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Destruction and Reconstruction of Steel Plants

Historical photos of war-damaged steel plants in Europe, showcasing ruins and remnants from reconstruction efforts post-war.

Anefo photo collection. Haarlemmerstraat with Autos, Demolition Haarlemmerhout gardens. October 31, 1972
Anefo photo collection. Haarlemmerstraat with Autos, Demolition Haarlemmerhout gardens. October 31, 1972
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Builder: Building company Contractor, Stockholm. The sewer duct.Tools of blubber Nitrate negatives, black-and-white negativesChutes on MILAZZA i.e. MILAZZOSweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)Anefo photo collection. Drukkerij Henkes Holland in Haarlem completely burned out. July 17, 1972. HaarlemView of the interior of the Hispano-Suira plant at Bois Colombe in the Paris area. The destruction shown was caused by the bombs of 8th AF Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses during the 15 Sept 43 attack, and 13 months later is still unrepaired after theThe Results Of A Direct Bomb Hit On A Crude Oil Refinery At Tokuyama, Japan.Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)Condensing unit furnaces of cracking plant on Serpoelth Ridge, showing method of camouflage with oil drums. Oil drums over units served a dual purpose. They acted as camouflage and also served to detonate bombs which were direct hits. Furnaces inThe Royal Navy during the Second World War Shipbuilding: Sorting over a heap of 'bends'(the pieces of oak with a natural curve) to use in the construction of minesweepers at a shipyard on the east coast of England. These are used for the frames, knees etc, so that the maximum strength of the wood, which lies along the grain, is retained.Anefo photo collection. Demolish Westergasfabriek. May 23, 1961Elsevier photo collection. Fire Victoriabioscope Amsterdam. March 1922. Amsterdam, Noord-HollandPhoto collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. Fire brigade extinguishing a fire on a factory site. April 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East IndiesBuilder: Building company Contractor, Stockholm. The power plant.Madrid, 1906. La Fortuna gypsum factory, where a boiler explosion occurred.The Volcania munitions...Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)Construction of the tunnel during Södermalm, Stockholm.Historic photographs of the Norfolk Naval shipyard located in the Fifth Naval District. Operating under the Department of Defense and the Department of the Navy.Technical Assistance - Agriculture: Rice Harvest. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and PersonnelBuilder: Building company Contractor, Stockholm. Casting of the top of the land bracket.Anefo photo collection. Overview of degradation safe. July 21, 1961Morrison Shelter on Trial- Testing the New Indoor Shelter, 1941 This photograph shows the Morrison shelter still intact after the rubble and debris of the destroyed house has been cleared away, following a test of the shelter somewhere in Britain in 1941.View of the bottom of the Leidseveertunnel under construction in Utrecht.n.b. The name Leidseveertunnel was only granted on November 28, 1953.Coke - Roubaix Wool Industry. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and PersonnelCalifornia History - Placer Mining in Columbia Gulch, Tuolomne Co. circa 1866.Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)The steam mediation at Fagersta Mill, 1916.Kopparfors Industrier, Norrsundet. Kopparfors industrier, Norrsundet.Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Buitenzorg and Soekaboemi. Soekaboemi: The Chinese bicycle mechanic sticks tires again. In the background a stack of distressed frames from its burnt workshop that stood in the same place where he is now working under a shelter .. August 1947. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East IndiesAnefo photo collection. Damage due to heavy storm; Pancake house in Scheveningen destroyed. January 3, 1976. Scheveningen, South HollandAnefo photo collection. Hotel Poland (Amsterdam) burned out; Overview of the havoc after the fire. 11 May 1977. Amsterdam, Noord-HollandImage of the workshop destroyed during the war of the N.S. in Tilburg.This Was A Street Of Leuna Oil Plant At Merseburg, Germany, Before Allied Bombings Which Put The Plant Out Of Commission. Now Impassable, The Street Is Strewn With Debris, Shadowed By The Bombed-Out Pipelines Overhead.SödertunnelnAnefo photo collection. The first phase of so-called "Brickpoon" of garbage dump in Volgermeerpolder, sheet pile in channel to dirttort plate. 13 February 1981. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, VolgermeerpolderAnefo photo collection. Formal building of the social service in Amsterdam burned down. Interior of the burned building. April 2, 1979. Amsterdam, Noord-HollandBuilder: Building company Contractor. Victoria, Life Insurance Attiebolag's foundation. Crack in rubble slot.Anefo photo collection. Vacant factory from Van Leer en Co, Rustenburgerstraat 19 Amsterdam, burned out. Nablussen from the destroyed factory premises. June 20, 1975. Amsterdam, Noord-HollandAnefo photo collection. Tank truck with LPG explodes from Nijmegen; Ravage overview with links burned out gas station. December 18, 1978. NijmegenSweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)Anefo photo collection. Fire at dolmse shipyard in Alblasserdam overview of the fire. March 20, 1959. AlblasserdamDonzere Mondragon. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and PersonnelRjukan, Norway-Electrolysis Plant, three top floors badly damaged, is world's largest. Supplies hydrogen, oxygen and heavy water.Anefo photo collection. Fire in spuistraat, after extinguishing work. January 22, 1963. Amsterdam, Noord-HollandGround pictures of ofrd...Historic photographs of the Norfolk Naval shipyard located in the Fifth Naval District. Operating under the Department of Defense and the Department of the Navy.The Electrolux laboratory. LUX-BANAND 1936.U.S.S Arizona, 14-inch Turret Track & Liner Turning Machine, Method of Supporting Turret while Machining Upper Track Liner. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.If There Is Ever An Air Raid On Berlin The Gas Works Men Will Know What To Do -- Men of the Berlin gas works demonstrating how escaping gas can be dealt with after an air raid. Men at the Berlin gas works received training in methods of combating attacks from the air in time of war. How gas escaping from a hole made by a bomb can be caught. passed through tubes and harmlessly burned was one of the things they were taught. November 27, 1933. ;If There Is Ever An Air Raid On Berlin The Gas Works MPloesti, Rumania-Treating plant at Steaua Oil Refinery is wrecked.Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)Poll photo collection. Netherlands Antilles and Suriname at the time of the Royal Visit of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard in 1955. A trupulation vehicle in the sawmill. October 1, 1955. SurinameThe coking plant of the Gneisenau colliery in Dortmund-Oespel was rocked by an explosion on 17 July 1974. The damage to property was considerable, Germany, EuropeAnefo photo collection. Fire in Egmond aan Zee destroyed sports hall and swimming pool. December 1, 1977. EgmondTextiles, Cotton - Textile Plants in Northern France & Vosges. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and PersonnelAnefo photo collection. Archaeological excavations in a construction site on the Nieuwedijk in Amsterdam. Excavations, construction activities, archeology. July 19, 1979. Amsterdam, Noord-HollandBlohm And Voss Shipyard Dismantled.The Gantries of the Blohm and Voss Shipyard, Hamburg, where during the war submarines were built, were undamaged by allied air raids. Immediately after the surrender the shipyards were demolished and in this picture made March 9, damaged submarines can be seen among the Tangled steel wreckage.The largest shipyard on the continent of Europe, that of Blohm and voss at Hamburg. Founded in 1877and home of the Nammoth Liners "Vaterland", "Bismark" and "Europa" is now being dismantled under military government orders. March 14, 1948. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).After fire in grinders storageOn Its Way Down -- This dramatic photo, made just as a hotel in portland's urban renewal area began toppling, May 12th shows the-building twisting and contorting as it crashes to the ground the operator in the background (lower left) had been working the crane that was pulling supports out from under the structure when it started to fall. He ***** from the cab, and when the dust finally cleared, he was safe by a ***** on feet. May 13, 1951. (Photo by UPI Telephoto).Anefo photo collection. Rijkewerkplaats, construction. March 23, 1948Dry Dock Number 4, Accident Overturning of Locomotive Crane, Looking Southwest. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.Anefo photo collection. Warehouse with dolls to façade on Waterlooplein. August 13, 1965The demolition of the water reserves and the workersbaracks for the new Södersjukhuset 1938-1939. Photo from autumn 1938.Marblehead, boatyards , Boats, Boat & ship industry. Samuel Chamberlain Photograph Negatives CollectionIowa: 1948 The remnants of an auto repair shop after a tornado came through the town.Anefo photo collection. Established in residential house to Klinkerstraat. Recording of the front of the plots. October 23, 1963Anefo photo collection. The queen visits the Disaster area Tricht. Disasters, destructions, tornadoes. June 26, 1967. Gelderland, TrichtLabor Inspectorate Photo Collection. 6.1x6.2 Undergravation floor foundation building Ministry War Kalvermarkt too. April 195209/28/1908. The Floods of Andalusia. Casariche. State in which the Flour Mills were left. Photo: sheep.Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)The operating workshop in Boden after the fire.Image of sagged freight wagons on the partially washed -away and flooded yard at Lage Zwaluwe shortly after the flood disaster.Builder: Building company Contractor, Stockholm. The power station and the pond.Building No. 41 Engine Room Looking Northwest. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.Bangård's expansionSoissons, Aisne, France The vestiges of the machines of the Vauxrot distillery, hamlet close to Soissons , 1917 - Aisne - Fernand Cuville (photographic section of the army) - (May -July) (French - Soissons , Aisne , France Les vestiges des machines de la distillerie de Vauxrot , hameau proche de Soissons). Factory , workshop, ruins, bombing, industry, Habitat , architecture, First World War, Economic Activity, France, Soissons, the machines of the distilleryVintage photograph. Scene showing men working on construction of Battery Tunnel, connecting Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn Tunnel from the Battery to Columbia Street in Brooklyn.Anefo photo collection. Fire in dried vegetable factory in Elburg. Overview. October 12, 1961. ElburgAnefo photo collection. Heavy teat at Prins Hendrikkade. March 7, 1962Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)Anefo photo collection. Viaduct under construction over Overijssel channel collapsed in Bergentheim, collapsed viaduct. November 11, 1971. Bergentheim, Overijssel channelBuilder: Building company Contractor, Stockholm. Matfors power plant.Building Fort Loudoun Dam, black and white photograph. Fort Loudoun Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Tennessee River in Loudon County, Tennessee, in the southeastern United States. The dam is operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), which built the dam in the early 1940s. It is the uppermost of nine TVA dams on the Tennessee River.Excavator loading dirt into a dump truck at a construction siteCollection Dutch Heidematschappij. water wheel. undatedConstruction of the tunnel during Södermalm, Stockholm.Builder: Building company Contractor. Excavation.Steam hammer at fagersta ironworks.Dry Dock Number 4, Monthly Progress Photo, Contract 1399, Holbrook Cabot and Rollins Corporation, Contractor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.Wachusett Dam, looking westerly, Clinton, Mass., Jan. 1, 1903 , waterworks, dams, construction sitesAn Overall View Of The Bombed Deutsche Gasoline Plant At Dollbergen, Germany (22 Miles East Of Hanover) Where Gasoline And Petroleum Products Were Processed. Here, 17 Year Old Alex From Amoensk, Russia, Sits In A Jumble Of High Temperature Feed Lines. 1Slums demolished, Kolkata, West Bengal, India, Asia Copyright: xGoutamxRoy/DinodiaxPhotoxAnefo photo collection. Nablussen van Gluefabriek, Delft. August 20, 1971. Delft, South Holland08/11/1922. Bilbao. In the Nervion Shipyards. State in which the two Burned Pavilions were left.Vintage Photograph. Removing debris of fire glutted paper warehouse in Boston Massachusetts. Frame 2.Anefo photo collection. Midwinterhoornmaker at work. November 5, 1957Cloth dyed with indigo vegetable dye drying in the open air - Kano, Northern Nigeria