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Rock Excavation

Caption says, "A-382 Railroad and Highway Relocation. Rock excavation in cut on Santa Fe Railroad Relocation. Station 75 to 77."
Date: October 9, 1941
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Concrete Culvert

Caption says, "A-508 Culvert on Highway 44 relocation, Station 44. Outlet end of culvert."
Date: December 9, 1941
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Shovel in Santa Fe Railroad Relocation

Caption says, "A-510 N. W. Shovel #3 excavating cut in Santa Fe Railroad relocation area, vicinity of Station 62."
Date: December 9, 1941
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Dump Truck Filled with Material

Caption says, "A-506 East Dike, Section B, from rocky point at south end of dike, Station 0-64."
Date: December 9, 1941
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Caterpillar Tractor

Caption says, "A-384 Dikes, North. Caterpillar tractor with bulldozer attachment pulling rolling tamper on backfilling operations in cutoff trench. North Dike, Station 3+50."
Date: October 9, 1941
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Shale and Clay

Caption says, "A-386 Dikes, North. Strata of shale and clay in east bank of cut in Barrow Area "N"."
Date: October 9, 1941
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Placing Operations

Caption says, "5-AL-228 Specifications No. 1133. View of placing operations at overchute across Altus Canal at Station 506+80."
Date: July 9, 1946
Creator: Reynolds, R. M.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Partially Completed West Canal

Caption says, "5-AL-232 Specifications No. 1179. View of partially completed West Canal looking upstream from near Station 590."
Date: July 9, 1946
Creator: Reynolds, R. M.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Maintenance Field Meeting

Caption says, "5-AL-1215. Members of Operation and Maintenance Field Meeting watching operator of Model C-7 Briscoe ditcher put it through all its movements."
Date: November 9, 1949
Creator: Finch, F. S.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Assembled Lock-Joint Pipe

Caption says, "5-AL-237 View showing completed assembly of Lock-Joint pipe before application of grout."
Date: July 9, 1946
Creator: Reynolds, R. M.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Assembling Lock-Joint Pipe

Caption says, "5-AL-236 View showing assembly of Lock-Joint pipe as rubber gasket enters the bell."
Date: July 9, 1946
Creator: Reynolds, R. M.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Batching Operations

Caption says, "5-AL-227 Specifications No. 1133. View of batching operations at overchute across Altus Canal at Station 506+80. Mixer in the background."
Date: July 9, 1946
Creator: Reynolds, R. M.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Men at Airport

Photograph depicts some VIPs upon their arrival at the Altus Airport. From left to right: Governor of Oklahoma Roy J. Turner; former Governor Robert S. Kerr (later a U. S. Senator from Oklahoma); United States Secretary of the Interior J. A. Krug; Altus Attorney Robert Harbison, and Executive Secretary of the National Reclamation Association Don McBride.
Date: September 9, 1947
Creator: Finch, F. S.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Maintenance Field Meeting

Caption says, "5-AL-1214. Members of Operation and Maintenance Field Meeting watch the Model C-7 Briscoe ditcher cleaning a lateral."
Date: November 9, 1949
Creator: Finch, F. S.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Canal Bank

Caption says, "5-AL-1216. Canal bank being cleaned of weeds by a chain with a weight on end and pulled by truck along canal bank."
Date: November 9, 1949
Creator: Finch, F. S.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

George Cooper, Watermaster

Caption says, "5-AL-1218. George Cooper, Watermaster of the W. C. Austin Project, Oklahoma, holds weed sprayer made in the Bureau of Reclamation shop, Altus, Oklahoma. Sprayer is 6 feet long, nozzles are 18" apart and can be used for 2, 4-D or oil. This sprayer is used on the end of a boom mounted on a truck. It is designed for approximately 30 lbs. P.S.I."
Date: November 9, 1949
Creator: Finch, F. S.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Inspection

Caption says, "5-AL-1211. Members of Operation and Maintenance Field Meeting inspect test plot of grasses for right-of-way and canal banks seeding."
Date: November 9, 1949
Creator: Finch, F. S.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Automatic Siphon Wasteway

Caption says, "5-AL-1213. P. W. George, Bureau of Reclamation, O. & M. office, Altus, Oklahoma, explains Automatic Siphon Wasteway at end of Altus Canal to members of Operation and Maintenance Field Meeting."
Date: November 9, 1949
Creator: Finch, F. S.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Inspection

Caption says, "5-AL-1212. Members of Operation and Maintenance Field Meeting inspect siphon wasteway at end of Altus Canal."
Date: November 9, 1949
Creator: Finch, F. S.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Drainage

Caption says, "5-AL-478. Specification No. 1133. View of outlet transition of 36-inch pipe highway siphon, Altus 4.8 lateral, Station 88+25."
Date: January 9, 1947
Creator: Parker, D. B.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Highway Siphon

Caption says, "5-AL-479. Specification No. 1133. Type No. 25 check, Altus 4.8 lateral, Station 90+00. Eighteen-inch turnout and 36-inch highway siphon in background."
Date: January 9, 1947
Creator: Parker, D. B.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Air Entraining Agent

Caption says, "5-AL-480. Specification No. 1133. View of 2.75 foot by 2.75 foot concrete box siphon at Station 100+80, Altus 4.8 lateral, showing metal markers used to designate structures in which air entraining agent has been used in concrete."
Date: January 9, 1947
Creator: Parker, D. B.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Bridge

Caption says, "5-AL-473. Specification No. 1374. View of completed check on the Altus Canal at Station 925+35, looking downstream."
Date: January 9, 1947
Creator: Parker, D. B.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Concrete Box Siphon

Caption says, "5-AL-481. Specification No. 1133. Elevated view of 2.75 foot by 2.75 foot concrete box siphon at Station 100+80, Altus 4.8 lateral, showing metal markers used to designate structures in which air entraining agent has been used in concrete."
Date: January 9, 1947
Creator: Parker, D. B.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History