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Identifier
20161415
Description
Photo showing the top of the dam with gnarled tree trunk and brush in the foreground, and the Brazos river extending into the background. The dam, an Ambursen-type reinforced concrete has massive buttress with flat-slab deck, a section of nine roof-weir gates, two bulkhead sections, and an earthen dike. It is 2,740 feet long with a maximum height of 189 feet. It has an elevation of 1,024 feet above mean sea level. The spillway consists of nine roof-weir type gates with top of gate elevation of 1,000 feet above mean sea level. (no clipping)
Archival Date
1941
Collection Name
Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection
Collection Number
AR406-6-658
Original Format
Negatives, Black & White
File Format
JPG
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Subjects
Dam construction
Names
Possum Kingdom Dam (Graford, Tex.); Possum Kingdom Lake (Graford, Tex.)
Subjects
Dam construction