Historic Road and Excavation Sites

A collection of black-and-white images depicting road construction, railway tracks, and excavation sites from various locations, showcasing early engineering and landscapes.

North Island indistrial site, 1920s-1930s, North Island, by Roland Searle.

Africa, ethiopia, road construction, based Adigrat alequà, 1930 19406.

Pedro Miguel Lock site. Looking south. Down to grade

Blue Spur gelatin dry plate negatives, black-and-white negatives

Excavation of Right bank of Tokomaru Dam black-and-white negatives, gelatin dry plate negatives

Falu cup mine. The shock.

Labor Inspectorate Photo Collection. 5x5 day construction. undated

Italy. sicily. sulphur mine; 30s.

Mangahao Hydro-Electric scheme : 1922-1923, 1922-1923, by Leslie Adkin. Gift of G. L. Adkin family estate, 1964.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. Bridge repair. Recording from above. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

North Island indistrial site, 1920s-1930s, North Island, by Roland Searle.

Suorva power plant. Little seafall at Souorva before the expansion in 1920.

Spain, Basque Country. Biscayan mining industry. Somorrostro: perspective of the ore deposits of La Orconera and the new town of La Orconera. Engraving. La Ilustracion Española y Americana, 1882.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. Recovery pipeline and Acquaduct of a hydroelectric power station. Overview. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Anefo photo collection. Mines in Limburg. 1945. Limburg

Sierra de Guadarrama, August 1962. The works in the Guadarrama tunnel.

Griqualand West, South Africa: Kimberley diamond mine. Woodburytype, 1888, after a photograph by Robert Harris.

View of Falu cup mine in the valleys.

Tracking along the line between Ulricehamn and Jönköping. Decauville tracks, the finished rail pieces were used as provisional courses for track work vehicles.

Labor Inspectorate Photo Collection. 6x6 excavations NV Kalkmergelmaatschappij Sint Pietersberg, Maastricht. undated. Maastricht

Denton, Texas, December 31, 1961 Cement trucks deliver concrete for the lower level of the Federal Regional Center (FRC) in Denton, Texas in December, 1963. The FRC was operated by the Office of Civil Defense Mobilization, a FEMA predecessor.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

The yoke and the lead to power station

Builder: Building company Contractor, Stockholm. Intake channel for radial cable crane.

Riddarhyttans ironworks. Source fall in 1921.

Panamanal

General view of the rock-crushing and concrete-mixing plant showing the aerial tramlines black-and-white negatives, gelatin dry plate negatives

Hydraulic gold mining. Frank and Frances Carpenter collection , Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951, Hydraulic mining,Alaska,1890-1930, Gold mining,Alaska,1890-1930, United States,Alaska

Mangahao Hydro-Electric scheme : 1929 black-and-white negatives, gelatin dry plate negatives

The power station of the harrow. The pond in 1950.

Genissiat Dam - Genissiat Dam Harnesses Hydro-Electric Power for France. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Water Wheels. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Reinforcement work of the railway bridge over the Pite River at Sikfors on the line between Piteå and Älvsbyn.

Front of Poor Dog Dam After Washout. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Major Project. 1930 - 1949.. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Mangahao Hydro-Electric Scheme black-and-white negatives, gelatin dry plate negatives

Foundations of Hydro-electric Powerhouse under construction black-and-white negatives, gelatin dry plate negatives

Wachusett Dam, excavating the waste channel, Clinton, Mass., Dec. 1, 1903 , waterworks, dams, construction sites, spillways

Contract No. 30, Stream Control Works at Main Dam, Swift River Reservoir, Belchertown, Enfield, Ware, concrete placing plant, diversion tunnel of stream control works, Belchertown, Mass., Aug. 2, 1932

Original caption: "Morongo - Stone and mortar conduit ditch.". 1936 - 1942. Pacific Region (Riverside, CA). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Office of Indian Affairs. Mission Agency. 11/15/1920-6/17/1946. Photographs

California History - Town of Volcano and Valley, Amador County circa 1866.

Homesteads - Occupied. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Modernizing U.S. 21. Original caption: Large volumes of earth had to be moved in modernizing US 21 in West Virginia. Annual Report 1950 - Bureau of Public Roads. State: West Virginia.

China Clay Is Second Biggest Export -- A general view of Goonvean Pit, which is 300 feet deep. Waste burrows or tips now provide material for the making of cement blocks for Cornish Unit houses. October 31, 1949. (Photo by Pictorial Press).

Weir After Forms Removed. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Vintage photograph. Evaporation by sun and wind produces crude salt crystals which are washed and prepared for market by the Leslie Salt Co.

Donzere-Mondragon Project - Lead, The Donzere-Mondragon Falls. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Kirunavaara mine, Kiruna.

Simeto river water arrangment works 1963

Italy. Tuscany. Castelnuovo Di Val Di Cecina Under Construction. 1910-20

Colton. Cement Works , Colton, Cal.

Tractor with bulldozer making a cut through rock hill to divert creek from new highway

Original caption: "Side hill tractor work". 1936 - 1942. Pacific Region (Riverside, CA). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Office of Indian Affairs. Mission Agency. 11/15/1920-6/17/1946. Photographs

Mining fields in the German mine (Germangruvan) in the fields of 1901.

Original caption: "Roads San Manuel Sidehill work.". 1936 - 1942. Pacific Region (Riverside, CA). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Office of Indian Affairs. Mission Agency. 11/15/1920-6/17/1946. Photographs

The gravel pit just north of Järkholmen.

12/31/1929. Construction of the dam on Lake Brazato.

Bridge construction at Viskafors, laying stone glacis. On the line between Varberg - Borås.

Face in the sand excavation on the Grebbeberg near Rhenen.

Contract No. 80, High Level Distribution Reservoir, Weston, looking east from south side of Sta. 883+/- showing rock excavation for twin aqueduct line, high level distribution reservoir, Weston, Mass., Feb. 27, 1940

Mangahao Hydro-Electric Scheme, 1922 : 11th, 12th, 13th, 15th and 16th visits black-and-white negatives, gelatin dry plate negatives

Excavations (started in 1975) and the pile of steel sheet piles.

Hydroponics & Organic. October 05, 1951.

Mangahao Hydro-Electric Scheme : 25th, 26th, 28th and 29th visits black-and-white negatives

Vintage photograph. Iron mining near Hibbing, Minnesota

Gravel conveyor belt. Shasta Dam. Shasta County, California 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Shasta County

Interior Of Underground Factory At Muhldorf, Germany, Showing Steel Reinforcements On Roof.

Construction of the Panama Canal, steam elevators at the cut at Pedro Miguel, Central America, woodcut circa 1871

Kirunavaara Malmberg, 1916.

Damaged Properties - Washington. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Gravel conveyor belt. Shasta Dam. Shasta County, California 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Shasta County

Original caption: "Santa Rosa Reservation - Concrete mixer in operation in connection with construction of Santa Rosa Dam ". 1936 - 1942. Pacific Region (Riverside, CA). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Office of Indian Affairs. Mission Agency. 11/15/1920-6/17/1946. Photographs

Anefo photo collection. Construction of a new bend on the Zandvoort circuit. August 20, 1979. Noord-Holland, Zandvoort

Vintage Photograph. Aerial of the Utah Copper Division the electrolytic refinery.

SOLLAC. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Panticosa (Huesca), 1930 (Ca.). The Brazato dam under construction.

Falu cup mine. Crumbled shaft building east side of the shock.

Italy, Sicily, mining sites of Ragusa, 1920-30.

The foundations of the permanent Powerhouse at Mangaore showing the progress of this portion of the Hydro-electric Scheme black-and-white negatives, gelatin dry plate negatives

Grannity, binns and incline gelatin dry plate negatives, black-and-white negatives

España. Catalunya. Construcción del pantano de Sant Antoni, en Tremp, por la compañía Riegos y Fuerzas del Ebro, S.A., popularmente conocida como "la canadiense". Torres del cable aéreo para vagonetas. Año 1915.

Dam #91 Widening File. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Abiskojokk lead to power station

Saw mill on Mill Road, Akatarawa, 1940s, North Island, by J.W. Chapman-Taylor.

Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. Album Mr. Wijnbergen. Storage Fa. Dr. Ruthjens in Wolfshagen (Harz). 1957. Germany, Harz, Wolfshagen

Vintage Photograph. Men using crane to lift white marble at the quarries in Tate, Georgia

China Clay Is Second Biggest Export -- The clay is washed out of the rock, after blasting, by high-pressure hoses. October 31, 1949. (Photo by Pictorial Press).

12/31/1962. Construction of the Guadarrama tunnel.

Transvaal, South Africa: a gold mining valley occupied by Union Company and Pioneer United Company, with Barberton in the distance. Woodburytype, 1888, after a photograph by Robert Harris.

No 5 Electricity Works in Abiskojokk.

Breakwater Blocks. Workmen loading a 40-ton concrete block on to a railway "grid-iron" at the Public Works Department's yards adjacent to Cringela Quarry at Port Kembla. The blocks are constructed at the rate of three a day-and are used for the extension of the eastern break-water at Port Kembla. Already 1700 of the blocks, which consist of one part cement, one part sand and 2½ parts blue-metal, have been used on the breakwater. September 11, 1947.

Photo collection Government information service. Work, channels. undated

Anefo photo collection. Work Coentunnel. Dredging mill. September 12, 1961

Wachusett Reservoir, North Dike, easterly portion, main cut-off trench, sheet piling, station 13; from the northeast, Clinton, Mass., Jul. 13, 1899 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites

Mangahao Hydro-Electric Scheme : 1923 black-and-white negatives, gelatin dry plate negatives

Anefo photo collection. Construction of oil pipeline in Israel. January 2, 1957. Israel

Anefo photo collection. Zaire (formerly Belgian Congo). Inga project, dam in the Zaire river. October 24, 1973. Congo, Zaire

Poll photo collection. Photo of a photo of a quarry. Diamond mine. undated

Coal mine, appalachian mountains

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