Eight UNIDENTIFED Workers Grouting Working Platform For Prevention/Municipal Structure at Site #22, Wildhorse Creek

Photograph of eight UNIDENTIFIED workers grouting working platform for prevention/municipal structure at Site #22, Wildhorse Creek. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Flood Prevention Structure. Halliburton cementing truck grouting working platform under the municipal structure."
Date: December 6, 1956
Creator: Cornforth, Kenneth
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Site 22, Wildhorse Creek Municipal Tower Base Construction

Photograph of an UNIDENTIFED man looking down towards the base of a municipal tower foundation at Site 22, Wildhorse Creek. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Site 22, Wildhorse Creek. Municipal tower foundation base. Setting 18” corrugated pipe, to hold back sand and water allow drilling of 12” Dia. Holes 40” deeper 8” Dia. Holes 40” deeper 8” Dia. Caseing [sic] them to be set in each hole and concrete pumped down forming 12” piles and a spread footing 70’ below natural ground.”
Date: December 2, 1956
Creator: Cornforth, Kenneth
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Three UNIDENTIFED Workers Placing Crushed Stone Around 18-Inch Corrugated Sheet Metal Pipe for Municipal/Flood Prevention Structure

Photograph of three UNIDENTIFED workers placing crushed stone around 18-inch corrugated sheet metal pipe in preparation for grouting to form working platform under municipal/flood prevention structure. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Flood Prevention Structure. Placing crushed stone around 18" corr. sh. mt. pipe in preparation for grouting to form working platform under municipal structure."
Date: December 4, 1956
Creator: Cornforth, Kenneth
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Washita Watershed Wildhorse Creek Sub-Watershed

Photograph of flood prevention structure. Placing crushed stone around 18' corr. sh. mt. pipe in preparation for grouting to form working platform under municipal structure.
Date: December 4, 1956
Creator: Cornforth, Kenneth
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Washita Watershed Wildhorse Creek Sub-Watershed

Photograph of flood prevention structure. Halliburton cementing truck grouting working platform under the municipal structure
Date: December 6, 1956
Creator: Cornforth, Kenneth
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Washita Watershed Wildhorse Creek Sub-Watershed

Photograph of flood prevention structure. Placing crushed stone around 18' corr. sh. mt. pipe in preparation for grouting working platform under the municipal structure.
Date: December 4, 1956
Creator: Cornforth, Kenneth
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Washita Watershed Wildhorse Creek Sub-Watershed

Photograph of flood prevention structure. Core drill drilling 12" dia. holes thru 18'' corr. sh. mt. pipe set in the working platform. Holes were drilled 40' deep to be used in forming concrete piles and a spread footing.
Date: December 14, 1956
Creator: Cornforth, Kenneth
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Washita Watershed Wildhorse Creek Sub-Watershed

Photograph of flood prevention structure. Pipes in crushed stone for grouting working platform under the municipal structure.
Date: December 6, 1956
Creator: Cornforth, Kenneth
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Washita Watershed Wildhorse Creek Sub-Watershed

Photograph of flood prevention structure. Core drill drilling 40' holes for setting concrete piles and spread footing. Note ground water flowing from hole.
Date: December 14, 1956
Creator: Cornforth, Kenneth
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wildhorse Creek Municipal Tower Base

Photograph of site 22, Wildhorse Creek. Municipal tower foundtion base. Setting 18' corrugated pipe, to hold back sand and water to allow drilling of 12" Dia. Holes 40" deeper 8" Dia. caseing them to be set in each hole and a spread footing 70' below natural ground.
Date: December 2, 1956
Creator: Cornforth, Kenneth
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wildhorse Creek Municipal Tower Base

Photograph of site 22, Wildhorse Creek. Municipal tower foundtion base. Setting 18" corrugated pipe, to hold back sand and water to allow drilling of 12'"Dia. Holes 40" deeper 8" Dia. caseing them to be set in each hole and a spread footing 70' below natural ground.
Date: December 2, 1956
Creator: Cornforth, Kenneth
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wildhorse Creek Municipal Tower Base

Photograph of site 22, Wildhorse Creek. Municipal tower foundtion base. Setting 18' corrugated pipe, to hold back sand and water to allow drilling of 12' Dia. Holes 40' deeper 8' Dia. caseing them to be set in each hole and a spread footing 70' below natural ground.
Date: December 2, 1956
Creator: Cornforth, Kenneth
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wildhorse Creek Washita River

Photograph of flood prevention structure Halliburton cementing trucks iin operation grouting the working platform under the municipal structure.
Date: December 6, 1956
Creator: Cornforth, Kenneth
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Photograph of brush control. Conservation aid, Jesse Nail, showing the fins on a root plow. These fins are set at a 45 degree angle to the blade to pull up roots of brush and to produce the turbulence necessary for seedbed preparation. The fins have a large share of the effectiveness of the operation. TX-602-9.
Date: December 6, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grain Sorghum Stubble

Photograph of grain sorghum stubble on Dalhart fine sandy loam soil. Stubble 16 inches high. This should be good enough to control wind erosion.
Date: December 16, 1956
Creator: Murphy, R. S.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Grain Sorghum Stubble Used to Control Wind Erosion on Barnes Farm

Photograph of grain sorghum stubble used to control wind erosion on Barnes farm. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Grain sorghum stubble on Dalhart fine sandy loam soil. Stubble is 16 inches high. This should be good enough to control wind erosion."
Date: December 16, 1956
Creator: Murphy, R. S.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History