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Dam Construction

Photograph of the construction of a dam.

Date: September 3, 1959

Creator: Douglass, Neal

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

The Junior Historian, Volume 19, Number 4, January 1959

Journal published by the Texas State Historical Association containing articles written by members of the Junior Historians about various aspects of Texas history.

Date: January 1959

Creator: Texas State Historical Association

Item Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter

Partner: Texas State Historical Association

Hollow Reinforced-Concrete Structure Replaces Dam at Austin, Texas, Which Failed Fifteen Years Ago

This article gives historical background of the first dam at Austin, Texas and its failure followed by a discussion of the changes that were made when building the new dam, including plans.

Date: 1915

Creator: Engineering Record

Item Type: Book

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Tom Miller Dam]

Photograph of the Tom Miller Dam face taken from the south. There are nine spots for water run off, and a control station on the east side of the dam.

Date: June 9, 1951

Creator: Mears, Dewey G.

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 30.293456 -97.787490

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[View of the Mansfield Dam]

Photograph of a view of the Mansfield Dam face from the northwest. It has five places for water run off, and the picture is taken from far away.

Date: April 29, 1951

Creator: Mears, Dewey G.

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 30.394373 -97.910484

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[View of the Mansfield Dam]

Photograph of a view of the Mansfield Dam face from the northwest. It has five places for water run off, and two water chutes into the Colorado River.

Date: April 29, 1951

Creator: Mears, Dewey G.

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 30.393855 -97.909529

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Austin Dam]

Photograph of Austin Dam. Several people watch as the water runs into the spillway. The machine building is visible at left.

Date: December 6, 1938

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Austin Dam]

Photograph of the Austin Dam. This photograph was taken from the side where the water flows out of the dam.

Date: 1938?

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Austin Dam Flood Scene

Water raging through the inoperable Austin Dam.

Date: May 1922

Creator: Ellison Photo Co.

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Mansfield Dam under construction]

Dam under construction. Caption on photo reads: "U. S. Royal Boots on Marshall Ford Dam. Brown & root-McKenzie Const. Co. Austin, TX." Construction began in 1937, and Marshall Ford Dam was renamed Mansfield Dam in 1941.

Date: unknown

Creator: Ellison Photo Co.

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 30.389603 -97.907043

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Mansfield-Marshall Ford Dam Construction]

Group photograph of "U.S. Royal Boots on Marshall Ford Dam. Brown & Root - McKenzie Construction Co., Austin, Tex."

Date: March 9, 1938

Creator: Ellison Photo Co.

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 30.391282 -97.907410

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Letter from G. F. Hughes to Truett Latimer, March 11, 1953]

Letter from G. F. Hughes to Truett Latimer urging Latimer to present his case for building a dam to irrigate his farm to the proper authorities as soon as possible.

Date: March 11, 1953

Creator: Hughes, G. F.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Letter from G. F. Hughes to Truett Latimer, February 1, 1953]

Letter from G. F. Hughes to Truett Latimer requesting legal information on whether he and other farmers can build a dam in Elm Creek to provide irrigation.

Date: February 1, 1953

Creator: Hughes, G. F.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Damned up Creek between East Avenue and Red River Street

Photograph of a damned up creek between East Avenue and Red River Street.

Date: April 29, 1938

Creator: Austin Police

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Austin Dam Broken after Flood]

Photograph of a view southeast at the Austin Dam on the Colorado River after breaking during a flood.

Date: January 1, 1900

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Austin Dam Broken after Flood]

Photograph of a view southwest at the Austin Dam on the Colorado River after breaking during a flood.

Date: 190X

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Rapid waters formed at Austin Dam after Colorado River flood]

Photograph of high, rapid waters of the Colorado River at the site of the former Austin Dam. The dam was built in 1890 in an attempt to bring industry to the city, but failed after upriver storms sent a flood cracking the dam and killing eight people when the powerhouse flooded.

Date: 1900

Creator: Hill, S.B.

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Longhorn Dam]

Photo of Longhorn Dam, looking southwest. Pleasant Valley Rd. crosses the dam which was built to provide water for Holly Street power plant. Austin, Texas.

Date: May 2, 1960

Creator: Douglass, Neal

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Report on the Dam and Water Power Development at Austin, Texas

Report about the reconstruction of the Austin Dam including appendices of statistics, graphs, and a bibliography, as well as the letter of transmittal and relevant city resolution.

Date: November 1917

Creator: Mead, Daniel W.

Item Type: Book

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Austin Dam]

Photograph of the Austin Dam. The water is flowing through the dam's open floodgates.

Date: 1938?

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Austin Dam]

Photograph of the Austin Dam. Several people watch as water flows into the spillway. The machine building is visible at left.

Date: December 6, 1938

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

The Texas Historian, Volume 40, Number 5, May 1980

Journal published by the Texas State Historical Association containing articles written by members of the Junior Historians about various aspects of Texas history.

Date: May 1980

Creator: Texas State Historical Association

Item Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter

Partner: Texas State Historical Association

The great dam and water and light system at Austin, Texas

Update from the mayor of Austin about current constructions projects on the water system, dam and electrical utilities.

Date: October 2, 1893

Creator: McDonald, John

Item Type: Book

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Low Water Bridge at the Austin Dam, City Council Member Emma Long with Dignitaries]

Photograph of a group of cars parked over a bridge spanning the Austin Dam; the water underneath is very close to the bottom of the bridge. City Council Member Emma Long is standing there with her dignitaries.

Date: August 8, 1949

Creator: Douglass, Neal

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

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Dam Construction

The Junior Historian, Volume 19, Number 4, January 1959

Hollow Reinforced-Concrete Structure Replaces Dam at Austin, Texas, Which Failed Fifteen Years Ago

[Tom Miller Dam]

[View of the Mansfield Dam]

[View of the Mansfield Dam]

[Austin Dam]

[Austin Dam]

Austin Dam Flood Scene

[Mansfield Dam under construction]

[Mansfield-Marshall Ford Dam Construction]

[Letter from G. F. Hughes to Truett Latimer, March 11, 1953]

[Letter from G. F. Hughes to Truett Latimer, February 1, 1953]

Damned up Creek between East Avenue and Red River Street

[Austin Dam Broken after Flood]

[Austin Dam Broken after Flood]

[Rapid waters formed at Austin Dam after Colorado River flood]

[Longhorn Dam]

Report on the Dam and Water Power Development at Austin, Texas

[Austin Dam]

[Austin Dam]

The Texas Historian, Volume 40, Number 5, May 1980

The great dam and water and light system at Austin, Texas

[Low Water Bridge at the Austin Dam, City Council Member Emma Long with Dignitaries]