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[Rock Riprap]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 235) is of a slope covered in neatly-placed rocks. The second image (numbered 236) is of railroad tracks at the top of a hill covered in rocks. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Rock Riprap Northeast from Sta. 106 + 50" and (bottom) "Garza Dam Top Curb of Rock Riprap Northeast from Sta. 106 + 50," both taken on 02-01-26.
Date: 1926
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Downstream Berm and Earth Blanket]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 333) is of a dirt slope leading down into a lake. The second image (numbered 336) is of a road at the top of a slope with a rock barrier on one side and a guard rail on the other. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam North along Downstream Berm from Sta. 38" taken on 10-12-27, and (bottom) "Garza Dam North from Sta. 38 Earth Blanket on each Slope" taken on 12-29… more
Date: 1927
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Upstream Slope]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 327) is of a river with a dam in the background. The second image (numbered 331) is of a lake with a tower in it. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Upstream Slope from Sta. 13 South" taken on 09-29-27, and (bottom) "Garza Dam Upstream Slope North from Stop Log Tower" taken on 10-06-27.
Date: 1927
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[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
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[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
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[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
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[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
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[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
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Outlet Conduits]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 141) is of concrete outlet conduits in a trench. The second image (numbered 142) is of concrete outlet conduits with tall concrete walls. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Outlet Conduits Looking Upstream" taken on 04-13-25, and (bottom) "Garza Dam Outlet Conduits Looking Downstream" taken on 04-14-25.
Date: 1925
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Spillway and Outlet]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered P-6) is of a concrete spillway with an arched tunnel running through it. The second image (numbered P-7) is of a sloped concrete structure at the top of a slope. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Looking North Spillway and Spillway Outlet" and (bottom) "Garza Dam Spillway Looking Northwest" both taken on 06-15-25.
Date: 1925
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Upstream Slop and Pump]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 202) is of a small hill of dirt with water running alongside it. The second image (numbered 206) is of a river with men holding a pipe. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Unfinished Upstream Slope Near Sta. 95" taken on 08-21-25, and (bottom) "Garza Dam Pumping Clay into Cut-Off Trench Near Sta. 66" taken on 09-09-25.
Date: 1925
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Stop-Log Tower and Riprap]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 264) is of a wooden tower built on the edge of a lake below a slope. The second image (numbered 282) is of railroad tracks on the top of a dam, with a rock barrier on the slope below. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Riprap and Temporary Stop-Log Tower, Elev. Water 500.4" taken on 05-12-26, and (bottom) "Garza Dam Showing Riprap Southwest from Sta. 68" taken… more
Date: 1926
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Loading Rock and Transferring Cars]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 292) is of a crane lifting rocks from a pile into a truck. The second image (numbered 295) is of men moving large stones from one train car to another before going over a spillway bridge. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Loading Local Rock in Trucks for Riprap" taken on 10-08-26, and (bottom) "Garza Dam Transferring Riprap Rock from Standard to Narrow G. Car… more
Date: 1926
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Spillway Bridge]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 224) is of steel reinforcements in the floor of a bridge.The second image (numbered 330) is of a bridge on top of a spillway. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Reinforcing Steel in Spillway Bridge Floor" taken on 12-11-25, and (bottom) "Garza Dam Looking North at Spillway and Bridge" taken on 10-03-27.
Date: [1925..1927]
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Gravel Blanket and Rock Riprap]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered P-29) is of a field with a rocky slope in the distance. The second image (numbered P-36) is of a field with a dam in the distance and railroad cars at the top of the dam. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Showing Gravel Blanket and Rock Riprap on Upstream Slope Sta. 75 to 106" taken on 02-01-26, and (bottom) "Garza Dam Showing Progress of Rock Riprap on Upstr… more
Date: 1926
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Spillway and Bridge]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered P-14) is of a large concrete spillway with concrete structures on either side. The second image (numbered P-17) is of a concrete spillway with the framework of a bridge at the top. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Spillway Looking South, Concrete Plant" taken on 08-21-25, and (bottom) "Garza Dam Spillway Looking North Showing Progress on Erection of Spillway… more
Date: 1925
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[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
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[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
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Clay Blanket]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 302) is of a dirt slope with pipes at the bottom of it. The second image (numbered 305) is of a dirt plateau with pipe and steel pieces at the top of a hill. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam South from Sta. 19 Pumping Clay Blanket on Downstream Slope" taken on 02-07-27 and (bottom) "Garza Dam North from Sta. 31 Downstream Blanket to Right" taken on 03-22-27.
Date: 1927
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Spillway and Weir]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 138) is of a large, shallow pit with buildings on the far edge of it. The second image (numbered 140) is of men pouring concrete into a wooden frame. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Spillway Looking Upstream and to Northwest," and (bottom) "Garza Dam Placing Concrete in Spillway Weir" both taken on 04-13-25.
Date: 1925
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Aerial View of Dam Construction]

Description: Photograph taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The image is an aerial view of the dam construction, with several buildings and construction machinery visible, as well as pools of water in the distance. There is no handwritten text on the image.
Date: unknown
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Dredge]

Description: Photograph taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The image (numbered P-42) is of a field next to a dirt road, with a dredge in a lake in the background. Handwritten text on the image identifies it as: "Garza Dam Looking North from Sta. 31, Placing Dry Toe Upstream" taken on 08-12-26.
Date: 1926
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Hydraulic Fill Views]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 215) is of a long, shallow pool of water with a pipe running parallel to it. The second image (numbered 217) is of piles of dirt with a square wooden frame in the foreground and a crane in the background. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Hydraulic Fill From Gate Tower Looking North" taken on 11-07-25, and (bottom) "Garza Dam Hydraulic Fill Looking North from… more
Date: 1925
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

Report on the Completion of Garza Dam

Description: Report describing the construction and completion of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas, resulting in the creation of Lake Dallas. It includes pages of inserted photographs and a fold-out technical drawing that shows a "Typical Section of Completed Fill Between Stas. 15 & 30."
Date: November 12, 1927
Creator: Hawley, John B. & Floyd, O. N.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives
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