Historic Waterworks and Construction

Black and white photographs of early 1900s waterworks projects, including dams and reservoirs, depicting construction activities and landscapes.

Wachusett Reservoir, Dumping platforms Nos. 23 and 24, Section 6, Boylston, Mass., Jun. 11, 1902 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites
Wachusett Reservoir, Dumping platforms Nos. 23 and 24, Section 6, Boylston, Mass., Jun. 11, 1902 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites
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Wachusett Reservoir, final cleaning of reservoir bottom, Section 6, West Boylston, Mass., Oct. 15, 1903 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites
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Wachusett Reservoir, loading cars in ravine, Section 6, square 202, West Boylston, Mass., Oct. 2, 1902 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites
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Wachusett Reservoir, covering muck on Section 7, Boylston, Mass., Dec. 19, 1900 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites
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Wachusett Reservoir, North Dike, easterly portion, main cut-off trench, filled and buried kettle in the sand plain, station 20+00, Clinton, Mass., Nov. 13, 1898 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites
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Dunedin gold dredge, New Zealand, by Burton Brothers.
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Wachusett Reservoir, stripping steep slopes on Section 7, showing portable chute, Boylston, Mass., May 15, 1901 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites
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Wachusett Dam, from the viaduct, Clinton, Mass., Jul. 5, 1904 , waterworks, dams, construction sites
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Wachusett Reservoir, North Dike, easterly portion, riprap, Clinton, Mass., Dec. 17, 1902 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites
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Wachusett Dam, excavating at main dam site, looking downstream, Clinton, Mass., Aug. 20, 1900 , waterworks, dams, construction sites
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Oglala Dam Project. 1939-01-01T00:00:00.. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs
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The dispersal area at the Bacolod Air Strip on Negros, Philippine Islands, is surfaced with stones and gravel. A steam-roller flattened the stones as they were unloaded from trucks by Filipino laborers. 20 May 1945.
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Wachusett Reservoir, hauling soil from kettle hole, square 805, Section 7, Clinton, Mass., Aug. 12, 1902 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites
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Wachusett Reservoir, North Dike, westerly portion, driving sheet piling in cut-off trench, station 60; from the northwest, Sterling, Mass., Oct. 30, 1899 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites
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Distribution Department, Weston Aqueduct Supply Mains, Section 7, open cut from east portal of tunnel, showing material deposited during the winter, Newton, Mass., Jun. 7, 1911 , waterworks, water tunnels, construction sites
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Wachusett Reservoir, stripping steep slopes on Section 6, near Dumping Platform No. 10, Boylston, Mass., Dec. 1, 1900 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites
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Distribution Department, Northern High Service Middlesex Fells Reservoir, west wall of east basin, between division walls Nos. 1 and 2, from the southeast, Stoneham, Mass., Aug. 15, 1899 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites
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Wachusett Reservoir, North Dike, westerly portion, stratification on the south side of cut-off trench, station 55+25; from the north, Clinton, Mass., Sep. 12, 1899 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites
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Wachusett Reservoir, southerly from Wilson Street, Clinton, Mass., May 6, 1902 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites
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Relocation Central Massachusetts Railroad, viaduct from above tunnel portal, Clinton, Mass., May 2, 1902 , waterworks, railroads infrastructure, construction sites, viaducts
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Wachusett Dam, from the viaduct, Clinton, Mass., Apr. 2, 1904 , waterworks, dams, construction sites
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Wachusett Reservoir, North Dike, easterly portion, west of station 5 (compare with No. 4181), Clinton, Mass., Apr. 24, 1902 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites
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Wachusett Reservoir, gravel pit at Dover Pond, Boylston, Mass., Jul. 15, 1903 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites
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Wachusett Reservoir, stripping on Section 7, near Sandy Pond, Clinton, Mass., May 6, 1902 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites
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Wachusett Reservoir, stripping on the O'Brien farm, Section 6, Boylston, Mass., Nov. 14, 1900 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites
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Golden Falls, Alexandra, new current wheel dredge, New Zealand, by Muir & Moodie.
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The Tremendous Pressure Of The Atomic Blast Bent The Steel Frame Of The Mitsubishi Steel Works
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Wachusett Reservoir, terminal box of siphon at Sandy Pond, from the west, Clinton, Mass., Jun. 20, 1898 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites
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Contract No. 56, Administration Buildings, Main Dam, Belchertown, general view of hangar excavation, looking westerly, Belchertown, Mass., Sep. 10, 1937
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Wachusett Dam, excavation, looking up stream, Clinton, Mass., Dec. 3, 1900 , waterworks, dams, construction sites
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Wachusett Reservoir, North Dike, earth slide, filling in, Clinton, Mass., Jun. 4, 1907 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites
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Wachusett Reservoir, final cleaning of reservoir bottom, Section 6, West Boylston, Mass., Oct. 15, 1903 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites
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Wachusett Reservoir, stripped area on Section 6, site of Dumping Platform No. 6 (compare with No. 3235), Boylston, Mass., Dec. 12, 1900 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites
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The bridge construction for the double track over the canal between Rönninge stream.
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Wachusett Reservoir, stripping on Section 10 below Oakdale, Oakdale, West Boylston, Mass., May 8, 1902 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites
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Wachusett Reservoir, westerly from Wilson Street, Clinton, Mass., May 6, 1902 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites
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Injured Trees: Smelter Fumes. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Stone Crusher In Operation During Construction Of 2Nd Air Base Group Strip At Patterson Field, Iceland. 4 June 1942.
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Wachusett Dam, the quarry, looking southerly, Boylston, Mass., Aug. 1, 1901 , waterworks, dams, construction sites, quarries extracting complexes
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Wachusett Reservoir, North Dike, westerly portion, looking easterly, Sterling, Mass., Nov. 20, 1902 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites
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Wachusett Reservoir, stripping slopes on Section 7, Boylston, Mass., Jun. 25, 1902 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites
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Wachusett Reservoir, stripped area on Section 6, site of Dumping Platform No. 6 (compare with No. 3235), Boylston, Mass., Dec. 12, 1900 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites
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Mangahao Hydro-Electric Scheme, by Leslie Adkin.
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Wachusett Reservoir, clearing the 40-foot fire line 227B, looking northwest, Boylston, Mass., Jan. 14, 1901 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, forestry
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Wachusett Dam, excavating waste channel near Tail Towers, Clinton, Mass., Apr. 6, 1903 , waterworks, dams, construction sites
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Wachusett Reservoir, North Dike, placing riprap, Clinton, Mass., Nov. 14, 1907 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites
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Wachusett Reservoir, North Dike, quarry at easterly end, Clinton, Mass., Oct. 14, 1907 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites, quarries extracting complexes
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Wachusett Dam, from the west, Clinton, Mass., Nov. 2, 1903 , waterworks, dams, construction sites
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Wachusett Dam, excavating waste channel, Clinton, Mass., Jan. 1, 1904 , waterworks, dams, construction sites, spillways
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Wachusett Dam, from the viaduct, Clinton, Mass., Oct. 4, 1904 , waterworks, dams, construction sites
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Wachusett Reservoir, filter-beds, small slides of March 25, 1909, in embankment of Bed No. 3, Sterling, Mass., Apr. 1, 1909 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, filter beds, watershed sanitary improvement
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Bomb Damage To Railroad Yards At Grosseto, Italy.
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Wachusett Dam, from the southeast, Clinton, Mass., Dec. 3, 1904 , waterworks, dams, construction sites
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The Volcania munitions...
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Wachusett Reservoir, North Dike, westerly end (compare with No. 5590), Sterling, Mass., Aug. 9, 1904 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites
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Distribution Department, Southern Extra High Service Bellevue Reservoir, excavating for foundation of steel tank, Bellevue Hill, West Roxbury, Mass., Aug. 19, 1914 , waterworks, water towers, construction sites, 1886-1888 Bellevue Hill Water Tower
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Wachusett Reservoir, stripping soil, Section 10, West Boylston, Mass., Sep. 18, 1904 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites
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Wachusett Reservoir, North Dike, westerly portion, filling in the dike, east of station 37, Clinton, Mass., May 15, 1901 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites
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Wachusett Dam, panoramic view, from the west, Clinton, Mass., Oct. 3, 1900 , waterworks, dams, construction sites
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Relocation Central Massachusetts Railroad, North Brook culvert inlet, Berlin, Mass., Apr. 1, 1903 , waterworks, railroads infrastructure, construction sites, culverts
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Wachusett Reservoir, burning brush near Sawyer's Mills, from the east, Boylston, Mass., Sep. 10, 1897 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites
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Distribution Department, Southern High Service Forbes Hill Reservoir, Standpipe, Quincy, Mass., Nov. 28, 1900 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, water towers, construction sites
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Weston Aqueduct, Section 1, from east wing wall towards Tunnel No. 1, Weston Aqueduct Tunnel No. 1, Southborough, Mass., Jun. 24, 1902 , waterworks, aqueducts, construction sites