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[Mayor Blaylock and Dredge]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 96) is of a crowd listening to a speech by Mayor Blaylock next to a dredge. The second image (numbered 97) is of a dredge about to be launched into a lake. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Mayor Blaylock Speaking just before Launching Dredge" and (bottom) "Garza Dam 20" Suction Dredge just before Launching," both taken on 12-23-24.
Date: 1924
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Cut-Off Trench Excavation]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 43) is of a large crane beginning work on a trench. The second image (numbered 46) is of a crane excavating a deep trench. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Starting Cut-Off Trench across Valley," taken on 11-04-24, and (bottom) "Garza Dam Excavating Cut-Off Trench near Sta. 44," taken on 11-06-24.
Date: 1924
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Blasting Stumps]

Description: Photograph taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. Image is of a field with smoke coming from several different areas. Handwritten text on the image identifies it as "Garza Dam Blasting Stumps from Base of Dam," taken on 10-21-24
Date: 1924
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Suction Dredge]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 79) is of a wooden hull. The second image (numbered 80) is of a tiered wooden hull. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Building 20" Suction Dredge" and (bottom) "Garza Dam Side View of Hull for 20" Suction Dredge," both taken on 12-04-24.
Date: 1924
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Cut-Off Trench]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 81) is of a crane excavating a trench, and the second image (numbered 82) is a different view of the same subject. Handwritten text on the images identify them both as "Garza Dam Bucyrus Class 24 on Cut-Off Trench at Sta. 16," taken on 12-04-24.
Date: 1924
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Pile Driver]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 62) is of a tall steel structure on the edge of a trench with men standing next to it. The second image (numbered 63) is of a steel structure with a horse-drawn wagon and lumber on the ground nearby. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Beginning to Drive Steel Sheet Piling Cut-Off" and (bottom) "Garza Dam Pile Driver for Steel Sheet Piling N. Bank of River," bo… more
Date: 1924
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Pile Driver and I-Beam]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 78) is of a steel structure suspended in a trench, with men standing to the side and smoke coming from the structure. The second image (numbered 88) is of men moving an I-beam that supports a steel structure in a trench. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Looking S. at Pile Driver," taken on 11-28-24 and (bottom) "Garza Dam Moving Extra I-Beam ahead, at Sta. 4… more
Date: 1924
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Spillway Excavation]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 25) is of two horse-drawn wagons and a crane excavating a pit. The second image (numbered 26) is of a shallow pit with men working amongst piles of dirt. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Excavating for North End of Spillway" and (bottom) "Garza Dam Looking North along Spillway Excavation," both taken on 10-17-24.
Date: 1924
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Protection Levee and Spillway Excavation]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 99) is of a large ditch with piles of dirt. The second image (numbered 110) is of a crane inside an excavated pit full of rocks, with buildings on the far side of the pit. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Spillway Outlet Ditch, Protection Levee to Right" taken on 12-26-24, and (bottom) "Garza Dam Looking Northwest at Spillway Excavation" taken on 02-04-25.
Date: [1924..1925]
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Steel Pile Drive and Cut-Off Trench]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 58) is of a steel pile being constructed on the edge of a trench. The second image (numbered 59) is of a crane excavating a trench. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Exc. Cut-Off Trench Erecting Steel Pile Drive in foreground" and (bottom) "Garza Dam Bucyrus Class 24 Excavating Cut-Off Trench, Looking S." both taken on 11-10-24.
Date: 1924
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives
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