Electrification and Construction

Photographs of historical electrification work on rail lines and utility poles, depicting workers and heavy machinery in a monochrome style.

Experimental spray. Prince Georges County, Beltsville, Maryland. The problem is to find a spray destructive to insects but not to humans.. Photographs. 1935-08. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection
Experimental spray. Prince Georges County, Beltsville, Maryland. The problem is to find a spray destructive to insects but not to humans.. Photographs. 1935-08. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection
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German railway troops wooden administrator under constructionGerman railway troops. Holzviaduct under construction
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Anefo photo collection. unknown . Television tower in IJselstijn converted 210 meters high tower during his fall. May 8, 1962. IJsselstein, Utrecht
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Wireless Masts & Towers - Radio. August 20, 1942. (Photo by Russell Roberts Pty. Ltd.).
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The Sky's the Limit, or near enough to it, when this new 120 foot extension ladder, latest addition to the equipment of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade is brought into action. This picture was taken today during first tests of the ladder which is only 12 ft. shorter than Melbourne's height-limit buildings. The ladder truck is among first units of modem equipment to be acquired by theFire Brigade. January 10, 1939.
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Tensioning station when mounting cable.
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Two Strike Resettlement Well in Operation. 1900 - 1960.. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Rosebud Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs
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The SSR (Secundary Surveillance Radar) at the MarineLiegkamp de Kooy in March 1990.
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Crib Mast Stationed on Mare Island, California. RM6P 2395 - 350 FT. Crib Mast. Mare Island Cal April 8, 1916. 1916-04-08T00:00:00.
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Somewhere on the line between Porjus-Vassijaure.
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Anefo photo collection. The old TV mast in IJselstijn. May 8, 1962. IJsselstein, Utrecht
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Pupinpoints Å (on) Tierpskabeln.ur Album The cable work helmet - Norrtälje - Finnviken performed during the summer of 1928.
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EFD. Installation of outriggers.
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Other Project (Utility Line Installation). 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
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Vintage Photograph. Linesmen installing new electric lines.
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Wachusett Department, Wachusett-Sudbury power transmission line, attaching insulators and conductors, pull-off pole No. 343, looking westerly along line, transposition pole in distance, Southborough, Mass., May 29, 1918 , waterworks, power lines, construction sites
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Lighting Montage in Tystberga.
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Bangården at Skoghall station. The contact line posts belonged to Skoghall's sawmill's course, which was used, among other things, to transport workers to and from the work.
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1978
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German railway troops. Holzviaduct under construction
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CONSTRUCTION OF A CHINESE AIRFIELD: The Air Warning signal is given by running a red ball to the top of a pole in a tall tree.
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EFD. Installation of outriggers.
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Wachusett Department, Wachusett-Sudbury power transmission line, Sudbury Reservoir crossing, erecting 68-foot steel tower at southwesterly end of 700-foot span, assembling struts and braces, Southborough, Mass., Dec. 20, 1917 , waterworks, power lines, construction sites
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Other Projects. 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
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White House Communications Agency (WHCA) staff advance trip to Maine. White House Communications Agency (WHCA) staff set up communications equipment at an unidentified location in Maine in preparation for President John F. Kennedys trip to Maine; WHCA officer, Ronald Danielson (at right, on roof), and an unidentified man install an antenna. An unidentified man (left of ladder, holding American flag) stands below.
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The SSR (Secundary Surveillance Radar) at the MarineLiegkamp de Kooy in March 1990.
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Demonstration of Engineering Equipment (Water), New York , Civil defense, Pipes Conduits. Records of the Office of Civil Defense and Defense Mobilization
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Construction of the Viaur Viaduct in France by the Societé de Construction des Battignolles, November 4, 1901, 1901 photograph France photographic support cyanotype making the overground structures (~ building activities). viaduct Viaur Viaduct
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Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Radio boards monitoring service. A radio machine is placed. November 12, 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies
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Mary Surratt, Lewis Powell, David Herold, and George Atzerodt hanging from the gallows at Fort McNair, Washington D.C., July 7, 1865. They had been convicted of being part of the conspiracy which res
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Detail, contact line post.
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Anefo photo collection. Build television tower in Goes. December 5, 1957. Goes
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in australia the concept of remote in the outback with asphalt line and water tank
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Image of a transformer house on the Zandweg (opposite Woerdlaan) in Vleuten; On the left the high voltage and on the right the low voltage (the transformer is at the top).
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Workers at work on the country.
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Anefo photo collection. Construction of view tower in Dortmund T.G.V. Horticultural exhibition "Bundesgartenschau". April 14, 1959
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Lineman clearing branches of ice laden tree from telephone and telegraph lines
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Wachusett Department, Wachusett-Sudbury power transmission line, sagging and attaching power and telephone conductors, regular double pole No. 329, Southborough, Mass., May 28, 1918 , waterworks, power lines, construction sites
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The British Grid System- the work of the Central Electricity Board in Wartime, c March 1945 Repair teams arrive on the scene, following a reported fault on the electricity line. The fault has been caused by a damaged conductor cable, visible dangling down on the left of the pylon. The first job for these repair men to do once they leave their vans is to earth all three conductors on the left of the pylon, as a precaution before carrying out any repairs.
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The carrying post Ickery drawn by the test load on the line Kuosakåbå - Gällivare.
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Snow, ice and damaged telephone pole after flooding in Tornedalen.
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A Giant "Eye" will Look into the Past -- A small prototype radio telescope now is use gives an idea of what the giant will look like. The latter will be a hundred times more powerful, and is seem under construction. A giant radio "eye", costing something like half-a-million pounds, is now under construction for the University of Manchester, at Jodrell bank, near Holmes Chapel, Cheshire, and will enable observers to look millions of years into the past universe. The telescope, supported between
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Trent, telephone and telegraph center telephone and telegraphenzentrale; Trento, Dolomite Front, Today Trentino; Photographer: War Measurement 11
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Phone network at Norrtull in 1897.
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Anefo photo collection. Images at the Keukenhof. Construction of the Amsterdammer A. Volten. April 8, 1963. Lisse
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Anefo photo collection. The four meter high RAI signal is almost ready. January 11, 1961
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Anefo photo collection. Build television tower in Goes. December 5, 1957. Goes
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Hampton, Virginia 1974NASA's experimental vertical axis windmill for the conversion of wind power to electricity at the Langley Research Center.
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A photograph taken from the deck of the HMS Iron Duke of fishing at Beykoz (Beicos), Turkey. A fisherman is positioned atop a large pole, connecting sets of nets. A small rowing boat moves inside the array of nets. Date: circa 1920s
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Mail box of Oklahoma tenant farmer near Hydro, Oklahoma. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oklahoma , Hydro, Oklahoma , Caddo County
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Wachusett Department, Wachusett-Sudbury power transmission line, Sudbury Reservoir crossing, erecting 68-foot steel tower at southwesterly end of 700-foot span, raising middle section, Southborough, Mass., Dec. 20, 1917 , waterworks, power lines
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Hair Seals' Skins and Meat Drying. Natives of St. Paul Island, Pribilof, in the Bering Sea dry hair seals' skins and meat to stock their larders. Racks such as the one shown here are used to keep meat and skins out of the reach of dogs and wild animals.
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1930s TWO MEN WORKING ON UTILITY POLE DRILLING HOLES FOR INSTALLATION OF METAL BRACKETS
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Vintage Photograph. Lightning strike over electric transformers.
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Vintage Photograph. Erecting television aerial on home.
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Drilling machine, near Kane, Pa. , Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States
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Drilling machine, near Kane, Pa. , Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States
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TVA Brings Electricity
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Electric Work, Borås-Gnosjö
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Anefo photo collection. In the center of Dodewaard 11 meter high windmill placed by action group Milieudefensie to show that nuclear energy is not necessary. October 11, 1980. Dodewaard
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