Report providing information about the ongoing city planning for Dallas, Texas that started with the Kessler Plan in 1911. This report includes graphs, charts, and maps concerning the development of an improved water and sanitary sewer system; at the back of the report there are maps showing predicted urban development and the Dallas water distribution system.
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Report providing information about the ongoing city planning for Dallas, Texas that started with the Kessler Plan in 1911. This report includes graphs, charts, and maps concerning the development of an improved water and sanitary sewer system; at the back of the report there are maps showing predicted urban development and the Dallas water distribution system.
Physical Description
38 p. : maps ; 28 cm.
Notes
This report contains the information found on pages 29-61 in The Master Plan for Dallas, Texas, Report 14: A Preliminary Report Upon a Capital Expenditure Program; the other report has a different structure and does not include maps.
The Master Plan for Dallas, Texas, Report 14: A Preliminary Report Upon a Capital Expenditure Program, DSMA_91-060-21-03-001, ark:/67531/metapth752767/
[Water and Sewage Development Plan Prepared by Dallas City Water Works], DSMA_91-060-21-02-003, ark:/67531/metapth752478/
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Report providing information about the ongoing city planning for Dallas, Texas that started with the Kessler Plan in 1911. This report includes details concerning a capital expenditure program, such as the allocation of funds, selection of projects and a "[p]roposed 25 Year Program of General Fund Public Improvements. The second part of the report details an improvement program for the water and sanitary sewer systems. The appendix at the end of the report includes 17 tables providing empirical data about the proposed plans.
Relationship to this item: (Is Part Of)
The Master Plan for Dallas, Texas, Report 14: A Preliminary Report Upon a Capital Expenditure Program, DSMA_91-060-21-03-001, ark:/67531/metapth752767/
Rough draft of a plan created by Dallas City Waterworks attempting to improve the "water and sanitary sewer utilities serving the Dallas Metropolitan Area." There are charts and graphs throughout the document, including five tables in the back.
Relationship to this item: (Has Version)
[Water and Sewage Development Plan Prepared by Dallas City Water Works], DSMA_91-060-21-02-003, ark:/67531/metapth752478/
Dallas Water Utilities.A Master Plan for Dallas, Texas: Water and Sanitary Sewer Utilities,
report,
February 1945;
Dallas, Texas.
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth752707/:
accessed June 5, 2024),
University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu;
crediting Dallas Municipal Archives.