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[Photograph 2012.201.B0979.0656]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The crew keeps careful check on formations encountered as test wells are sunk to outline possible emergency water well locations."
Date: January 30, 1953
Creator: Albright, Bob
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0979.0662]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Sand and gravel samples were carefully bottled and labeled, and detailed information on depths and fromations kept in a little black book by Rodney Cox, 2009 N Blackwelder, left, above, city inspector."
Date: January 30, 1953
Creator: Albright, Bob
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0979.0663]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Drilling crew, above, sinks one of the 200 test wells in the North Canadian river valley above the city in the search for water producing sands."
Date: January 30, 1953
Creator: Albright, Bob
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0404.0293]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Mrs. M. H. Irwin is one of the Meeker residents who presented evidence Tuesday of paid water bills to Deputy Sheriff Mayes Lowery at the city hall."
Date: January 12, 1965
Creator: Wood, Tony
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.8210]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Running water in the home is something most city dwellers take for granted. But the process of getting it there is more involved than turning on a faucet. Oklahoma City water users are served by two lakes, 195 wells used for emergency in dry weather, two water treatment plants, about 300 workers who keep the system operating and see that the bills are paid, pumping stations, storage tanks and more than 1,000 miles of … more
Date: January 25, 1960
Creator: Cobb, Dick
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.8232]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Fourteen Miles OF Water are stretched out in this aerial photograph of Oklahoma City's Atoka reservoir. When the lake is filled to capacity, it will be approximately 15 miles long. Cutting across the center of the new lake is SH 43, which was re-routed over a 150-foot long span. (T-2-4-60) Atoka reservoir, pictured here from shallow end will contain 125,000 acre feet of water, more than Lakes Overholse and He… more
Date: January 2, 1960
Creator: Lucas, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.8258]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Construction of Little River Reservoir, nine miles east of downtown Norman, is shown in aerial view looking south across where earthen dam will extend (broken line). Reservoir will fill area below dam, shown as bottom portion of picture."
Date: January 10, 1964
Creator: Lucas, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1353.0514]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Paddles pictured in the flocculator basins at the Lake Overholser plant, turn in the water to speed up chemical reaction and precipitate solids."
Date: January 25, 1960
Creator: Cobb, Dick
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1353.0460]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "This filtration plant was placed in operation only four days before the 1923 flood, and gave city residents their first city water fit to drink."
Date: January 1, 1936
Creator: Blealey, Bill
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1353.0494]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Marvin E. Foley, 3005 NW Park Pl., laboratory technician, can receive Water samples from various parts of the Lake Hefner treatment plant just by pushing a button on the counter top."
Date: January 27, 1960
Creator: Albright, Bob
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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