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Repository: |
Dallas Municipal Archives
Office of the City Secretary
1500 Marilla Street, 5D South
Dallas, Texas 75201 |
Creator: |
City of Dallas |
Title: |
T.E. Shutt - Garza Dam Contract |
Dates: |
1924 |
Quantity: |
0.25 linear inches |
Abstract: |
Contract between City of Dallas and T.E. Shutt regarding
work done for the construction of Garza Dam |
Identification: |
91-041 |
Language: |
Records are in English |
The collection consists of a copy
of a contract between the City of Dallas and T.E. Shutt regarding work
done for the construction of Garza Dam. Shutt was hired to to do boring samples to help determine the type of foundation needed for the future dam.
Garza Dam, also known as the Lake
Dallas Dam, is now a part of
Lewisville
Lake
,
which is owned by the
United States
government and operated by the United States Army Corps of Engineers,
Fort Worth
District; its purpose is to control potential flood waters originating
within
the Elm Fork (
Trinity River
) drainage
basin.
The resulting reservoir also served as the City of
Dallas'
primary
water supply for about thirty years. The dam is significant in
city history because it successfully met water supply needs for a
population
that more than doubled between 1920 and 1930.
Named for the
village
of
Garza,
Texas,
the
dam’s five million dollar
construction cost was paid through a 1923 City of Dallas bond election. The dam was
designed
by the
Dallas
firm of Nagle and
Thompson and the
winning bid was awarded to the W. E. Callahan Construction Company of
Dallas
; work
commenced in
October, 1924 and ended in May, 1927. The completed dam was 11,000 feet
long
and 80 feet high, and at the time of its first operation it impounded
about 63
billion gallons of water. It was extensively documented in written and
photographic studies by the Dallas Waterworks (now Dallas Water Utilities).
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Dallas -- Texas -- History |
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Reservoirs--Texas |
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T.E. Shutt - Garza Dam Contract, 1924 |