Pond Reconstruction

Photograph of the core job on pond reconstruction.
Date: December 24, 1959
Creator: Schwarz, A. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of stock water pond. Pipe installations are 16 inches [in diameter?], ½ inch thick and 180 feet long with 4 seep rings, each 6 inches square. The stockwater pond was constructed under a pooling agreement with the adjoining landowner, Ralph Ottinger. Also designed to store floodwater to protect bottomland on 3 farms below. The pipe is used as the principal spillway and has sandrock for the emergency spill. From left to right: L. B. Wyatt, the hydro landowner; Orville Fowler, from Clinton, the contractor; and Basil Murphy, from Hinton, the welder. OK-1239-11.
Date: December 24, 1960
Creator: Tarrant, Charles
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farm Pond Reconstruction

Photograph of the core job on reconstruction of a farm pond.
Date: December 24, 1959
Creator: Schwarz, A. J.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History