Panorama 4 of 4, J. W. Watson Farm

Caption says, "5-AL-417. Specifications No. 1374. Number four of a four shot panorama of the J. W. Watson farm, looking northeast to southeast from the Altus City Reservoir. Taken opposite Station 777+75, Altus Canal."
Date: November 13, 1946
Creator: Parker, D. B.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Panorama 4 of 4, J. W. Watson Farm

Caption says, "5-AL-416. Specifications No. 1374. Number three of a four shot panorama of the J. W. Watson farm, looking northeast to southeast from the Altus City Reservoir. View taken opposite Station 777+75, Altus Canal."
Date: November 13, 1946
Creator: Parker, D. B.
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

Members of Operation

Caption says, "5-AL-1220. Members of the Operation and Maintenance Field Meeting attending fish fry in the Quartz Mountain State Park Community House. Left to right: Paul Powell, Irrigation Maintenance Superintendent, Balmorhea Irrigation Project, Balmorhea, Texas; L. R. Fiock, Superintendent, Rio Grande Project, El Paso, Texas; M. R. Lewis, Branch of O. & M., Washington, D. C.; H. E. Robbins, Regional Director, Amarillo, Texas; Ray Lyman, Superintendent, Tucumcari Irrigation Project, N. M.; W. F. Resch, Assistant Superintendent, Rio Grande Project, El Paso, Texas; J. A. Callan, Project Engineer, W. C. Austin Project, Altus, Oklahoma."
Date: November 8, 1949
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

Gate Hoist

Caption says, "A-1115 View of emergency gate hoist structure on Altus Dam after painting had been completed."
Date: November 19, 1945
Creator: George, P. W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Hereford Cattle

Caption says, "5-AL-1105. Crops. Hereford cattle on irrigated winter wheat pasture on the C. F. Mock farm southwest of Altus."
Date: November 29, 1948
Creator: George, P. W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Loading Concrete from Mixer to Wheelbarrow

Caption says, "5-AL-432. Specifications No. 1179. Loading concrete from mixer to wheelbarrow for 6 foot by 4 foot culvert on the West Canal at Station 141+32."
Date: November 14, 1946
Creator: Reynolds, R. M.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

M-K-T Railroad

Caption says, "5-AL-423. General view looking south from the M-K-T Railroad right of way down Broadway Street of town of Hester, Oklahoma. (View from north edge of the platted area of the town.) Photograph taken at 9:30 a.m."
Date: November 14, 1946
Creator: Parker, D. B.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Caterpillar Pulling Sheepsfoot Roller

Caption says, "5-AL-412. Specifications No. 1374. Three-quarter front view of Caterpillar drawn Sheepsfoot roller in operation near Station 1012+00, Altus Canal."
Date: November 13, 1946
Creator: Parker, D. B.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Completed Drop

Caption says, "5-AL-419. Specifications No. 1133. Completed drop at Station 588+20, Altus Canal. Note water in canal in the foreground."
Date: November 13, 1946
Creator: Parker, D. B.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Elevating Grader

Caption says, "5-AL-411. Specifications No. 1374. Elevating grader in operation near Station 1012+00, Altus Canal."
Date: November 13, 1946
Creator: Parker, D. B.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Elevating Grader

Caption says, "5-AL-410. Specifications No. 1374. Elevating grader in operation near Station 972+00, Altus Canal."
Date: November 13, 1946
Creator: Parker, D. B.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Excavation through Shale

Caption says, "5-AL-420. Specifications No. 1133. View of Altus Canal excavated to grade at Station 462+30, through approximately 5 feet of shale."
Date: November 13, 1946
Creator: Parker, D. B.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Forms and Reinforcing Steel

Caption says, "5-AL-422. Specifications No. 1180. Outside forms and reinforcing steel in place for barrel of siphon at Station 326+88, Altus 9.9 Lateral."
Date: November 13, 1946
Creator: Parker, D. B.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Mixing and Placing Operations

Caption says, "5-AL-418. Specifications No. 1133. General view of mixing and placing operations for siphon at Station 593+49, Altus Canal."
Date: November 13, 1946
Creator: Parker, D. B.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Loading Aggregate from Hopper to Truck

Caption says, "5-AL-430. Specifications No. 1179. Aggregate being loaded from hopper to truck at the Stebbins Construction Co. batching plant at Blair, Oklahoma. View shows weighed batch of aggregate being dropped into divided compartment of truck."
Date: November 14, 1946
Creator: Parker, D. B.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Loading Aggregate from Hopper to Truck

Caption says, "5-AL-429. Specifications No. 1179. Aggregate being loaded from hopper to truck at the Stebbins Construction Co. batching plant at Blair, Oklahoma. Each batch of aggregate is first weighed, then dumped into separated compartments of truck."
Date: November 14, 1946
Creator: Reynolds, R. M.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Loading Cement Bags

Caption says, "5-AL-431. Specifications No. 1179. Completing the loading of batch truck by placing proper number of cement bags on each of the compartments of the truck."
Date: November 14, 1946
Creator: Reynolds, R. M.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History