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[Drilling Rocks]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 61) is of a man drilling a boulder in a pit, with a wagon in the background. The second image (numbered 89) is of large rocks in a pit. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Drilling Boulders in Spillway Excavation" and "Garza Dam Drilling Irregular Rock Layers in Spillway Exc." taken on 12-08-24.
Date: 1924
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Erecting Bucyrus Dragline]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 33) is of men working with steel sheets and a crane. The second image (numbered 36) is of a steel structure with gears, and men working on it. Handwritten text on the images identify them both as: "Garza Dam Erecting Bucyrus Class 24 Dragline," taken on (top) 10-24-24 and (bottom) 10-27-24.
Date: 1924
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Erecting Dragline]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 29) is of a dragline being erected with a crane in the middle of a field. The second image (numbered 30) is a closer view of the dragline. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam North from Sta. 48 Erecting Dragline at Sta. 44" and (bottom) "Garza Dam Erecting Bucyrus Class 24 Dragline," both taken on 10-22-24.
Date: 1924
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Excavating and Shooting Trench]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 106) is of a crane excavating a trench with water running through it. The second image (numbered 118) is of an explosion on the edge of a trench and riverbed. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Excavating Cut-Off Trench," taken 01-27-25 and (bottom) "Garza Dam Shooting Core Trench in Shale in River Bed," taken 02-23-25.
Date: 1925
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Excavations]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 281) is of a crane with horse-drawn wagons on the dirt slope in the background. The second image (numbered 288) is of a large crane excavating a trench in a dirt slope. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam P. & H. Shovel and Elevating Grader (in distance) Excavating Earth for Blanket on Upstr. Slope Stas. 15 to 30 NW from Sta. 11" taken on 08-12-26, and (bottom)… more
Date: 1926
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Finishing Slopes]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 237) is of men working on a dirt slope. The second image (numbered 238) is of a dirt slope with lumber and a small building at its base. Handwritten text on the images identify them both as: "Garza Dam Finishing Slope Near Sta. 64" taken on 02-05-26.
Date: 1926
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Flood Water and Hydraulic Fill]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 147) is of water flooding a dam. The second image (numbered 155) is of a dirt dam with water behind it. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "1:30 pm Garza Dam Floodwater Going Around North end of Dam W. S. 491.6" taken on 04-28-25, and (bottom) "Garza Dam Bringing up River Section of Hyd. Fill" taken on 05-05-25.
Date: 1925
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Fretz Park Soccer Champions of 1928]

Description: Photograph of two rows of young men on a soccer field. Their names, from first row left to right are Johnie Andersen, Sale Rothschild, Louis Sinclair, Houston Reynolds, Henry Wouldbright, and Ed Braedon. The second row is Jock Price, Tobie Pachgett, Boss Rodd, Woodrow Goodwin, Bert Carr, Bernold Rothschild, Elmer Cots, Boz Dreetar, and Richard Baldrig.
Date: 1928
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Garza Dam]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 241) is of a pool of water with a pipe suspended across it. The second image (numbered 242) is of a dirt hill next to water with several pieces of a large pipe on the hill. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Looking North from Sta. 27 at Slide" taken on 02-24-26, and (bottom) "Garza Dam Looking North from Sta. 30 at Slide" taken on 02-25-26.
Date: 1926
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Garza Dam]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 269) is of a man standing at the base of a dam, with a crane and a wooden structure in the background. The second image (numbered 270) is of a large dirt dam. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Looking South along Break at Sta. 48" taken on 05-25-26 and (bottom) "Garza Dam Slide at Sta. 48 Looking Northeast" taken on 05-26-26.
Date: 1926
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Garza Dam]

Description: Photograph taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The image (numbered 308) is of a car on a dirt road next to railroad tracks on the shore of a lake. Handwritten text on the image identifies it as "Garza Dam Looking South Showing slide Sta. 25 & 28" taken on 04-21-27.
Date: 1927
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Garza Dam]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 247) is of a wooden tower near pools of water, with several cranes in the background. The second image (numbered 248) is of a man standing next to a wooden tower partially submerged in shallow water. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Looking North from Sta. 37" taken on 02-25-26, and (bottom) "Garza Dam North from Sta. 37 Showing Upstream Slide Near Br. Line"… more
Date: 1926
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Garza Dam After Storm]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 303) is of a lake at the bottom of a slope covered with rocks, with telephone poles partially submerged in the water. The second image (numbered 304) is of waves hitting a rock slope, with a dam spillway and bridge in the distance. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Looking North from Stoplog Tower after Storm" and (bottom) "Garza Dam Looking Northeast from St… more
Date: 1927
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Garza Dam and Draglines]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 245) is of a dirt slope near some trees. The second image (numbered 246) is of two cranes near a shallow pool of water. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Looking North along Downstream Toe from Sta. 25" and (bottom) "Garza Dam North from Sta. 30 P&H Draglines building Levy," both taken on 02-25-26
Date: 1926
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Garza Dam Railroad]

Description: Photograph taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The image is of railroad tracks in a field with a small building in the distance. Handwritten text on the image identifies it as "Garza Dam RR Spur Shop & Material Yard in Distance," taken on 10-17-24.
Date: 1924
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Garza Dam Slide]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 313) is of a crack in a dirt road. The second image (numbered 314) is of a car on a dirt road near a large crack in the dirt. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Slide after 10 hrs Movement, North from Sta. 28" taken on 06-10-27, and (bottom) "Garza Dam Slide Sta. 28 North one day later" taken on 06-11-27.
Date: 1927
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Garza Dam Upstream]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 255) is of a dirt plateau and slope leading down into a pool of water. The second image is of water with a dirt slope in the background and a pipe from the slope into the water. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Upstream Side Looking North from Sta. 37" and (bottom) "Garza Dam Upstream Toe Looking Southeast from Sta. 25," both taken on 04-06-26.
Date: 1926
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Garza Dam Views]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 243) is of a crane and some men at the top of a hill with water at the base. The second image (numbered 244) is of a dirt hill next to water, with some lumber in the foreground. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Looking Southeast from Bracket Line" and (bottom) "Garza Dam Looking North along Upstream Toe from Sta. 25," both taken on 02-25-26.
Date: 1926
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Gate Tower and Core Pool]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 211) is of a valley with trees on one side, and the framework of a structure in the distance. The second image (numbered 212) is of a pool of water next to a brick structure. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Valley Section Showing Gate Tower" taken on 09-16-25, and (bottom) "Garza Dam Core Pool Looking North from Sta. 50" taken on 10-24-25.
Date: 1925
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Gate Tower and Outlet Conduits]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 128) is of men working on an arched wooden structure in a trench. The second image (numbered 132) is of concrete conduits at the bottom of a trench with arched wooden structures on top. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Outlet Conduits Showing Base of Gate Tower" taken on 03-13-25, and (bottom) "Garza Dam Outlet Conduits Looking Downstream" taken on 03-23-25.
Date: 1925
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Gatehouse]

Description: Photograph taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The image is of a brick gatehouse next to railroad tracks near a lake. Handwritten text on the image identifies it as "Garza Dam Gate House" taken on 10-03-27.
Date: 1927
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
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