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[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

[Spillway Excavation]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 27) is of workers with a wagon removing large rocks from a shallow pit. The second image (numbered 53) is of a pit with large rocks. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Removing Rock from Spillway Exc." taken on 10-17-24, and (bottom) "Garza Dam Erie Shovel in S.E. Corner of Spillway Exc." taken on 11-10-24.
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

[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

[Unloading Dragline and Garza Dam North]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 24) is of various machinery being unloaded from railroad cars; a horse-drawn wagon is near the railroad tracks. The second image (numbered 20) is of horses hitched to a mechanism in a field. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Unloading Bucyrus Class 24 Dragline" and (bottom) "Garza Dam North from South Bank" both taken 10-17-24.
Date: 1924
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Trench and Pile Driver Crew]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 83) is of a long trench. The second image (numbered 103) is of a group of men standing on a pile driver. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Looking N. from Sta. 49," taken on 12-04-24 and (bottom) "Garza Dam Pile Drive and Crew on Steel Sheet Piling," taken on 01-22-25.
Date: [1924..1925]
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Dredge Hull]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 73) is of a large wooden frame with men working on it. The second image (numbered 74) is of a metal structure with a wooden frame. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Building Hull for 20" Suction Dredge" and (bottom) "Garza Dam Side View of Dredge Hull," both taken on 11-24-24.
Date: 1924
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Cut-Off Trench and Steel Sheet Piling]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 64) is of a large crane on the edge of a trench with water in the bottom. The second image (numbered 68) is of poles inserted into the walls of the trench, supporting a tall steel structure. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Cut-Off Trench Looking N. from Sta. 47+00" and (bottom) "Garza Dam Driving Steel Sheet Piling in Cut-Off Trench," both taken on 11-13-24. more
Date: 1924
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Temporary Dam]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 77) is of a crane placing a metal frame into a pile of dirt by a river. The second image (numbered 95) is of a trench in front of a dirt dam. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Setting Gate for 48" Pipe Through Temporary Dam" taken on 11-26-24, and (bottom) "Garza Dam to store water for Dredging Operations" taken on 12-15-24.
Date: 1924
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Bucyrus Dragline]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 38) is of a steel structure with men working on it; steel sheets are on the ground in front of the structure. The second image (numbered 40) is of a steel structure with a long attachment. Handwritten text on the images identifies them both as "Garza Dam Erecting Bucyrus Class 24 Dragline," taken on (top) 10-30-24 and (bottom) 11-01-24.
Date: 1924
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Suction Dredge Hull]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 23) is of lumber on the ground with a fenced area in the background. The second image (numbered 34) is of men working with lumber in a yard. Handwritten text on the images identify them both as: "Garza Dam Starting Hull for 20" Suction Dredge" taken on 10-17-24 and 10-24-24.
Date: 1924
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Tresses and Suction Dredge]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 41) is of a crane unloading steel tresses from a train car. The second image (numbered 42) is of a wooden structure being constructed. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Unloading Trusses for Dredge Hull" taken on 11-01-24, and (bottom) "Garza Dam Building Hull for 20" Suction Dredge" taken on 11-04-24.
Date: 1924
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Unloading Steel and Hauling Parts]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 31) is of steel sheets being unloaded from a train car. The second image (numbered 32) is of steel parts being hauled in a wagon. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Unloading Steel Sheet Piling for Cut-off," taken on 10-22-24 and (bottom) "Garza Dam Hauling Parts for Bucyrus Class 24 Dragline," taken on 10-24-24.
Date: 1924
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Spillway Excavation and Dam Shops]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 54) is of a shallow pit. The second image (numbered 55) is of a shallow pit with buildings on the far side. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Spillway Excavation Looking North" and (bottom) "Garza Dam Shops and Upstream Edge of Spillway Exc." both taken on 11-10-24.
Date: 1924
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Suction Dredge Construction]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 44) is of men constructing a dredge from wood and steel. The second image (numbered 45) is of men placing a wooden beam in a wood and steel frame. Handwritten text on the images identify them both as: "Garza Dam Interior of Hull for 20" Suction Dredge" taken on 11-06-24.
Date: 1924
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Clearing of Damsite]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 37) is of a field of stumps, and the second image (numbered 60) is of trees that have been chopped down, along with brush and stumps left in the field. Handwritten text on the images identify them as (top) "Garza Dam Clearing North End of Damsite" and (bottom) "Garza Dam Clearing and Grubbing Damsite, North End," both taken on 10-17-24
Date: 1924
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Suction Dredge Hull]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 47) is of a wooden structure being built. The second image (numbered 48) is of a wooden structure. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Building Hull for 20" Suction Dredge, taken on 11-01-24, and (bottom) "Garza Dam Hull for 20" Suction Dredge Looking S.E." taken on 11-07-24.
Date: 1924
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Suction Dredge Launching]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 98) is of a dredge being launched into a lake. The second image (numbered 100) is of a railroad track and steel rods in the foreground, with a dredge in water in the background. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Launching 20" Suction Dredge Hull 115'x43'x11'" taken on 12-23-24, and (bottom) "Garza Dam 20" Suction Dredge Starting Hydraulic Fill" taken on 01-22… more
Date: [1924..1925]
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Dredge Hull and Shop]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 49) is of men building a wooden structure. The second image (numbered 50) is of a shop building with lumber in the yard in front of it; a sign on the building says "Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Co." Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Building Hull for 20" Suction Dredge," and (bottom) "Garza Dam Shop for Building Dredge Hull" both taken on 11-10-24.
Date: 1924
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Outlet Conduits]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 70) is of a small crane excavating a shallow trench. The second image (numbered 75) is of a row of horse-drawn wagons with two small cranes in a shallow trench. Handwritten text on the images identify them both as "Garza Dam Excavating for Outlet Conduits," taken 11-17-24.
Date: 1924
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Dam Pile Bridge and Substation]

Description: Two photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 21) is of a bridge over a small river with trees lining either bank; a person is crossing the bridge on a tractor or other vehicle. The second image (numbered 22) is of a small power substation in a field, with a fence around it; a sign on the equipment says "Power for the construction of the Garza Dam is being furnished by The Texas Power & Light Co." Handwritten text on the images … more
Date: 1924
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Dredge Hull]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 66) is of a metal frame with wooden supports. The second image (numbered 65) is of men working on a wooden frame. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Side View of Dredge Hull" and (bottom) "Garza Dam Building Hull for 20" Suction Dredge," both taken on 11-17-24.
Date: 1924
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Steel Sheet Piling]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 69) is of a steel structure at the bottom of a trench. The second image (numbered 71) is of a trench with piles of dirt on either side, a steel structure at the bottom, and a crane on the far edge. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Driving Steel Sheet Piling in Core Trench," taken on 11-17-24 and (bottom) "Garza Dam Driving Steel Sheet and Exc. for Cut-Off Tr… more
Date: 1924
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph

[Shops and Pit for Dredge]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 51) is of a shop building with lumber in front of it. The second image (numbered 52) is of a dirt pit. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Shops and Building Grounds for Dredge" and (bottom) "Garza Dam Launching Pit for 20" Suction Dredge," both taken on 11-11-24
Date: 1924
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
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