1940s Heavy Equipment Operations

Vintage footage of heavy machinery and cranes in action during the 1940s, including work at aggregate and railroad sites.

Vat of Sulphur and Crane, Freeport Sulphur Company, Hoskins Mound, Texas, John Vachon for Office of War Information, May 1943

Vat of Sulphur and Crane, Freeport Sulphur Company, Hoskins Mound, Texas, John Vachon for Office of War Information, May 1943

Road Construction. 1930 - 1949. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Negative. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Image of the work for the construction of the first part of the Leidseveertunnel (Kit Kanaalstraat) in Utrecht. In the background the half -demolished footbridge in the Vleutenseweg.

Construction of the Haifa Harbor. The Athlit quarries. Exploding of a great blast. 1920, Israel, Haifa

Major Project (Equipment). Original Title: Miscellaneous. 1930 - 1949. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Negative. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Vintage photograph. Photo shows how the moving of a mountain of sand and gravel was done

Open pit United Verde Mine on mountain side in Jerome, Arizona. Photo shows a crane strip mining raw copper ore and depositing it into open railroad cars. Ca. 1915.

A780858 ROCK SPRINGS, WY OIL SHALE PROJECT BOB BEASLEY(Project Engineer) AUG 2 78 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 8/2/1978 AUTOMOBILES; BEASLEY, BOB; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS; EQUIPMENT (SNL); INSTRUMENTS & EQUIPMENT; MALE; MEN (ADD MALE MODIFIER); NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; OIL EXPLORATION; OIL EXTRACTION WORKERS; OIL FIELDS; OIL SHALE PROJECT; ROCK SPRINGS, WY; SHALE OIL PROJECT; SPOOLS; TEST SITES; TRAILER INSTRUMENTATION RACKS; WIRE & CABLES; WYOMING historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

Major Project (Reservoir and Spillway). 1930 - 1949. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. Van Heutsz Complex Hollandia, prepared housing. Thanks highly adhered terrain, platforms arise levels. July 1960. Hollandia, Guinea

Transparency - Sawmill at The Pas, MB, about 1927

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Frequent landslides in the Culebra Cut, slowed Panama Canal construction between 1910-1914. In this one, three railroad tracks were upended (BSLOC_2018_4_11)

Vintage Photograph. Loading barge with trap rock.

Construction of Douglas Dam, Tennessee Valley Authority, Tennessee, USA, Alfred T. Palmer for Office of War Information, June 1942

Major Projects. 1930 - 1949. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Negative. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Anefo photo collection. Borssele nuclear power plant; Exteriors. 1974. Borssele

A750300 U12E DINING CAR POST-SHOT SHOCK MOUNTING JOHN ALLEN (PROJECT ENGINEER) APR 14 75 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 4/14/1975 CABLES; DINING CAR TEST; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS; INSTRUMENTS & EQUIPMENT; MOUNTING; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; POST-SHOT SHOCK MOUNTING; SHOCK MOUNTING; SHOCKMOUNTING; TEST SITES; TRAILERS; UGT; UNDERGROUND TESTING; WIRE & CABLES; DINING CAR-POSTSHOT SHOCKMOUNT historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

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CUCHARAS DEL HORNO SIEMENS DE ACERO. Location: ENSIDESA. Avilés. ASTURIAS. SPANIEN.

Overall view of the keel laying of the guided missile destroyer USS DECATUR (DDG-73) at the Bath Iron Works Shipyard. Base: Bath State: Maine (ME) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Photo collection Government information service. Markerwaard, closure. September 4, 1975. Markerwaard

Equipment (for Road Construction). 1930 - 1949. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Negative. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

A view of builiding material and equipment at the site of an avionics shop under construction. A view of builiding material and equipment at the site of an avionics shop under construction.

Gräfenhainichen, Ferropolis/ bucket wheel excavator

Federal Reserve , Construction, Banks, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. Edmund L. Mitchell Collection

A820115 BOYLES #2 DRILL RIGS EDWARDS (PROJECT ENGINEER) FEB 8 82 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 2/8/1982 BOYLES #2; DRILLING RIGS; DRILLING TOOLS; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS; INSTRUMENTS & EQUIPMENT; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; TEST SITES; UGT; UNDERGROUND TESTING; BOYLES #2-DRILL RIGS historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

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Poll photo collection. Haifa. Installations in the field of an artificial fancy factory. undated. Haifa, Israel

Nora Bergslags Railway, NBJ. Shipping of reactor tank.

No location. Mining equipment., 1936, Lewis Hine, 1874 - 1940, was an American photographer, who used his camera as a tool for social reform. US,USA

Copper Mining and Sulfuric Acid Plant, Copperhill, Tennessee, USA, Marion Post Wolcott, Office of War Information, September 1939

Canada, Saskatchewan , Prairies, Constructing Trans Canada Gas Pipeline Over Saskatchewan Prairies. 34Inch Front End Join.

PANORAMICA DE LA OBRA - FOTO AÑOS 70. Location: CENTRAL ELECTRICA. VIANA BOLLO. Orense. SPANIEN.

Shasta dam under construction, California June 1942.

60 foot high sulphur vat, Freeport Sulphur Co., Hoskins Mound, Texas - May 1943.

City Hall construction site, Boston , Construction workers, Construction, Construction equipment, Pile drivers, City & town halls, Boston City Hall Boston, Mass.. Edmund L. Mitchell Collection

1974 - Coal Company Power Shovel Scooping Earth in Its Search for Solid Fuel Off Route #800 near Edgewater Park, Ohio, and Barnesville. 07/1974.

P.E.C., Palestine Electric Corporation, Rutenberg plant. 1927, Jordan

A781441 OAKRIDGE, TN WASTE DISPOSAL HEATER RECOVERY DUIMSTRA (PROJECT ENGINEER) OCT 6 78 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 10/6/1978 CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; CRANES, LIFTING (INDUSTRIAL); EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS; FENCES; HEATER RECOVERY; INSTRUMENTS & EQUIPMENT; MALE; MEN (ADD MALE MODIFIER); NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; OAKRIDGE, TN; TENNESSEE; TEST SITES; WASTE DISPOSAL SITE; WIRE FENCES, BARBED; OAKRIDGE, TN - WASTE DISPOSAL historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

Transparency - Open coal mine, AB, about 1933

Transparency - Ploughing, Western Canada, about 1925

Fishing nets on racks , Fishing nets. Edmund L. Mitchell Collection

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