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Guide No. 182:

T.E. Shutt - Garza Dam Contract, 1924  

Overview of the Collection

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

Scope and Contents

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).

 

Index Terms

Dallas -- Texas -- History
Reservoirs--Texas  

 

Detailed Description of the Collection

Box Folder
Title, Date
1 1 T.E. Shutt - Garza Dam Contract, 1924