Regional Water Plan: Region M (Rio Grande), 2016, Volume 2. Appendices (open access)

Regional Water Plan: Region M (Rio Grande), 2016, Volume 2. Appendices

Appendices for water plan for Region M including recommended and not recommended water management strategies, model drought and water conservation plans, survey data, and related reports on different areas of the water plan.
Date: December 1, 2015
Creator: Black & Veatch
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Regional Water Plan: Region M (Rio Grande), Volume 1. Executive Summary and Regional Water Plan (open access)

Regional Water Plan: Region M (Rio Grande), Volume 1. Executive Summary and Regional Water Plan

Water plan for Region M (Rio Grande) describing water resources and suppliers in the area, usage statistics and forecasts, water needs, water management strategies, drought response plans, financing for the plan, and the process of creating the plan.
Date: December 1, 2015
Creator: Black & Veatch
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Train-Stopping Apparatus (open access)

Train-Stopping Apparatus

Patent for the improvement of train stopping apparatuses, includes illustration.
Date: December 7, 1915
Creator: Bock, Victor E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Heater. (open access)

Heater.

Patent for a heater, "designed for use in orchards for raising the temperature of the atmosphere at times when frosts or freezing temperature is threatened" (lines 11-14). Illustration included.
Date: November 18, 1919
Creator: Briscoe, Williard H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Excavator. (open access)

Excavator.

Patent for Excavator
Date: March 13, 1917
Creator: Butterfield, Charles S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Addendum to Regional Water Supply Facilities Plan Final Report (April 2011) (open access)

Addendum to Regional Water Supply Facilities Plan Final Report (April 2011)

Appendixes to the Hidalgo County, Texas Regional Water Supply Facilities Plan Report.
Date: May 2011
Creator: Civil Systems Engineering, Inc.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
City of Edinburg Master Drainage Plan (open access)

City of Edinburg Master Drainage Plan

Report on the master drainage plan for the city of Edinburg, Texas.
Date: July 2015
Creator: Civil Systems Engineering, Inc.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Game-Retaining Garment (open access)

Game-Retaining Garment

Patent for a garment with detachable areas that allows for the carrying and quick loading of ammunition when hunting game, and is more sanitary and durable than other options.
Date: June 17, 1919
Creator: Cox, Benjamin F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dredge. (open access)

Dredge.

Patent for an excavating machine specifically designed for canal digging, that "is an improvement upon a patent granted to Charles S. Butterfield, March 13, 197 and numbered 1,219,371" (lines 10-13). This invention provides a means for firm and stable support of the excavating machine and allows the position of the machine to be easily changed as the work progresses.
Date: November 22, 1921
Creator: Evans, Marvin
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Submarine-Destroyer. (open access)

Submarine-Destroyer.

Patent for submarine destroyer that is a projectile of the harpoon type adapted to be dropped from an aeroplane with the purpose to destroy a submarine or other vessel.
Date: November 27, 1917
Creator: Garner, William W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Alton Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24,000
Date: 1963
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Alton Quadrangle

Satellite image topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24,000
Date: 2010
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Alton Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24000
Date: 1965
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Alton Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24000
Date: 2003
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Alton Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24000
Date: 2012
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Andrea Ranch Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24,000
Date: 1982
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Andrea Ranch Quadrangle

Satellite image topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24,000
Date: 2010
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Andrea Ranch Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24000
Date: 1984
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Andrea Ranch Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24000
Date: 1957
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Andrea Ranch Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24000
Date: 2013
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Armstrong Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:62500
Date: 1959
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Bentsen Ranch Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24,000
Date: 1990
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Bentsen Ranch Quadrangle

Satellite image topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24,000
Date: 2010
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Bentsen Ranch Quadrangle

Topographic map of a portion of Texas from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) project. The map includes towns, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geologic features. Scale 1:24000
Date: 1993
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History