Bates-Collinsville Complex
Photograph of a typical landscape of Bates-Collinsville complex with native grass cover.
Date:
July 2, 1964
Creator:
Bryan, Hugo
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Landscape of Collinsville-Talihina Complex
Photograph of a typical landscape of Collinsville-Talihina complex in excellent native grass range.
Date:
July 2, 1964
Creator:
Polona, Dock J.
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of showing a failed effort to improve pasture. In the effort to do so, Mr. W. M. Sears spot planted Bermuda grass sod every 16 square feet and overseeded it with Korean Lespedeza. The pasture was also limed with no results. The Bermuda grass did not spread and soon both the grass and the lespedeza were gone. This work was not done in accordance with proper land use. OK-274-10.
Date:
May 12, 1956
Creator:
McConnell, John
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
Photograph of tame pasture. This pasture, a mixture of alfalfa and tall fescue grass is not grazed in the summer so that it will go into the fall with 2 to 3 tons per acre of forage on the ground for winter. It is used in a pasture rotation system with a pasture of brown grass and alfalfa and one of midland Bermuda brome grass overseeded with vetch rye. The improvements were made on these pastures with the assistance of the Soil Conservation Service. OK-274-12.
Date:
May 12, 1956
Creator:
McConnell, John
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History