Historic American Industrial Scenes

Images depict various aspects of American industrial history, including maple sugar production, railroad trestles, and hydraulic mining, showcasing agriculture and engineering.

Merchant Iron Mill, Boiler Explosion, Mill and boiler. Stack where Davis and Francis were found. Looking south from the canal.. W.P. Bacon (American, active 1870s)

Maple sugar works of S. & E. Morse, Montpelier, Vt. The largest in the United States. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Vermont, Maple sugar industry , Vermont

View of the trestle work of San Antonio Creek, Western Pacific Railroad. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California, Central Pacific Railroad Company

B.W.W. dam division, view showing excavation for gate house foundation and foundation wall of overflow at Dam II, Junly 14, 1877. 1877. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Sudbury River (Mass.), Hydraulic facilities , Massachusetts, Dam construction

Hydraulic mining - The Palm claim, Timbuctoo, Yuba County. no. 794. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1865 - 1876. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California, Gold mining, Yuba County (Calif.), Hydraulic mining, Mineral industries , Environmental aspects

View of logs being floated down the Mississippi river. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Minnesota, Lumber industry , Minnesota

Dam with chute. Gems of the Adirondacks. 1870. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), Dams , New York (State)

Merchant Iron Mill, Boiler Explosion, Mill and boiler. Stack where Davis and Francis were found. Looking south from the canal.. W.P. Bacon (American, active 1870s)

Sing Sing Prison. (Prisoners at work at the quarries.) Hudson River scenery. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), Sing Sing (N.Y.)

View of construction. American scenery, New England series. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Hoosac Tunnel (Mass.), Tunnels , Massachusetts

Workers at the canal locks, Keokuk, Iowa. Iowa views. 1870. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Iowa, Machinery, Canals, Keokuk (Iowa), Locks (Hydraulic engineering)

Packing house, Junction City, Kansas, 423 miles west of St. Louis, Mo. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1867. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Meat industry , United States, Barrels, Junction City (Kan.)

Broken raft. Disaster , Logs, Rivers

Brownstone quarries, Portland, Conn. (The Shaler & Call Quarry.) 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Connecticut, Middlesex County (Conn.), Quarrying, Portland (Conn.)

Canvas tables, extension of No. 2. Snake River gold fields. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Idaho, Gold mining, Hydraulic mining

Granite Works, Concord, N.H.. Unknown maker, American

Building coffer dam in the Mississippi. Scenes in the north star state. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Minnesota

Merrill slate quarry, Brownville. Scenery in Northern Maine. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Maine

New Iron Rail Road Bridge at Portage. Western New York Scenery. Portage Scenery. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1880. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), Portage (N.Y.), Railroad bridges, Genesee River (Pa. and N.Y.), Trusses

Ruins of carbine factory and paper mill, 8th St., Richmond, 6 April, 1865. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1862 - 1865. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. United States , History , Civil War, 1861-1865

Logging in Maine. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Maine

People looking through wreckage at a train accident , Railroad accidents, Railroads

Echo Bridge, Newton, Massachusetts , Bridge construction

Worker sitting near the locks. Iowa views. 1870. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Iowa, Machinery, Construction, Ladders, Locks (Hydraulic engineering)

A visit to Los Cerrillos mining district, "home made shaft," "millionares in it". Along the line of the A.T. & S.Fe R.R., in New Mexico, 98. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Mexico

Paper Mill, Alstead, N.H. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Hampshire, Cheshire County (N.H.), Paper industry

A view of logs being transported to mill. Kennebec River. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Maine, Augusta (Me.)

Man in front of breaker at Hollywood Colliery. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Coal mining

H.L. James wollen factory. Views of Hampshire: Flood! Williamsburg, Mass. 5. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1874-05. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Sawmill River (Mass.), Floods , Massachusetts, Mill River Disaster, 1874

Holyoke, Mass. Upper Canal looking South from the Dam - Parsons Paper Mill on the left.. Edward and Henry T. Anthony & Co. (American, founded 1862, merged 1902)

People standing in area ruined by the flood. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1874-05. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Sawmill River (Mass.), Floods , Massachusetts, Mill River Disaster, 1874

Hawkins' well,no. 4. Hoosac tunnel route series. 233. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Hoosac Tunnel (Mass.), Tunnels , Massachusetts

Boston water works, Sudbury River Conduit, 1876, Division III, west siphon chamber, showing 48" pipes for siphon. 1876. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Sudbury River (Mass.), Hydraulic facilities , Massachusetts, Pipes (Conduits)

Sudbury River Conduit, B.W.W. div.4, sec 15, ledge of cut, Aug. 17 1876. 1876. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Sudbury River (Mass.), Hydraulic facilities , Massachusetts, Pipes (Conduits)

Workers with wheelbarrows at a construction site in Edingen, Belgium, 1857 - 1863 stereograph Edingen paper. cardboard albumen print building-site Edingen

Pineries of Minnesota, (on the drive). Upton's views of Minnesota and the northwest. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Minnesota, Lumber industry , Minnesota

Tankage, west side, Oil City. Stereoscopic views of the Pennsylvania oil region, Oil City. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Petroleum chemical industry , Environmental aspects, Petroleum industry , New York (State), Petroleum industry , Pennsylvania

Marble quarry, North Adams. American scenery, New England series. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Hoosac Tunnel (Mass.), Tunnels , Massachusetts

Sudbury River Conduit, B.W.W., div. 4, sec. 15, Nov. 13, 1876. Brickmason gang at the east end of section 16. 1876. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Sudbury River (Mass.), Hydraulic facilities , Massachusetts, Pipes (Conduits), Bricklaying

Lyndeboro Glass Works, Furnace. New Hampshire scenery. 1875. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Hampshire, Hillsborough County (N.H.), Furnaces, Glass industry

Coal mine opening. American scenery, Mauch Chunk, Pa. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Mauch Chunk (Pa.)

Franklin copper stamp mill Hancock. Lake Superior Views no. 66 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Michigan, Carts & wagons, Mills, Copper industry , Michigan , Hancock

New railroad car wheels at a roundhouse in Ellis. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Kansas, Railroad roundhouses, Ellis (Kan.)

B.W.W. dam division, Dam II, foundation for gate house and overflow, 1877. 1877. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Sudbury River (Mass.), Hydraulic facilities , Massachusetts, Dam construction

Hay making Maplewood Farm, N.H. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Hampshire, Bethlehem (N.H.), Hay

B.W.W. dam division, Dam III, temporary sheeting for north center wall, looking north, July 14, 1877. 1877. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Sudbury River (Mass.), Hydraulic facilities , Massachusetts, Dam construction

Quarry. Unknown maker, American

Water works, Newton, Mass. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Sudbury River (Mass.), Hydraulic facilities , Massachusetts, Construction, Newton (Mass.)

Dam for flooding logs, L. B. Curtis and Co's. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Michigan, Hydraulic facilities, Lumber industry, Logs, Midland County (Mich.)

Deep Quarry, Pigeon Cove.. Cook & Friend

Slate quarry. Kennebec Valley Views. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Maine, Kennebec River Valley (Me.)

Shafts and mines "Little Pittsburg" and "Little Chief." Colorado views. 194. Leadville and vicinity. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Colorado, Leadville (Colo.)

Before casting Katadin Katahdin Ironworks. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Maine

Seeding. Men with teams of horse plows seeding a field. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

The old U.S. well, the one inside the fence. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Petroleum chemical industry , Environmental aspects, Petroleum industry , New York (State), Petroleum industry , Pennsylvania

Coke ovens near Altoona, Pa,-filling with soft coal from overhead-opening and sealing doors..

Caribou mill, Nederland. Collier's rocky Mountain Scenery. Boulder Series. 132. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Colorado, Boulder County (Colo.), Mills

View of steamers at the levee. Selected views, subscription series. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Louisiana, New Orleans (La.)

Out of hand digging of ditches and water basins for an irrigation system; S 5 No 56. Irrigations. Earthmoving ...

Buggies and wagons gathered around building under construction. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Leominster (Mass.)

Port Blakely Mills - largest in the world, near Seattle, Puget Sound , Lumber industry, Lumber, Mills

Placer Mining - Columbia, Tuolumne Co., interior of the dump-box. no.1009. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1865 - 1876. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California, Miners , California, Tuolumne County (Calif.), Hydraulic mining

View of laborers preparing cotton gins - on Alex. Knox's plantation, Mount Pleasant, near Charleston, S.C. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. South Carolina

Water works, Newton, Mass. 1876. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Sudbury River (Mass.), Hydraulic facilities , Massachusetts, Pipes (Conduits), Bricklaying

Negro boatmen at lunch. Southern scenery. Scenes in the Eastern Carolinas. 244. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. North Carolina, Longshoremen, African Americans , North Carolina

Building our home. December 26, 1915: 'Woodside' in course of erection. From the album: Family photographs. 1914-1917, 1915, Levin, by Leslie Adkin.

Smelting Works, New Almaden. 1865. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California, Santa Clara County (Calif.), Carts & wagons, Bridges , California, Smelting furnaces, Mercury

Rush of cotton, Union Wharf Charleston & vicinity No. 263 King Street, Chareleston, S.C. Cotton by Union Wharf, Charleston, South Carolina 1870 - 1879. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. South Carolina, Charleston (S.C.), Shipping, Cotton industry, Piers & wharves , South Carolina , Charleston (S.C.)

Hay making Maplewood Farm, N.H. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Hampshire, Bethlehem (N.H.), Hay

Yucca Paper Mill, Ravena Station, S.P.R.R.. Carleton Watkins (American, 1829 - 1916)

Stereo gelatin photograph by Underwood & Underwood from 1906 depicting a factory in Escanaba, Michigan producing wooden beams intended as bases for railway rails.

Old mining work at Mongomery, Col. Tr. Rocky Mountain scenery. 204. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Colorado

Sudbury River Conduit, section #3 near Dametto orchard looking west. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Sudbury River (Mass.), Hydraulic facilities , Massachusetts, Construction

A factory at West Winsted. 1880. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Connecticut, Litchfield County (Conn.), Factories, Rivers

Looking along the docks, from Fulton Market, showing floating grain elevators. Anthony's instantaneous views. No. 3940. 1860. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), New York (N.Y.), Harbors , New York (State) , New York, Manhattan (New York, N.Y.), New York Harbor (N.Y. and N.J.)

View of oil derricks in Marietta, Ohio. J. D. Cadwallader's stereoscopic views. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Ohio

Hydraulic Mining - The Sluice Blocks.. Thomas Houseworth & Company

Placer Mining, panning out. no.976. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1865 - 1876. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California

View of railroad construction from hill. Hoosac tunnel route series. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Hoosac Tunnel (Mass.), Tunnels , Massachusetts

The picturesque of Ste. Marie River, canoe building. Gems of Lake Superior scenery. 1870 - 1879. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Michigan, Superior, Lake, Construction, Canoes

Rosemary siphon, looking east, June 1877. 1877. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Sudbury River (Mass.), Hydraulic facilities , Massachusetts, Pipes (Conduits)

Group portrait of men posed on cars of mine railroad. 1868. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California, mining , California, Gold mining, Miners

Near view of central shaft building, eng'rs at work. Hoosac tunnel route series. 236. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Hoosac Tunnel (Mass.), Tunnels , Massachusetts

Port Blakely Mills - largest in the world, near Seattle, Puget Sound , Lumber industry, Lumber, Mills

A slope / shipbuilding yard ..

Butler Coal Breaker, Scranton, Pa.. Thomas H. Johnson (American, born about 1821)

Drilling an oil well. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Petroleum chemical industry , Environmental aspects, Petroleum industry , New York (State), Petroleum industry , Pennsylvania

Thoughts of home. Portrait of two men in front of a tree, oil derricks in background. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Petroleum chemical industry , Environmental aspects, Petroleum industry , New York (State), Petroleum industry , Pennsylvania

Placer mining, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Idaho, Gold mining

Park of rifled guns & machine shop, Navy Yard, Charlestown, Mass. American views. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Boston (Mass.), Cannons, Charlestown Navy Yard (Mass.)

Placer Mining, Brown's Flat, Tuolumne County. no.969. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1865 - 1876. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California, Gold mining, Tuolumne County (Calif.), Sluices

Dumping culm, slate pile, anthracite coal mining, Scranton, Pa. , Coal, Coal mining

View of a marble quarry. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Vermont

Vermont Marble Co.'s quarries, West Rutland, Vt. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Vermont, Rutland (Vt.)

Canal Construction Scene. Unknown maker, American

View from Henderson Farm. The Bullion oil region. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Petroleum chemical industry , Environmental aspects, Petroleum industry , New York (State), Petroleum industry , Pennsylvania

View of an oil well in the Pennsylvania Oil Region. John A. Mather (American, 1829 - 1915)

Loading the banana bunches in a boat, anonymous, c. 1912 - c. 1913 photograph Loading the banana bunches in a boat on Plantage Peperpot in Suriname. Part of the photo album from ca. 1912-1913 with 92 photos of the Peperpot and Dordrecht plantations in Suriname and Mount Pleasant in Curaçao. Suriname photographic support. paper gelatin silver print plantation. fruits: banana Suriname. PEPERPOT PLANTAGE

In a great lumber yard, Washington. 1900. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Washington (State), Lumber industry, Lumber

Stupendous log raft, containing millions of feet - a Camps year's work, profit $20,000 - Columbia River, oregon.. Underwood & Underwood (American, founded 1881, dissolved 1940s)

The grave of John Harris, with the Susquehannah sic in the background. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Railroad, Susquehanna River, Harris, John, 1726-1791, Axe Factory Hollow (Pa.)

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