Historic Construction Sites

Archival images of construction sites and damages from the past, showcasing historical industrial architecture and equipment.

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.

Wachusett Dam, looking northeasterly, Clinton, Mass., Sep. 2, 1903 , waterworks, dams, construction sites

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.

Monthly Progress Photo, Dry Dock No. 4, Ground Water Flowing from Pipe in Floor, 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.

Distribution Department, Chestnut Hill Low Service Pumping Station, foundations, pump wells and engine room, Brighton, Mass., Nov. 4, 1898 , waterworks, pumping stations, construction sites

Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, Section 6, valves in Medford Street on the east side of Malden River, from the east, Malden, Mass., Jan. 13, 1898 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Mitsubishi Ordnance Factory That Formerly Made Aerial Torpedoes For The Japs. Being Structurally Weak, The Plant Was Blasted Rather Easily, But Was Not Burned Except For A Small Oil Storage Station. 15 October 1945.

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.

Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)

Distribution Department, supply pipe lines, Section 2, Commonwealth Avenue, trench in rock, third ledge west of Valentine Street, Newton, Mass., Jun. 27, 1902 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Weaving factory

Wachusett Dam, the lower quarry, looking easterly, Boylston, Mass., Dec. 7, 1901 , waterworks, dams, construction sites, quarries extracting complexes

Monthly Progress Photo Dry Dock No. 4. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Distribution Department, supply pipe lines, Section 2, Commonwealth Avenue, trench in rock, third ledge west of Valentine Street, Newton, Mass., Jun. 27, 1902 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Musashino Aircraft Engine Plant Was Divided Into Two Parts. Musashino East, The Destroyed Half, Was Standard Saw-Tooth Affair, While The Other Half, Relatively Undamged By Attacks, Was Built Of Reinforced Concrete. The Crater Was Made By One 4,000 Pound

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.

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.

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.

Ware Fire Department, fire station, south side after collapse, Ware, Mass., Sep 29, 1938 : Corner of Pulaski St. and South St. , New England Hurricane, 1938, waterworks, real estate, floods natural events, damage condition, fire stations, people agents, automobiles

Wachusett Dam, looking northerly, Clinton, Mass., Apr. 1, 1902 , waterworks, dams, construction sites

Poll photo collection. Netherlands Antilles and Suriname at the time of the royal visit of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard in 1955. The sawmill of the Bruynzeel Suriname wood company. October 1, 1955. Suriname

Labor Inspectorate Photo Collection. 10x15 Reineveld foundry Delft. 1949. Delft, South Holland

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.

Wachusett Dam, looking northerly, showing progress of masonry construction, Clinton, Mass., Dec. 2, 1901 , waterworks, dams, construction sites

Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, Section 6, valves in Medford Street on the east side of Malden River, from the west at the bank of river, Malden, Mass., Jan. 13, 1898 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Waterfront, Looking Northwest from Mast U.S.S. Florida Lying Along South Side of Pier F. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

This View Of The Mitsubishi Aircraft Assembly Plant At Nagoya, Japan Shows How A Steel Roof Collapsed After Fire Bombs Had Burned Out The Aircraft Plant's Interior.

The Mitsubishi Air Frame Plant At Nagoya, Japan, Was Hit By The B-29S Three Times. After The Last, An Incendiary Attack By The 3114Th Wing, It Was Nearly 70%% Destroyed.

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.

Bomb damage to thread-cutting shop at Miri, Borneo, N.E.I. 11 July 1945.

Monthly Progress Photo, Building 20, Rebuilding End, Looking Northwest, Yard Labor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

The Mitsubishi Aircraft Engine Plant In Nagoya, Japan, Was Hit Seven Times And At The End Of The War Was Only Six Percent Intact. It Formerly Produced 40 Percent Of All Japanese Combat Aircraft Engines. Japan.

Wachusett Dam, looking westerly, Clinton, Mass., Nov. 25, 1902 , waterworks, dams, construction sites

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.

Aerial View Of The Bomb Damaged Railroad Yards At Wetzlar, Germany. 9 May 1945.

Aero Engine Factory At Querem, Germany Produced 450 Engines A Month. Production Was Cut To 250 By RAF And 8Th Air force Bombing. Photo Shows Loading Platform Where One Bomb Turned 300 Engines Into A Junk Heap Of Melted Metal.

A Completed Me-109 Used For Demonstrating Engine Installations At The Henchel Plant In Altenbaun Near Kassel Is Explored By An Officer Of The Us 8Th Air force. The Plant Produced Aero-Engines.

Boundary Line Between, Yard and Gas Company, Little Street, Looking South. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

These factories stand gutted by flames, and black clouds of smoke still rise a week after the bombers had completed their mission. BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO, N.E.I.

Wachusett Dam, looking northerly, Clinton, Mass., Nov. 25, 1902 , waterworks, dams, construction sites

Demolished Piping Once Used For Conducting Gasses From The Saarbrucken Engineering Plant, To Blast Furnances Is Shown In The Devastated Form In Which It Was Left Following Allied Air Attacks. The Burning Of Coal Stocks, And Of Electric Cables, Plus The B

Dry Dock Number 4. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Technical Assistance - Power. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Burning of lime. Latorps use. Burned lime is recessed from the oven.

Foundry-oil drums and patterns are stored in this area. More than roof is hurt when well fired bombs plunged thru several floors.

Southern workshop after the fire

Twisted Steel Framework Of Hangar And A Demolished Aircraft Which The U.S. Marines Found When They Captured Naha Airfield Bore Evidence As To The Effectiveness Of Allied Bombings Of The Field. Okinawa, Ryukyu Retto. 1945.

A photo of the Lutong area beginning on the right with the refinery itself, showing extensive damage by bombing and shelling. Note that a revetment wall surrounded the refinery and that the camouflaged paint on the roof is still intact. The

Remains Of A Destroyed Home And Small Chimney With Broken And Rusted Wheels And Gears Of War. Most Of The Homes In Yokohama, Japan Produced Small Parts For The War Effort. Sept. 1945.

Surahammar's use. The scrap yard, 1925.

Construction on the Panama Canal ca. 1913.

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.

Contract No. 19, Dam and Substructure of Ware River Intake Works at Shaft 8, Wachusett-Coldbrook Tunnel, Barre, Ware River Intake Works, Shaft 8, Barre, Mass., Aug. 4, 1930

Complete Destruction Of Repair Depot And Marshalling Yards In Salzburg, Austria, Caused By The Bombing Of The 15Th Air Force.

Monthly Progress Photo, Dry Dock No. 4, North End, East Wall, Looking Southeast, 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.

Pulp & Paper Mills - Exteriors. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Wachusett Dam, upper quarry, southerly end, Boylston, Mass., Apr. 1, 1902 , waterworks, dams, construction sites, quarries extracting complexes

Collection Dutch Heidematschappij. Harwinning / /. undated. South America

Monthly Progress Photo, Manhole in Front of Building 41, Looking Southeast, Yard Labor (Duplicate). Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Boat being built , Boats, Boat & ship industry. Samuel Chamberlain Photograph Negatives Collection

Clinton Sewerage, covered reservoir, Section 2, Clinton, Mass., May 23, 1899 , waterworks, sewage treatment, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites, watershed sanitary improvement

Image from the construction of a new bridge over the Byske River at Myrheden. Please note that the new bridge was built under the existing truss bridge. The bridge was rebuilt in 1941.

Rjukan, Norway- Damaged generator in power station is one of three put out of commission. Two others were completely destroyed.

10/24/1907. Floods in Catalonia. Ruins of the important factory Roxadell Fabril, Destroyed by Water - photo Ballel.

Anefo photo collection. unknown . Construction of storm flood barrier at Krimpen to the IJssel. Construction well. September 21, 1956. Krimpen aan den IJssel

EFFECT OF ALLIED BOMBING ON RENAULT PRODUCTION FOR THE NAZIS. Tangled machinery and materials in the Renault works after the U.S. Army 8th Air Force attack of April 4, 1943.

Construction of the locomotive workshop at the State Railway's railway workshops in Kirseberg, Malmö.

Ludwigshafen Chemical And Oil Production In Chaos -- Vacuum And Pressure Tanks And Columns Canted And Blown About By Repeated Allied Bombings.

Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, logs and stumps from mud excavation, Section 4, Stoneham, Mass., Apr. 9, 1900 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites

Astra Romana Oil Plant, Ploesti, Rumania. Blast wall in background was erected to minimize bomb blast to large storage tank inside. Direct hit was not only destroyed tank, but has also knocked down the wall which was supposed to have insured its

A bullldozer, operated by a member of

The Volcania munitions...

Vintage Photograph. Transportable drill machine drills holes in rock for the placing of dynamite on new road construction.

Mangahao Hydro-Electric Scheme : 31st, 32nd , 33rd and 34th visits black-and-white negatives

Wachusett Department, Wachusett Dam Hydroelectric Power Station, break in turbine No. 2, damage to Superintendent's office; and damage to records, Clinton, Mass., Feb. 17, 1919 , waterworks, hydroelectric power plants, offices work spaces

Builder: Building company Contractor, Stockholm. Power station.

Dry Dock Number 4, Old Steel Sheet Piling, 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.

Atomic Bomb Damage To Okita Iron Works, Hiroshima, Japan. 7 November 1945.

Reactor, utilities from bldg 97 , Armories, Ordnance industry, Nuclear reactors, Construction, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, Malden River crossing, Section 6, station 424, Medford Street, west bank, from the east on old draw pier, Malden, Mass., Dec. 28, 1897 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, Malden River crossing, Section 6, station 424, Medford Street, west bank, from the east on old draw pier, Malden, Mass., Dec. 28, 1897 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Ware River, looking downstream from the north end of the South Street bridge, Ware, Mass., Oct 3, 1938 , New England Hurricane, 1938, Dwellings, Flood damage, waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, floods natural events, damage condition, factories structures

Taft crowd, Fall City, Neb. Nebraska

View of the "air" in Stockholm on February 5, 1892. With the telephone case at Malmskillsgatan 30 in Stockholm.

Builder: Building company Contractor, Stockholm. Sulphate factory in Dynäs in the Ådalen for Sandvikens Cellulosa AB. The construction included factory buildings, pier and pulp magazine. Work image.

Årstabron, vault, overform.

Dry Dock Number 4, Monthly Progress Photo, Junction of Sewers, East Side, 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.

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