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Bitter Creek Flood

Description: Caption says, "A-410 Bitter Creek Flood. Section line road three-fourths mile east of Bitter Creek Bridge; west of Altus on Highway #62. Cotton field on left, alfalfa field on right. In left background is a stack of newly cut alfalfa hay in flooded area."
Date: October 23, 1941
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Carryall Equipment near Water

Description: View of construction equipment moving dirt near water for the Altus highway and railroad relocation project. Caption says, "A-549 Carryall sloping shoofly on Rock Island Railroad vicinity Station No. 4513. Photograph was taken from Highway No. 9 bridge."
Date: January 23, 1942
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Completed mixing plants

Description: Wooden buildings which make up the completed mixing and batching cement plants for the Altus Dam project. Caption says, "A-793 View of completed mixing and batching plants. Two steel bins at left are for aggregates and bin on right for pumicite. The 135 ft. conveyor connecting the batching and mixing plant has been covered to protect the cement and pumicite both of which will be batched on the belt at the batching plant. A portion of the aggregate stockpiles is shown in the foreground."
Date: December 23, 1942
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Completed mixing plants

Description: Wooden structures where the cement is mixed for the Altus dam project. Caption says, "A-794 View of completed batching plant with mixing plant in right background."
Date: December 23, 1942
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Compressor Units

Description: Laborers working with compressor units to continue jackhammer work. Caption says, "A-105 Official Photograph. Two compressor units supplying air for jackhammers for drilling operations on Lugert Butte."
Date: May 23, 1941
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 34.871020 -99.293618
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Excavation on Lugert Butte

Description: Two small rock piles in center of image with laborers standing on them. Caption says, "A-104 Official Photograph. Rock excavation on Lugert Butte. Highway # 44 will be re-routed through rock outcrops of the butte."
Date: May 23, 1941
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: None
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Foundation Clean Up

Description: View of the foundation of the new Altus Dam for the Altus Dam project. Caption says, "A-796 Clean up operations in foundation of Altus Dam showing progress on demolition of old dam."
Date: December 23, 1942
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Foundation of Altus Dam

Description: Foundation for the Altus Dam project. Caption says, "A-795 View of foundation for Altus Dam showing partial excavation for uncontrolled spillway apron in right background."
Date: December 23, 1942
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Laborers Spacing Ties

Description: Caption says, "A-799 Tie spacing operations at Station 101 on Santa Fe Relocation. Men in background are plugging holes in used ties."
Date: December 23, 1942
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Laborers Track laying

Description: Caption says, "A-797 A.T. & S.F. tracklaying gang at the entrance to the rock cut about Station 55+00. Ties were hauled and spaced ahead by Government forces."
Date: December 23, 1942
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Laborers with Diesel Truck

Description: Caption says, "A-106 Official Photograph. Diesel oil supply truck used for transporting fuel oil for carryall tractors in the field. The truck is a ton International. All remodeling was done in the shops of the Bureau of Reclamation."
Date: May 23, 1941
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: None
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Large Shovel Digging

Description: Large shovel digging away at granite rocks. Caption says, "A-21 Altus Project. The large shovel at work cutting the earth and rocks away from the foot of the mountains for the rock quarry. The type of engine used in the Northwest Drag line and dual crowd shovel. It has a caterpillar Diesel 100 horse power engine."
Date: October 23, 1940
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 34.871020 -99.293790
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Masonry

Description: Caption says, "A-842 Placing of first masonry on left abutment. Forms for contraction joint under construction."
Date: March 23, 1943
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Shovel Moving Rock

Description: Large shovel in foreground moving granite rocks. Caption says, "A-22 Altus Project. Northwest Shovel moving rock and dirt from side of Rattlesnake Mountain. Slabs of rock will cut from the solid face of granite and hewn into square and rectangular blocks for masonry material in the construction of Altus Dam. Photograph taken from photo station #3 on west side of quarry. Wagon drilling outfit above cab of shovel."
Date: October 23, 1940
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 34.871177 -99.293489
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

Standing under Railroad Bridge

Description: View from under a newly constructed railroad bridge for the Altus highway and railroad relocation project. Caption says, "A-548 Carryall sloping shoofly on Rock Island Railroad relocation vicinity of Station No. 4513."
Date: January 23, 1942
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie

View of Construction Site

Description: High angle view of Altus highway and railroad relocation project site. Caption says, "A-635 Wide angle photograph of area between Santa Fe Railroad, left, and Highway 44, right; vicinity of Station 82, being filled in with waste from rock cut."
Date: March 23, 1942
Creator: Breitenstein, Frank C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Museum of the Western Prairie
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