Innovative Solutions for Design and Construction of an Off-Channel Reservoir: Arbuckle Reservoir Case Study (open access)

Innovative Solutions for Design and Construction of an Off-Channel Reservoir: Arbuckle Reservoir Case Study

Report regarding "post-construction documentation [of off-channel reservoirs (OCRs)], lessons learned and any related best practice" (p. i.) by using the Arbuckle Reservoir as a case study. "The scope of the report includes an overview of key design and construction considerations for off-channel reservoirs. Additional detail is provided for three innovated facility components of the Arbuckle Reservoir project: (1) river return structure, (2) chimney drain and (3) wave wall" (p. 1).
Date: May 2018
Creator: Lower Colorado River Authority
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1303, Chapter 255 (open access)

85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1303, Chapter 255

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 71 in Wharton County as the Roy P. Benavidez Memorial Highway.
Date: May 29, 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1221, Chapter 209 (open access)

85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1221, Chapter 209

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 90 Alternate as the Johnnie David Hutchins Memorial Highway.
Date: May 28, 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1677, Chapter 51 (open access)

78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1677, Chapter 51

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the duties of the district attorney and the county attorney in Wharton County.
Date: May 15, 2003
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Clutch and Transmission Mechanism (open access)

Clutch and Transmission Mechanism

Patent for a new and useful improvements in a clutch and transmission mechanism specially applicable to motor vehicles. It has been designed for the purpose of operating the clutch and transmission for effecting changes of speed in which the speed desired can be selected in advance and then obtained by an automatic shifting of the transmission gears, when the clutch is disengaged through the operation of the clutch controlling lever.
Date: May 10, 1921
Creator: Mottier, Walter F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Casing Point or Strainer. (open access)

Casing Point or Strainer.

Patent for casing point or strainer "particularly adapted for use in oil and Artesian wells... which will permit free circulation of the liquid around the lower portion of the casing and free and easy entrance of the same into the casing, and yet will prevent entrance of sand and gravel into the casing" (Lines 12-22).
Date: May 13, 1902
Creator: Carlson, Andrew Edward
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History