The picture illustrates how every dwelling in the City of Galveston, South of Broadway, had to be raised by jacks, to the correct h[e]ight of fill.
![G-59261FF7-2 The picture illustrates how every dwelling in the City of Galveston, South of Broadway, had to be raised by jacks, to the correct h[e]ight of fill.](https://www.galvestonhistorycenter.org/images/GradeRaising/_900xAUTO_crop_center-center_none/G-59261FF7-2.jpeg)
- Accession Number: G-59261FF7-2
- Author: Naschke, Paul H.
- Date: 1904
- Description: "The picture illustrates how every dwelling in the City of Galveston, South of Broadway, had to be raised by jacks, to the correct h[e]ight of fill. The water pool indicates that the dredges had just begun to pump in the sand hydraulic filling."
- Format: Sepia photograph; 19.3 x 24.3 cm
- Author: Naschke, Paul H.
