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Nueces River and Tributaries, Texas. Profiles of Nueces River.

Description: Map of the Nueces River and its tributaries, showing spillways, dams, proposed sites for dams, average bank lines, elevations above mean sea level datum (in feet), and U.S. Geological Survey river flow gauges. The map also includes highways and major towns located near the river banks. Scale varies.
Date: May 1944
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Construction of the Denison Dam Intake Structure]

Description: Reprint photograph taken at Denison Dam during the construction of the intake structure. The rail and derrick systems can be seen in the upper half of the photograph. Rows of metal spikes are visible before concrete is poured over them. Handwritten text reads "These are the rail and derrick systems used to pour concrete meant for the intake structure of Denison Dam".
Date: 1940~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: The Sherman Museum

[Last Bucket of Concrete for Intake Structure]

Description: Reprint photograph taken of workers pouring what is noted as the last bucket of concrete used to cover the structural steel of the intake structure. Handwritten text on back reads "Workers put the final lot of concrete used to cover the 2300 tons of structural steel in the intake structure".
Date: 1942~/1943~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: The Sherman Museum

[Construction of the Denison Dam Spillway]

Description: Reprint photograph taken of the construction of the Denison Dam. Workers are visible within the center of the photograph. Handwritten text written on back reads "Part of the 18.5 million cubic yards of fill dart used to construct the earthen portion of the Denison Dam. The spillway was built of earth first, then concrete, much of the dam is concrete, with dirt, rock, and gravel covering.".
Date: 1940~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: The Sherman Museum

[Southwest View of Open Flood Gates]

Description: Photograph of the southwest view of the Denison Dam with open flood gates. Onlookers can be seen on the sandy shore line to the right of the photograph. Handwritten text on back reads "View of open flood gates and powerhouse looking SW. Anonymous persons standing in frame". Also visible is another handwritten comment that reads "Hydro-electric power plant on Lake Texoma".
Date: 1943~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 33.819225 -96.567520
Partner: The Sherman Museum

[Late Stages of Intake Structure]

Description: Reprint photograph taken at Denison Dam of the late stages of intake structure construction. Cranes, derricks and dirt trucks are seen moving soil to finish the intake structure. The dam power house is visible in the background of the construction. Handwritten text on back reads "The intake structure itself contained 50,000 cubic yards of concrete, with the conduits leading to it having another 150,000 cubic yards".
Date: 1941~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 33.816769 -96.575186
Partner: The Sherman Museum

[Cable Work at Denison Dam]

Description: Reprint photograph taken of construction workers installing steel cables throughout the structure. There is a sign in the foreground that reads "keep walk way clear". Handwritten text on back reads "With structural reinforcing steel visible in the background, workers lay cable around the intake conduits".
Date: 1940~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: The Sherman Museum

[Denison Dam Proposal]

Description: Postcard image of proposal of Denison Dam as what it would look like when completed. Text on front reads "Red River Dam as it will appear when completed". The text on the back reads "Now under construction at a cost of more than $50,000,000, the huge earthen dam between Denison, Texas, and Durant, Oklahoma, will look like this from south when completed. Length of main dam 14,000 feet; dike extension 7,800 feet; maximum height 165 feet. Reservoir will inundate 127,600 acres in Texas and Oklahoma… more
Date: 1942~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Location: None
Partner: The Sherman Museum
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