Historic (Culture Keyword)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Mark Sloop

Handwritten draft of a Historic American Buildings Survey for the Cavalry Post Barracks, Building 143, at Fort Sam Houston, Texas.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Mark Sloop

Handwritten Historic American Buildings Survey for the Officers Quarters, Building 15, at Fort Sam Houston, Texas.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Mark Sloop

Handwritten draft of a Historic American Buildings Survey for the Cavalry Post Latrine, Building 151, Fort Sam Houston, Texas.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Mark Sloop

Handwritten draft of a Historic American Buildings Survey of the Cavalry Post Kitchen and Mess Hall, Building 155, at Fort Sam Houston, Texas.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Mark Sloop

Typed draft of the Historic American Buildings Survey for the Gift Chapel, or Post Chapel, Building 2200 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Mark Sloop

Handwritten Historic American Building Survey draft for the Company Barracks and Band Buildings, Buildings 603-610 and 613, at Fort Sam Houston, Texas.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Mark Sloop

Handwritten draft of a Historic American Buildings Survey for an administration building, Building 616, at Fort Sam Houston, Texas.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Mark Sloop

Handwritten draft of a Historical American Buildings Survey draft for Band Quarters, Building 646, at Fort Sam Houston, Texas.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Mark Sloop

Historic American Buildings Survey of the Clock Tower, Building 40, at the center of the Quadrangle building at Fort Sam Houston.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Daniel J. O'Rourke.

HABS/HAER Level II documentation of McGuire BOMARC-SAGE Historic District Building 1909, the SAGE Cooling Tower. Building 1909 was a rein-forced concrete facility constructed in 1956. The documentation includes a historic report, photograph contact sheets of the facility, and architectural drawings.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Martha Doty Freeman.

Documentation of Building 1198 was carried out under provisions of a programmatic memorandum of agreement regarding cultural resources at Fort Sam Houston. The work was prepared under the direction of Prewitt and Associates, Inc. for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District. Field investigation and documentation was accomplished by David Gauthier of Jaster-Quintanilla & Associates, Inc. and Joe C. Freeman, AIA, Architect. Drawings were prepared by Jim Frisch of Jaster-Quintanilla &...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Donald C. Jackson.

Roosevelt Dam comprises the key structure in one of the first major federally sponsored reclamation projects in the West. Authorized as one of the Reclamation Service's first projects in 1903, it continues to store water for agricultural lands, homeowners, and industrial concerns in the Phoenix region that are served by the Salt River Project. Used to impound floodwaters of the Salt River, the 280-foot-high Roosevelt Dam was distinguished as the tallest and last major stone masonry gravity dams...

DOCUMENT Full-Text James E. Ayers.

During December 1982 and January 1983, representatives of the Environmental Services and Civil Engineering Departments of Salt River Project consulted with Archaeological Research Services, Inc. (ARS) regarding the status of archaeological and historical information pertaining to the Roosevelt Power Canal, a historic canal associated with Theodore Roosevelt Dam. As part of a Central Arizona Water Control Study sponsored by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and the U.S. Army, Corps of Engineers,...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Shelly C. Dudley.

Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. AZ-19 presents a written historical summary and relevant historical documentation about the construction and use of the Arizona Canal, which provides irrigation waters to Phoenix's urban center on the north side of the Salt River and to the northern portions of the valley. The report contains a narrative description, photographs, drawings, and maps. The northernmost canal in the water distribution system of the Salt River Project, the Arizona...

DOCUMENT Full-Text David M. Introcaso.

Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. AZ-25 presents a written historical summary and relevant historical documentation about the construction and use of Bartlett Dam, which impounds the Verde River 50 miles northeast of Phoenix, Arizona to create Bartlett Reservoir. The report contains a narrative description, photographs, drawings, and maps. The Bartlett Dam is a major component of the Salt River Project's water supply system that provides Verde River water for agricultural,...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Greta Rayle. Helana Ruter.

The San Carlos Irrigation and Drainage District (SCIDD) is undertaking a 10-year rehabilitation project (project) of the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) eligible Florence-Casa Grande (FCG) Canal (also known as the Main Canal/ AZ AA:3:215[ASM]) in Pinal County, Arizona. The canal, which is currently operated and maintained by SCIDD, was constructed by the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) between 1923 and 1928 and incorporated into the San...

DOCUMENT Full-Text David M. Introcaso.

Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. AZ-7 presents a written historical summary and relevant historical documentation about the construction and use of the Coolidge Dam, which impounds water along the Gila River to form the San Carlos Reservoir 30 miles southwest of Globe, Arizona. It also contains a summary of Gila River water usage and conflicts over water access, from native Pima and Maricopa water use to Historic era, multi-community uses. The report contains a narrative...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Barbara Behan.

Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. AZ-20 presents a written historical summary and relevant historical documentation about the construction and use of the Crosscut Steam Plant, which provided the first non-hydroelectric power to Salt River Project customers in the Phoenix metropolitan area. The report contains a narrative description, photographs, drawings, and maps. The Crosscut Steam Plant facility is located in Tempe, AZ, near Mill Avenue and Washington Street on the north...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Fred Andersen. Carol Noland.

Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. AZ-17 presents a written historical summary and relevant historical documentation about the construction and use of Grand Canal, which delivers water to users on the north side of the Salt River for agricultural, industrial, and municipal uses. Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. AZ-30 provides similar documentation about the construction and operation of the Crosscut Hydroelectric Plant, which sits at the head of Grand Canal and relies...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Tonia Woods Horton.

Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. AZ-51 presents a written historical summary and relevant historical documentation about the construction and use of Granite Reef Diversion Dam, which diverts Salt River water released from upstream storage dams into canal irrigation systems for agricultural, industrial, and municipal uses. The report contains a narrative description, photographs, drawings, and maps. The Granite Reef Diversion Dam is the principal structural mechanism by which...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Fred Andersen.

Together, Historic American Engineering Records (HAER) Nos. AZ-22 and AZ-23 present a written historical summary and relevant historical documentation about the construction and use of the Western Canal and the Highline Canal, which are waterways that serve Mesa, Chandler, Tempe, and parts of south Phoenix, Arizona on the south side of the Salt River. HAER No. AZ-22 (see https://core.tdar.org/document/393529) presents a narrative history of both canals and their infrastructure features. It also...

DOCUMENT Full-Text David M. Introcaso.

Together, Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) Numbers AZ-14 and AZ-15 describe the origins, development, and expansion of power generation and delivery facilities along the Salt River to service residents of the Salt River Valley. HAER AZ-14 (see https://core.tdar.org/document/393152) presents a full narrative history of the Reclamation Service's and the Salt River Valley Water User's Association's efforts to expand the Salt River Project's hydroelectric program. The report discusses the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Donald C. Jackson. Clayton B. Fraser. FRASERdesign.

Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. AZ-24 presents a written historical summary and relevant historical documentation about the construction and use of Horseshoe Mesa Dam, which impounds the Verde River 66 miles northeast of Phoenix, Arizona to create Horseshoe Reservoir. The report contains a narrative description, photographs, drawings, and maps. Horseshoe Dam is located at a topographical bend in the Verde River about forty miles north of the confluence of the Verde with the...

DOCUMENT Full-Text David M. Introcaso.

Together, Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) Numbers AZ-14 and AZ-15 describe the origins, development, and expansion of power generation and delivery facilities along the Salt River to service residents of the Salt River Valley. This report, HAER No. AZ-14, presents a full narrative history of the Reclamation Service's and the Salt River Valley Water User's Association's efforts to expand the Salt River Project's hydroelectric program. It details the construction and use of Mormon Flat...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Fred Andersen.

Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. AZ-21 presents a written historical summary and relevant historical documentation about the construction and use of the Old Crosscut Canal, which unified irrigation systems near Phoenix's urban core on the north side of the Salt River and contributed to flood control. The report contains a narrative description, photographs, drawings, and maps. The Old Crosscut Canal stretched from approximately Indian School Road to south of Washington Street...