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[Hydraulic Fill]
Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 257) is of pools of water among mounds of dirt. The second image (numbered 258) is of a pool of water with part of a wooden tower in the foreground. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Hydraulic Fill Looking North from Sta. 30" taken on 04-11-26, and (bottom) "Garza Dam Hydraulic Fill North from Sta. 25" taken on 04-12-26.
Date:
1926
Creator:
Dallas Water Utilities
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Hydraulic Fill]
Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered P-37) is of a long pipe running along the side of a lake. The second image (numbered P-41) is of a mound of dirt with water in the distance. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Hydraulic Fill Looking North from Sta. 34" taken on 05-12-26, and (bottom) "Garza Dam Looking North from Sta. 37" taken on 08-12-26.
Date:
1926
Creator:
Dallas Water Utilities
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Hydraulic Fill and Overflow Well]
Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 231) is of two pools of water separated by a small dirt dam. The second image (numbered 232) is of two pools of water and a dirt mound between them; the dirt mound is lined with pipes. Handwritten text on the images identify them as (top) "Garza Dam Hydraulic Fill South from Sta. 9" and (bottom) "Garza Dam Hydraulic Fill South from Sta. 15+50. Overflow Well Close in," both taken on 02-01-26.
Date:
1926
Creator:
Dallas Water Utilities
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Levee and Blanket]
Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 290) is of a dirt slope with shallow pools of water at the bottom of it. The second image (numbered 296) is of a dirt road with train tracks. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam North from Sta. 37 Placing Wagon fill Levee Downstream" taken on 10-08-26, and (bottom) "Garza Dam North from Sta. 31 Placing Wagon Fill Blanket" taken on 10-27-26.
Date:
1926
Creator:
Dallas Water Utilities
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Loading Rock and Transferring Cars]
Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 292) is of a crane lifting rocks from a pile into a truck. The second image (numbered 295) is of men moving large stones from one train car to another before going over a spillway bridge. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Loading Local Rock in Trucks for Riprap" taken on 10-08-26, and (bottom) "Garza Dam Transferring Riprap Rock from Standard to Narrow G. Cars" taken on 10-27-26.
Date:
1926
Creator:
Dallas Water Utilities
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Prospects Bright for Kessler Program Cary Report Urges Action: Points Out Unity of Support and Cost of Further Delay
Article describing the changes to the city of Dallas, Texas during 1925 under the supervision of the Kessler Plan Association which designed the city plan. The article includes an over view of the plan, expenses, progress, county assistance, legal issues, and opinions. A sub-section includes a breakdown of some specific projects that happened under the plan.
Date:
1926~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Refilling Slide and Dumping Rock]
Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 297) is of men dumping dirt onto a slope. The second image (numbered 286) is of men dumping rocks onto a rocky slope. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Refilling Slide at Sta. 47" taken on 10-27-26, and (bottom) "Garza Dam Shuttle Car Dumping Rock on Upstream Toe" taken on 09-10-26.
Date:
1926
Creator:
Dallas Water Utilities
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Riprap]
Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 291) is of a wooden tower, with men laying rocks on a slope in the background. The second image (numbered 294) is of a tall hill covered in rocks, with some water at the bottom. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Placing Riprap at Sta. 47 from Local Rock" taken on 10-08-26, and (bottom) "Garza Dam Looking North Along Upstream Toe from opp. Sta. 50" taken on 10-25-26.
Date:
1926
Creator:
Dallas Water Utilities
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Riprap and Railroad Track]
Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 283) is of a slope covered in rocks, with a pile of rocks at the bottom and a railroad track at the top. The second image (numbered 284) is of railroad tracks at the top of a hill, leading towards a bridge across the spillway of a dam. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Showing Progress of Riprap S.W. from Sta. 63" and (bottom) "Garza Dam Track Arrangement to Transfer Riprap Rock from Standard gage cars to narrow gage cars," both taken on 08-12-26.
Date:
1926
Creator:
Dallas Water Utilities
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Riprap Progress]
Photograph taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The image (numbered P-40) is of a field, with a lake and a dam in the distance. Handwritten text on the image identifies it as "Garza Dam Showing Progress of Riprap from Spillway to Sta. 108" taken on 05-12-26.
Date:
1926
Creator:
Dallas Water Utilities
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Rock Riprap]
Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 235) is of a slope covered in neatly-placed rocks. The second image (numbered 236) is of railroad tracks at the top of a hill covered in rocks. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Rock Riprap Northeast from Sta. 106 + 50" and (bottom) "Garza Dam Top Curb of Rock Riprap Northeast from Sta. 106 + 50," both taken on 02-01-26.
Date:
1926
Creator:
Dallas Water Utilities
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Rock Riprap]
Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 251) is of men working on a gravel slope. The second image (numbered 252) is of a gravel slope above a river. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam North from Sta. 104 Showing Rock Riprap" and (bottom) "Garza Dam South from Sta. 90 Showing Rock Riprap" taken on 03-16-26
Date:
1926
Creator:
Dallas Water Utilities
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Rock Riprap]
Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 259) is of a valley with a large pile of rocks in it. The second image (numbered 261) is of a slope lined with rocks above a lake. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Rock Riprap on Upstream Slope Sta. 65 + 50 South" taken on 04-12-26, and (bottom) "Garza Dam Placing Rock Riprap on Upstream Slope Sta. 48 North" taken on 04-16-26.
Date:
1926
Creator:
Dallas Water Utilities
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Rock Riprap]
Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 233) is of a railroad track near a dirt slope with some rocks laid on it. The second image (numbered 234) is of a hill mostly covered in rocks. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Placing Rock Riprap Southwest from Sta. 100" and (bottom) "Garza Dam Rock Riprap Northeast from Sta. 104," both taken on 02-01-26.
Date:
1926
Creator:
Dallas Water Utilities
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Rockfill and Crib]
Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 287) is of men building a wooden frame in the side of a hill. The second image (numbered 293) is of rocks at the base of a dam, near the water line. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Building Rockfilled Crib at Entrance of Conduits" taken on 08-10-26, and (bottom) "Garza Dam Rockfill and Crib at Entrance to Conduits" taken on 10-25-26.
Date:
1926
Creator:
Dallas Water Utilities
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Section of Hydraulic Fill]
Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered P-26) is of a long dirt dam with water pooled on either side. The second image (numbered P-27) is of a pipe coming form a mound of dirt. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Looking North from Sta. 36 Starting Last Section of Hydraulic Fill" and (bottom) "Garza Dam Looking North from Sta. 30 Starting Last Section of Hydraulic Fill," both taken on 01-04-26.
Date:
1926
Creator:
Dallas Water Utilities
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Seven Views of White Rock Construction]
Seven photographs of construction at White Rock Lake. Each photo is identified by a handwritten caption, including sedimentation, manifold systems, mixing channels, and pipe galleries.
Date:
1926
Creator:
Dallas (Tex.)
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Slide and Hydraulic Fill]
Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 300) is of a horse and some men working on a dirt slope with pieces of pipe on it. The second image (numbered 301) is of a dirt trench with pipe pieces on its sides. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam North from Sta. 25 Slide on Downstream Slope" taken on 12-13-26, and (bottom) "Garza Dam North from Sta. 32 Hyd-fill Center, Clay Blanket Right" taken on 02-07-27.
Date:
[1926..1927]
Creator:
Dallas Water Utilities
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Slide Filling]
Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 277) is of men pouring dirt onto the side of a dam. The second image (numbered 278) is of dirt sliding down the slope of a dam. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Filling Slide Upstream Sta. 47" taken on 06-17-26, and (bottom) "Garza Dam Showing movement of Slide After Filling" taken on 08-05-26.
Date:
1926
Creator:
Dallas Water Utilities
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Spillway Bridge and Hydraulic Fill]
Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered P-30) is of a bridge built on a concrete spillway next to a building and some water. The second image (numbered P-31) is of a mound of dirt with water behind it. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Looking South from Top of Concrete Plant Near Sta. 55" and (bottom) "Garza Dam Looking North from Sta. 31, Bringing Up The Last Section of The Hydraulic Fill," both taken on 02-01-26.
Date:
1926
Creator:
Dallas Water Utilities
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Stop-Log Tower and Riprap]
Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 264) is of a wooden tower built on the edge of a lake below a slope. The second image (numbered 282) is of railroad tracks on the top of a dam, with a rock barrier on the slope below. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Riprap and Temporary Stop-Log Tower, Elev. Water 500.4" taken on 05-12-26, and (bottom) "Garza Dam Showing Riprap Southwest from Sta. 68" taken on 08-12-26.
Date:
1926
Creator:
Dallas Water Utilities
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Stoplogs and Dam]
Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 265) is of a concrete conduit filled with mud. The second image (numbered 266) is of a dam with people walking on the top of the dirt slope. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Part of Stoplogs Shot out of Right Conduit" and (bottom) "Garza Dam Slide at Sta. 48 Looking Northeast," both taken on 05-23-26.
Date:
1926
Creator:
Dallas Water Utilities
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Upstream and Downstream]
Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 253) is of a river next to a slope of dirt and rock. The second image (numbered 254) is of a dirt slope with pieces of pipe on it and water in the distance. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Upstream Toe Looking North from Sta. 36" and (bottom) "Garza Dam Downstream Side Looking North from Sta. 36," both taken on 04-06-26.
Date:
1926
Creator:
Dallas Water Utilities
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Upstream and Downstream Slides]
Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 249) is of a shallow pool lined with pipes. The second image (numbered 250) is of a dirt slope with a pipe running along it; a pool of water at the base of the slope has a pipe running across it, perpendicular to the slope. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam North from Sta. 37 Showing Slides Downstream" and "Garza Dam North from Sta. 28 Showing Upstream Slide Near Br. Line," both taken on 03-16-26 .
Date:
1926
Creator:
Dallas Water Utilities
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History