Photo by Lt. Carlos Gomez | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District | 09.06.2025
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Galveston District (SWG) Commander Col. David Dake speaks at ceremony commemorating the 125th anniversary of the Great Galveston Hurricane of 1900, at the Galveston Seawall, September 6, 2025. Dake, along with Galveston Mayor Dr. Craig Brown, and other local leaders joined more than 8,000 attendants along the seawall to honor the resilience of the community......
Photo by Ronald Wooten Jr | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District | 09.06.2025
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Galveston District (SWG) Commander Col. David Dake [center] speaks to a crowd gathered at the Galveston Seawall during an event commemorating the 125th anniversary of the Great Galveston Hurricane of 1900, September 6, 2025. Dake made his remarks standing next to the Great Storm Statue, a 10-foot bronze statue made in honor of those who died during the 1900......
Photo by Lt. Carlos Gomez | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District | 09.06.2025
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Galveston District (SWG) Commander Col. David Dake [left] poses for a photo with Guinness World Records Spokesperson Michael Empric at the Galveston Seawall after an event observing the 125th anniversary of the Great Galveston Hurricane of 1900, September 6, 2025. Empric officially recognized the Galveston Seawall as the world’s longest walkway, at 10......
Photo by Lt. Carlos Gomez | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District | 02.12.2024
Leslie Groves arrived at U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Galveston District (SWG) in the mid 1920s as a young lieutenant assigned to Maj. Julian Schley—then district engineer—as an assistant. Groves’ primary duties included supervising dredge operations in the Galveston Bay. Groves would go on to direct construction of the Pentagon in 1941, but his involvement in the Manhattan......
Photo by Lt. Carlos Gomez | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District | 02.12.2024
The Hendley Building served as the first U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Galveston District's (SWG) offices. It was built between 1855 and 1859....
Photo by Lt. Carlos Gomez | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District | 02.12.2024
The Galveston Seawall is quite possibly the most famous and enduring of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Galveston District's accomplishments on the Texas coast. A vintage postcard of the Galveston Seawall shows two men standing on rip rap, which is rock or other material used to protect shoreline structures against scour and water, wave, or ice erosion....
Photo by Lt. Carlos Gomez | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District | 02.12.2024
Former USACE Chief of Engineers, Brig. Gen. Henry Martyn Robert, headed a board of engineers tasked with devising ‘the safest and most efficient way for protecting the city against overflows from the sea’ on the heels of the 1900 Galveston hurricane. However, Robert is probably most famous for writing what would become the country’s standard for organizing and facilitating discussions......
Photo by Breeana Moore | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District | 02.28.2020
USACE water control managers and civil engineers at the Galveston District with the Houston Project Office inspect an operator on the new water control structures at Barker Dam. The new structures were placed into use on Feb. 14 as part of a multi-year, $75 million dam safety contract that will improve the robustness, redundancies and resiliency of both Addicks and Barker dams and reservoirs....
