Historic Construction Projects

Photographs of significant historical construction projects in various locations, capturing workers and machinery from the 19th to early 20th centuries.

Construction North Sea Canal, 1866, Rudolph Guicherit, 1866 photograph Work during the construction of the North Sea Canal by Holland at its narrowest, 1866. Part; of a series of four photos of the construction of the North Sea Canal in 1866. Netherlands paper. photographic support. cardboard albumen print building-site. canal. construction of canal North Sea Canal

Sheep washing, Bukkulla, Northeast. Unknown maker

Rijkswaterstaat photo collection. Waterway from Rotterdam to the sea. Northern Dam in progress. Position 1000 m from the dune foot in the sea. 1871. Rotterdam, Rotterdam, South Holland, South Holland

Photos of the Machinefabriek. recto

Toil and Grime. Peter Henry Emerson (British, born Cuba, 1856 - 1936)

Scaffolding Kon.wi.mail.Stiger from the Royal West Indian mail service, on the waterfront of Paramaribo.

Applying a zinc in the Maas, Rotterdam, F. von Pöppinghausen, 1892 photograph Rotterdam paper river Mesh. Rotterdam

Mills, Milling and Log Storage - Washington. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

View of the Petroleum Maatschappij in Telaga Said, Sumatra, Heinrich Ernst & Co, c. 1890 - c. 1900 photograph This photo is part of an album. Sumatra photographic support. cardboard albumen print drilling for oil. working class, labourers Sumatra

Hickory Swamp Breaker. Attributed to C.W. Woodward (American, 1836 - 1894, active Rochester, New York)

Construction of a thatched roof building. 1898. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Thatched roofs

Hutterer Za, explosion of the sheet pile wall (without date): Canal construction work. Photo on cardboard, 42.3 x 48.5 cm (including scan edges) Hutterer Geza (1864-1917): Sprengung der Spundwand

Logging: Transportation: Log Drive - Minnesota. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Chemical Wood - California. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Construction of the North Sea Canal, Rudolph Guicherit, 1866 photograph Amsterdam cardboard. photographic support albumen print building-site. canal North Sea Canal

Hutterer Za, Iron Tor Canal for Flood (without Dat.): Channel construction work. Photo on cardboard, 42.3 x 48.3 cm (including scan edges) Hutterer Geza (1864-1917): Eisernes Tor-Kanal bei Hochwasser

Rijkswaterstaat photo collection. Channel works in Gorinchem, northern part. Northern Sluis Head of the Schutsluis under construction, seen from the north side. May 9, 1888. Gorinchem, Gorinchem, South Holland, South Holland

Construction of Spoorweg, Anonymous, 1910 - 1935 photograph Leaf with five photos of a railway and bridge that is applied to the plantation. Without captions. Part of the photo album about the Brussels and Pernantian plantations of the Sumatra Caoutchouc Maatschappij on the east coast of Sumatra in the years 1910-1935. East Sumatra photographic support. cardboard gelatin silver print (non-fruit) products of plants or trees: rubber. plantation. railway, tramway; rack railway Pernantin

Flight dust channel after the high EsseNecklace. Flight dust channel after the high Esse

Schippers on a ditch in Overschie, in the background paltrokwood sawmill De Adelaar, Folkert Idzes de Jong, c. 1905 - c. 1907 photograph Skippers on a ditch to Overschie, in the background paltrokwood sawmill the eagle. The mill on the right is the desk mill of the Polder Zestienhoven and Oudendijk. Netherlands photographic support village. rowing-boat, canoe, etc.. sailing-ship, sailing-boat. small canal, ditch Overhang

Water battery on James River, Va. near Dutch Gap Canal | Library of Congress

Description: View of N.B.T. Cos wharf as seen from the Managers wharf. Location: Borneo Description: Looking down the N.B.T. Cos wharf from the pier head. Location: Borneo Description: North Borneo trading Cos Wharf & Shipbuilding Yard, Sandakan. Location: Sandakan, Borneo Description: N.B.T. Cos Shipbuilding Shed & Sawmill as seen from their Pier head. Location: Borneo asia, malaysia, borneo, sabah, asiathroughalens

Rijkswaterstaat photo collection. Merwedekanaal south of Utrecht. Construction of a locking lock in Vianen. From a scaffolding between the two upper chestskolk walls to the outside lounger during the floor of the floor. The gutter performs the torque of the portion of port, which is stopped by a shot at the joke sill, free from the lock floor. June 27, 1885. Utrecht (Prov.), Vianen, Vianen

N.N., water and electricity work, Solingen. (From: Atlas to the magazine for Building, ed. V. Ministry of Public Works, Jg. 54, 1904): Versperre in the Sengbach valley under construction and ready. Pressure on paper, 43.5 x 28.2 cm (including scan edges)

Farmers (workers) on the country (Germany). .

Unknown architect, locks and weirs of the MainAlalization (without date): View, cut. Photo on cardboard, 39.3 x 47.4 cm (including scan edges) N.N. : Schleusen und Wehre der Mainkanalisierung. Wehr, Kostheim

Construction of a plant at Edgewood Arsenal in Maryland for the Chemical Warfare Service during World War I. The photograph was taken in 1918 and has the symbol A for the Chemical Warfare Service. The photo is part of the Army Signal Corps collection, with the identifier 9060028.

Workers spray soil for gold mining in Surinamese forest. Part of photo album with recordings of sights in Europe, Trinidad, Haiti, Martinique and Suriname.

Rijkswaterstaat photo collection. Merwedekanaal south of Utrecht. Construction of a locking lock at Vreeswijk. Viewed view the lock, Beooste de AS. November 19, 1884. Utrecht, Vreeswijk, Vreeswijk

$Movable tent or Yolo Buggy (51 feet long, under which all measurements were made at Fence Stone) at Rainfield Road measuring fractional bar., 1881, Yolo County (Calif.), Geodesy--Observations. Cyanotype., Print Size (rounded corners) 6 7/16 x 8 3/8 in. (16.3 x 21.3 cm); Mat / 7 5/16 x 9 5/16 in. (18.5 x 23.6 cm)$

Construction of the municipal metropolitan railway from Paris, moving the passy gateway, overview before moving on the small arm, downstream Construction of the Municipal Metropolitan Railway of Paris, moving the passy gateway, overview before moving on the small arm, downstream. August 20, 1903. French photographic union.

Rijkswaterstaat photo collection. Kolonie Veenhuizen. Construction of the foundation of Schutsluis II Beoosten the sixth neighborhood. Approx.}. Drenthe, Drenthe, Veenhuizen, Veenhuizen

Anonymous. Construction / Metropolitan / Municipal Railway of Paris. / Place de la nation / Construction of the terminal loop / panties (Taillebourg). "Station Place de la Nation Construction of the terminal loop. 12th arrondissement, Paris". Technique to be identified: Gelatino-silver barrel in 1901-11-11-1901-11-11. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 123825-7

Preparing codfish for the market, Gloucester, Mass. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Gloucester (Mass.), Fish drying, Fishing industry

Day construction at Tunnel 4. Here the first thousand tons of cabbage were won for the marine. Coal extraction in an open mine (day construction). View of the exposed and partially excavated carbon layer. Part of the loose-leaf photo album offered by the staff of the Boekit-ASAM coal mines on Sumatra on the separating engineer director H. Tromp on January 7, 1922.

Photo collection Deli Society. Photo album Deli Maatschappij: "Sumatra O.K." (Kleingrothe). Above: Tiga variety. Bottom left: Sarong weavers. At the bottom right: plows with carbouw. 1905. Indonesia, Medan, Dutch East Indies, Sumatra

Exterior of a sugar factory, a railway plastic and crane in Purworejo. Part of family album with photos of a Dutch-Indian family and from a sugar factory in PurnWorejo.

Lumber Yard, Alexandria, Va. April 1864.. A.J. Russell, photographer (American, 1830 - 1902) April 1864 Inscription: Printed title.

K.U.K. ElektrofeldDepot in Bolechòw.

Rijkswaterstaat Photo Collection. Working Merwedekanaal. Second lock on the Merwedekanaal in Utrecht. Reinforced concrete walls for the Connection Dam. February 1, 1905. Utrecht, Utrecht (Prov.)

Homes of Chinese contract workers, 1921 - 1922 photograph Street with the houses of the Chinese contract workers working at the mine. Part of the loose-leaf photo album offered by the staff of the Boekit-Asam coal mines on Sumatra to the separating engineer director H. Tromp on January 7, 1922 Boekit-asam photographic support gelatin silver print working class, labourers Sumatra. Boekit-Asam

Duke mine in Malmberget.

Construction / Municipal Metropolitan Railway / Paris / Boulevard de Strasbourg to the right of the passage of desire / Construction of the vault / at the location of the old Water Gallery St-Laurent / towards the Porte d'Orleans / April 29, 1905. Construction of the Municipal Metropolitan Railway of Paris: Construction of the vault at the site of the old Water Gallery Saint-Laurent, Boulevard de Strasbourg, 10th arrondissement Construction of the Municipal Metropolitan Railway of Paris: Construction of the vault at the location of the old Water Gallery Saint-Laurent, Boulevard de Strasbourg. Paris (Xème Arr.). Anonymous photography. Gélatino-Chloride Draw, April 29, 1905.

Enjoy the locomobile at the station site at Samarang. The sawing machine powered with a steam engine (locomobile) in operation on the station site at Semarang. With Javanese employees and European supervisors. Album leaf with peeled photo, part of the photo album over the construction of the Semarang - Kedoeng Djattie (Kedungjati) (Kedungjati) on Java in 1865.

Activities in a dry shed for tobacco on Sumatra: the top of the magazines (above), bundling (center), sanding interior (below), Carl J. Kleingrothe, in or before 1898 photomechanical print Part of album with heliogravures of Sumatra's East Coast. Sumatramünchen paper plantation. tobacco. barn Sumatra

Oosterhuizensche Spreng. Photo on cardboard, water construction work. Dated.

Description: Other plantations opened in the company's territory. Kelantan Rubber Co., Ltd. Looking towards Kuala Pergau. Location: Kelantan, Malaya Date: 1909-1910 Description: Other plantations opened in the company's territory. Kelantan Rubber Co., Ltd. Coolies and Coolie lines. Location: Kelantan, Malaya Date: 1909-1910 asia, malaysia, asiathroughalens

Description: The saw mill. Exterior of company's saw mill at Kuala Lebir. Location: Kuala Lebir, Malaya Date: 1909-1910 asia, malaysia, asiathroughalens

Page 88 of photo album of the General Association of Rubber Planters at the East Coast of Sumatra (A.V.R.O.S.), c. 1924 - c. 1925 photograph Book page with a photo of the transport by rail of oil palm trusses in Poeloe Radja to a factory of the General Association of Rubberplanters on the east coast of Sumatra (A.V.R.O.S.) and on the right information about the palm oil management. Part of a photo album of the General Association of Rubber Planters ter Oostkust van Sumatra (A.V.R.O.S.). SumatraSumatraprinter: Dutch East Indies, The paper. photographic support printing (non-fruit) products of plants or trees: rubber. trees: palm-tree. factory-building Sumatra

Hässleholm's mechanical workshop.

Laying Levin's gaspipes on Winchester Street, 3 March 1909. From the album: Family photographs 1907-1909 photographic prints, gelatin silver prints

Hutterer Gefa, the left dam of the new shipping canal at the Iron Gate reaches the cliffs »Plocsia« (without date): Canal construction work. Photo on cardboard, 43 x 96.7 cm (including scan edges) Hutterer Geza (1864-1917): Der linke Damm des neuen Schifffahrtskanals beim Eisernen Tor erreicht die Klippen »Plocsia«

Laying Concrete Base on Constitution Avenue Near 21st Street. Original caption: Laying concrete base on Constitution Avenue near 21st Street, in Washington, D.C. J. K. Hillers, 1933. State: Washington, D. C.

Rijkswaterstaat photo collection. Working at Amsterdam. Sand deposit to improve the basis at the location of the near the St. Antoniedijk in the new Schutslips to be built. View of the tools to sand transport and transhipment on St. Antoniedijk. The required sand becomes Ijmuiden and too. undated. Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

A shaduf, or water crane, North Africa: men are shown operating the water raising machine. Photograph, 1870/1886

Farming Heat at Worpswede "and" Worphauser Mühle ". Table 74 from the folderwerk" Hikes through Heath and Moor between Elbe, ettlets, all and Weser. ". State state view Hamburg, collection of photography history

Rijkswaterstaat photo collection. Moerdijk bridges. Construction of pillars for a bridge over the Hollandsch Diep. Southern country head. 1860-1870}. Moerdijk, Moerdijk, Noord-Brabant, Noord-Brabant

Nancy, Royer, J., Evreux, VP, Capitaine, Une exécution capitale a Evreux (Eure), View of an execution by guillotine in Évreux, photomechanical print, page, photos, photographically illustrated books, height 77 mm, width 100 mm, photographer, 1891-06-03 - 1891-06-03, paper, collotype, photoprint, cliché maker

Maes, Joseph, Oosterweel, Neck, L. van, Les Orphelins, Children who were orphaned after the explosion of a munitions factory in Oosterweel near Antwerp on September 6, 1889, recto - printed, photomechanical print, page, photos, photographically illustrated books, 13, height 165 mm, width 230 mm, photographer, 1885-09-06 - 1889-12-12, paper, papier, collotype, Belgian, 1838 - 1908, cliché maker

Enjoy the construction of the railway at Kedoeng-Djati / left the earth job coming from the station there the footpath to Temperan that will be shifted over the job, further limits and an under construction silk diver .. excavation work in the woods at Kedoeng Djattie. With various sheds and structures under construction. Album leaf with peeled photo, part of the photo album over the construction of the Semarang - Kedoeng Djattie (Kedungjati) on Java in 1865.

Rijkswaterstaat photo collection. Channel works in Gorinchem, northern part. Southern lock head of the Schutsluis under construction, seen from the west side. Basement and anchors for the Bascule Bridge. June 7, 1888. Gorinchem, Gorinchem, South Holland, South Holland

Laying the foundation stone for the Kaiser anniversary hospital of the municipality of Vienna in Lainz on March , right mayor Lueger, Verlag or k, University bookstore R, Lechner Wilh, Müller, photographer, publisher

Coal breaker no. 8. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Lehigh Valley Railroad Company

Brigham Young's cotton and woolen factories. , Textile industry, Factories, Union Pacific Railroad Company, Young, Brigham, 1801-1877. Photographs of the American West

The boiler foundry

Cotton Picking, Milwaukee Public Museum Miniature Group, Milwaukee, Wisc. still image. Postcards. 1898 - 1931. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Cotton

Rijkswaterstaat photo collection. North Sea Canal. Workplace on the North Sea; Concrete blocks dated and stacked and ready for use. 1871. Noord-Holland, Noord-Holland, Velsen, Velsen

Chelsea Fire from East Boston, reservoir, showing Oil Works on fire , Fires, Spectators. Chelsea Public Library Archive Collection

Construction of the bridge over the Merwede at Sliedrecht, the Netherlands; Bridge over the Merwede / T / Sliedrecht (Baanhoek.) // Gebr. Delboy. / THE HAGUE. // sheet pile pillar IV / July 30, 1881 ...

Sowing rice in the Novarese countryside, from Ways and Customs of the Novara countryside, Italy 20th Century.

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