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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
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
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
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Riprap and Railroad Track]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 283) is of a slope covered in rocks, with a pile of rocks at the bottom and a railroad track at the top. The second image (numbered 284) is of railroad tracks at the top of a hill, leading towards a bridge across the spillway of a dam. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Showing Progress of Riprap S.W. from Sta. 63" and (bottom) "Garza Dam Track Arrangement to … more
Date: 1926
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Rock Riprap]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 233) is of a railroad track near a dirt slope with some rocks laid on it. The second image (numbered 234) is of a hill mostly covered in rocks. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Placing Rock Riprap Southwest from Sta. 100" and (bottom) "Garza Dam Rock Riprap Northeast from Sta. 104," both taken on 02-01-26.
Date: 1926
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

["The Crescent Limited"]

Description: Southern Railway's " The Crescent Limited" famous New Orleans - New York train, headed by engine No.1394, a big Pacific type 4-6-2 locomotive, enroute between Spartanburg and Greenville, South Carolina.
Date: 1926~
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Smithville District Seniority List: Engineers, January 1926

Description: List of engineers employed in the Smithville Division of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad South Texas District as of January 1926. It includes the name of each person and employment date, with the most senior person listed first and a separate list of switch engineers.
Date: January 1, 1926
Creator: Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad. South Texas Division.
Partner: Smithville Heritage Society

Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Smithville District Seniority List: Engineers, July 1926

Description: List of engineers employed in the Smithville Division of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad South Texas Districtas of July 1926. It includes the name of each person and employment date, with the most senior person listed first and a separate list of switch engineers.
Date: July 1, 1926
Creator: Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad. South Texas Division.
Partner: Smithville Heritage Society

Wichita Falls lease map

Description: Railroad Map of Wichita Valley Railway in Wichita Falls, Texas from Wichita Mill & Elevator Company through Ohio Street, Barwise Street, 13th Street, Pecan Street, Indiana Street, Oak Street, 14th Street, Elm Street, Scott Avenue, Walnut Street, Jalonic Street, Lamar Street, 17th Street, Travis Street, 18th Street, Waco Street, 19th Street to Austin Street. Scale [1:1,200]
Date: 1926
Creator: Wichita Valley Railway Company
Partner: Midwestern State University

[Deed - H. Kempner & St. Louis, Brownsville, & Mexico Railway Co.]

Description: Court statement describing a deed of sale agreement where H. Kempner agrees to sell two small parcels of land totaling less than 1 acre from their Matagorda County property to The St. Louis, Brownsville & Mexico Railway Company for $37.00. It is signed by J. Seinsheimer, one of the H. Kempner trustees, and notarized by M. H. Lowrey.
Date: 1926
Creator: Seinsheimer, J. F.
Partner: Rosenberg Library
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