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Building Channel Type Terrace on U. S. Government Land/LU Project
Photograph of nine UNIDENTIFED people watching a tenth UNIDENTIFIED man build a channel type terrace with #2 Terracer and TD-40 Tractor. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Building channel type terrace with TD-40 Tractor and #2 Terracer. 3d through. First through was made 6 ft. below staked channel line, cutting 12" deep with blade as flat as power would permit. On the second trip, the roll of dirt was moved as far downhill as possible to form the toe of the ridge. In this 3d through, blade is cutting slice 24" wide to same depth as previous cut and is set nearly flat."
Date:
February 18, 1941
Creator:
Jenkins, E. W.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Building Channel Type Terrace on U. S. Government Land/LU Project
Photograph of three UNIDENTIFED people watching a fourth UNIDENTIFIED man build a channel type terrace with #2 Terracer and TD-40 Tractor. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Building channel type terrace with TD-40 tractor and #2 terracer. 7th through. The roll of dirt from the 5th through has been moved into the ridge on the 6th through. Notice shape of back side of bridge as shown by the rope. In this 7th through, the blade is set flat, cutting the final 24" slice to the same depth."
Date:
February 18, 1941
Creator:
Jenkins, E. W.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Building Channel Type Terrace on U. S. Government Land/LU Project
Photograph of an UNIDENTIFED man building a channel type terrace with a #2 terracer and TD-40 tractor. A second UNIDENTIFED man stands watching in the background on the far right. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Building channel type terrace with TD-40 tractor and #2 Terracer. 11th through. It required two throughs, the 10th and 11th to move the dirt from the backsloping trip into the ridge. With 12' blade, this can be done in one through, and one less cutting round is required if power is ample. Notice final shape of terrace. Construction data: 3% slope; good soil condition (find [sic] sandy loam); length 330 feet; 5 ½ rounds; time 50 minutes; effective height 1.5'; channel cross-sectional area 18.5 square feet."
Date:
February 18, 1941
Creator:
Jenkins, E. W.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Building Channel Type Terrace on U. S. Government Land/LU Project
Photograph of two UNIDENTIFED men using a 5' Texas Terracer and farm tractor to build a channel type terrace. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Building channel type terrace with 5' Texas terracer and farm tractor. 5th through. Blade tilted slightly, beginning to form the ridge."
Date:
February 18, 1941
Creator:
Jenkins, E. W.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Building Channel Type Terrace on U. S. Government Land/LU Project
Photograph of eight UNIDENTIFED people watching two UNIDENTIFED men using a 5' Texas Terracer and farm tractor to build a channel type terrace. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Building channel type terrace with 5' Texas terracer and farm tractor. 35th through. Finished height of ridge has been al ost [sic] attained. Some dirt remains to be cut from channel and moved into ridge. This was accomplished and terrace completed in 24 rounds. Construction data: 4% slope; good soil condition; length 270 ft.; construction time 2 hrs. 10 min; effective height 15"; channel cross-sectional area 12 sq. ft."
Date:
February 18, 1941
Creator:
Jenkins, E. W.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Building Channel Type Terrace on U. S. Government Land/LU Project
Photograph of six UNIDENTIFIED people watching two UNIDENTIFED men on a tractor and plow making 1st through with drag for the construction of a channel type terrace. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Building channel type terrace with plow, 5' Fresno and Farm Tractor. 1st through with drag. Lines marking upper and lower limits of ridge have been plowed out, and a strip 8' wide has been plowed, leaving an undisturbed strip 4' wide above the upper edge of the ridge area."
Date:
February 18, 1941
Creator:
Jenkins, E. W.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Building Channel Type Terrace on U. S. Government Land/LU Project
Photograph of eight UNIDENTIFIED people witnessing the construction of a channel type terrace. A UNIDENTIFED man is sitting on the tractor, while another UNIDENTIFED man stands in the middle of the terrace. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Building channel type terrace with plow, 5' Fresno and Farm Tractor. 2nd through with drag. Two trips with the drag are made across each part of the plowed area before it is re-plowed."
Date:
February 18, 1941
Creator:
Jenkins, E. W.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Building Channel Type Terrace on U. S. Government Land/LU Project
Photograph of two UNIDENTIFED men building channel type terrace with plow, 5' Fresno, and farm tractor. Two other UNIDENTIFIED people are standing in the left and left center of the photographs background. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Building channel type terrace with plow, 5' Fresno and Farm Tractor. 4th through with Fresno. The channel has been replowed and two drags have been made across 20" of the terrace, completing that portion."
Date:
February 18, 1941
Creator:
Jenkins, E. W.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Chickasha Star (Chickasha, Okla.), Vol. 40, No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 18, 1941
Weekly newspaper from Chickasha, Oklahoma that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
December 18, 1941
Creator:
Kayser, J. W.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Sulphur Daily News (Sulphur, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 265, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 18, 1941
Daily newspaper from Sulphur, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
October 18, 1941
Creator:
John, Paul
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Sulphur Daily News (Sulphur, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 18, 1941
Daily newspaper from Sulphur, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
December 18, 1941
Creator:
John, Paul
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Lugert Borrow Area
Caption says, "Altus Project - Altus, Oklahoma. Dikes, Lugert - No. A-209 Lugert Borrow Area, vicinity of Pit Area L-3. View from station 40+00. Taken from top of waste pile 50 feet upstream from upstream toe."
Date:
July 18, 1941
Creator:
Breitenstein, Frank C.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Lugert Borrow Area
Caption says, "Altus Project - Altus, Oklahoma. Dikes, Lugert - No. A-208 Lugert Borrow Area, vicinity of Pit Areas L-9, L-10, L-9b and L-10b. View from Station 16+50 on upstream slope of Lugert Dike."
Date:
July 18, 1941
Creator:
Breitenstein, Frank C.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Lugert Dike
Caption says, "Altus Project - Altus, Oklahoma. Dikes, Lugert - No. A-210 Downstream toe Lugert Dike, looking south from Station 40+00, 50 feet downstream from downstream toe."
Date:
July 18, 1941
Creator:
Breitenstein, Frank C.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Lima Shovel
Caption says, "Altus Project - Altus, Oklahoma. Dikes, Lugert - No. A-211 Lima shovel in Borrow Area No. 1, southwest of haul road and quarry road intersection."
Date:
July 18, 1941
Creator:
Breitenstein, Frank C.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Lugert Dike
Caption says, "Altus Project - Altus, Oklahoma. Dikes, Lugert - No. A-213 Upstream slope of Lugert Dike looking north from Station 11+00, 50 feet upstream from upstream toe. White stake at right is Station 12+00 and white stake in center of picture is Station 14+00."
Date:
July 18, 1941
Creator:
Breitenstein, Frank C.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
WPA Laborers Cutting Stone
Caption says, "Altus Project - Altus, Oklahoma. Rock Quarry - No. A-206 WPA laborers cutting face stone and parrapet stone in the stone yard south of the quarry. Three stone-cutting tools are in use. In the center is the bull set, in the left foreground the man at the left is using a hand set, and the hand chisel is being used by the man at the right."
Date:
July 18, 1941
Creator:
Breitenstein, Frank C.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
WPA Laborers Cutting Stone
Caption says, "Altus Project, Altus, Oklahoma. Rock Quarry - No. A-205 WPA laborers cutting face stone and parapet stone in the stone yard south of the quarry. The stone cutting tools shown in use are: Left, the bull set; right, hand set; center background, hand chisel."
Date:
July 18, 1941
Creator:
Breitenstein, Frank C.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Rock Crusher Conveyor
Caption says, "Altus Project, Altus, Oklahoma. Rock Quarry - No. A-212 Close-up of rock crusher plant showing screening section and return chain of buckets."
Date:
July 18, 1941
Creator:
Breitenstein, Frank C.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Stairway to Quarry
Caption says, "Altus Project - Altus, Oklahoma. Rock Quarry - No. A-207 Telephoto of stairway from quarry bench to the top of the quarry."
Date:
July 18, 1941
Creator:
Breitenstein, Frank C.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Coyote (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 18, 1941
Bimonthly student newspaper from Weatherford College in Weatherford, Texas that includes news of interest to students and staff along with advertising.
Date:
December 18, 1941
Creator:
Weatherford College
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Drumright Daily Derrick (Drumright, Okla.), Vol. 29, No. 155, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 18, 1941
Daily newspaper from Drumright, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
February 18, 1941
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Drumright Daily Derrick (Drumright, Okla.), Vol. 29, No. 175, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 18, 1941
Daily newspaper from Drumright, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
March 18, 1941
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Drumright Daily Derrick (Drumright, Okla.), Vol. 29, No. 198, Ed. 1 Friday, April 18, 1941
Daily newspaper from Drumright, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
April 18, 1941
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History