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[Borrow Field and Dam Shops]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered P-12) is of a river in a field with a small hill of dirt forming a dam. The second image (numbered P-15) is of a concrete spillway, buildings, and a river. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Hydraulic Fill on Cut-Off Borrow Field and Dredge Looking N. W. from Sta. 78" taken on 07-20-25, and (bottom) "Garza Dam Spillway Shops Looking South Borrow Field for Hydr… more
Date: 1925
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Hydraulic Fill]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 225) is of a shallow river with dirt mounded on its banks and a crane next to it. The second image (numbered 226) is of piles of dirt with sticks in them, and a large pipe in the background. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Hydraulic Fill North from Spillway Elev. Pool 531" taken on 12-11-25, and (bottom) "Garza Dam Topping out Hydraulic Fill at Elev. 536 Ne… more
Date: 1925
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Dam and Rocks]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 267) is of a large dirt slope. The second image (numbered 268) is of men placing rocks on the edge of a small stream at the base of a dam. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Slide at Sta. 48 Looking Downstream" and (bottom) "Garza Dam Placing Rock to stop Cutting at Sta. 48," both taken on 05-23-26.
Date: 1926
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Pumping and Hydraulic Fill]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 121) is of men pouring water into a trench. The second image (numbered 122) is of a lake. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Pumping into River Section of Dam" and (bottom) "Garza Dam 20" Suction Dredge Pumping for Hydraulic Fill" both taken on 02-26-25
Date: 1925
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Hydraulic Fill]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered P-16) is of a river with several pipes on each bank. The second image (numbered P-20) is of a field with a large dirt dam. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Hydraulic Fill Looking Northeast from Sta. 107" taken on 08-21-25, and (bottom) "Garza Dam Looking Northeast from near Sta. 100 Finished Hydraulic Fill being Shaped for Riprap" taken on 10-21-25.
Date: 1925
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Hydraulic Fill and Dredge]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 154) is of water pouring over a conduit after being pumped into a trench. The second image (numbered 162) is of men shoveling mud next to a large pipe. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Starting Hydraulic Fill over Conduits" taken on 04-29-25, and (bottom) "Garza Dam Discharge from Dredge on River Section" taken on 05-20-25.
Date: 1925
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[River Channel and Fishtrap Road]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 191) is of a small river surrounded by brush and tree branches. The second image (numbered 190) is of a crane dumping dirt onto a dirt pile. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Reservoir Timber Slashed in River Channel S. from Fishtrap Br." and (bottom) "Garza Reservoir New Model 2-T Monighan Raising Fishtrap Road," both taken on 07-20-25.
Date: 1925
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

[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
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Spillway and Hydraulic Fill]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered P-22) is of a lake near a row of buildings and a bridge being constructed. The second image (numbered P-21) is of a river between long dirt hills with piping along the top of one side. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Spillway and Bridge, Shops, Spillway from Core Pool, Borrow Pits, Dredge" and (bottom) "Garza Dam Hydraulic Fill North of Spillway, Core Pool … more
Date: 1925
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Hydraulic Fill]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 101) is of a trench with water in it. The second image (numbered 102) is of men pouring water from a pipe into a trench. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Looking North from Sta. 49" and (bottom) "Garza Dam Starting Hydraulic Fill North of River," both taken on 01-22-25.
Date: 1925
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[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
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Downstream Slope and Borrow Pits]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 337) is of a shallow river at the base of a small dirt dam. The second image (numbered 338) is of a dirt plateau. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Downstream Slope South from Sta. 6" and (bottom) "Garza Dam South across Team Borrow Pits from 1000' W. Sta. 0," both taken on 12-29-27.
Date: 1927
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Dam Shops and Spillway]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered P-5) is of a river with several buildings nearby and a concrete wall by the buildings. The second image (numbered P-11) is of a concrete structure being built with buildings and a river next to it. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Looking South, Spillway, Shops, Dredge and Borrow Pit for Hydraulic Fill" taken on 06-15-25, and (bottom) "Garza Dam Spillway, Sh… more
Date: 1925
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Temporary Dam]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 67) is of piles of dirt beside a river. The second image is of a crane piling dirt near a river. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Starting Temporary Dam across River" taken on 11-17-24, and (bottom) "Garza Dam Closing River Channel with Temporary Dam" taken on 11-23-24.
Date: 1924
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Clay Pump and Hydraulic Fill]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 207) is of men working with a large pipe near a concrete spillway. The second image (numbered 210) is of a river with dirt piled on its banks. Handwritten text on the images identify them as (top) "Garza Dam Pumping Clay Against South Spillway Wall" taken on 09-11-25, and (bottom) "Garza Dam Placing Hydraulic Fill Near Sta. 65" taken on 09-16-25.
Date: 1925
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Dragline and Slide Repair]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 273) is of a crane excavating a trench for a river. The second image (numbered 274) is of a work crew building a wooden frame at the base of a dirt dam. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Dragline Opening Up Inlet Channel to Conduits" and (bottom) "Garza Dam Repairing Slide at Sta. 48, Looking Southeast," both taken on 05-31-26.
Date: 1926
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 285) is of men placing rocks from a wagon onto a slope. The second image (numbered 289) is of a small river at the bottom of a slope with men placing rocks on it. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Lowering Rock Down Slope on Cradle Near Sta. 40" taken on 08-12-26, and (bottom) "Garza Dam Placing Gravel Blanket and Rock Riprap North from Sta. 26" taken on 10-0… more
Date: 1926
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Temporary Dam Failure]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 151) is of a trench filling with water after a dam failure. The second image (numbered 152) is of water flowing over a dam into a trench. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "1:56 pm Garza Dam Failure of Temporary Dam" and (bottom) "Back-water rising rapidly because river channel has been closed by main dam about 300 feet downstream. 1:59 pm Garza Dam Failure of Temporary… more
Date: 1925
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Temporary Dam Failure]

Description: Photograph taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The image (numbered 153) is of a trench filled with water. Handwritten text on the image identifies it as: "2:04 pm Garza Dam Failure of Temporary Dam" taken on 04-28-25.
Date: 1925
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Upstream and Downstream]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 253) is of a river next to a slope of dirt and rock. The second image (numbered 254) is of a dirt slope with pieces of pipe on it and water in the distance. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Upstream Toe Looking North from Sta. 36" and (bottom) "Garza Dam Downstream Side Looking North from Sta. 36," both taken on 04-06-26.
Date: 1926
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Rock Riprap]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 251) is of men working on a gravel slope. The second image (numbered 252) is of a gravel slope above a river. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam North from Sta. 104 Showing Rock Riprap" and (bottom) "Garza Dam South from Sta. 90 Showing Rock Riprap" taken on 03-16-26
Date: 1926
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Levee and Hydraulic Fill]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 184) is of a crane excavating a trench. The second image (numbered 185) is of a river with men working along its banks. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Building Levee for Hydraulic Fill near S. End of Spillway" and (bottom) "Garza Dam Looking S. E. along Hydraulic Fill from Sta. 103 + 55," both taken on 07-10-25
Date: 1925
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives
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