Historical Construction Activities

Images showcasing historic construction scenes, featuring workers engaged in dam and irrigation projects with machinery and natural landscapes.

Peck Dam (Making Spillway). 1923 - 1955. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Bank filling along the line between Ulricehamn and Jönköping at KM 37+300.

Electrical installation.

Four Men Working on Thomas Heminger Home. 1920 - 1965. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Sisseton Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Oglala Dam Project. 1940-01-01T00:00:00. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

The State Railways, SJ, Stockholm Central Station The rebuilding, original piling from the late 1860s.

Major Project (Grading Ground). 1930 - 1949. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Negative. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

A crew works on the Wilson River Highway around 1939 the old-fashioned way, with picks, shovels and muscle. Many New Deal-era projects used a minimal amount of heavy equipment so that, instead, they could put many more people to work.

Project (Wounded Knee Dam "Spillway, Stilling Pond, What Oozy Muck Muck"). 1923 - 1955. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Technical course.Minenstollen. .

George-No-Water-Spring (Building Tank). 1923 - 1955. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. Bulldozers scrapers push jungle roads. Hollandia Harbor increasingly expanding. Folk homes found Dok VIII. September 1953. Guinea

Contract No. 30, Stream Control Works at Main Dam, Swift River Reservoir, Belchertown, Enfield, Ware, modified drift deposits, percolation study of main dam foundation material at inlet channel of stream control works, Belchertown, Mass., May 10, 1932

Technical course. At a small deck, cleaning.

White Clay Dam (Erosion Check). 1923 - 1955. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Battery delivery.

The aftermath of the landslide in Surte which occurred on September 29, 1950. Ongoing reconciliation work.

Load of a concrete pile at the bridge building over the Öre River.

Other Project. 1930 - 1949. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Negative. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Steam management at the Central

Crumbles Werk Sebastiano (Werk Cherle).

Track 1 is moved 1.8 meters closer to the station house in connection with the electrification.

Contract No. 99, Enlargement of Fells High Level Distribution Reservoir, Stoneham, Malden, Melrose, looking north at gatehouse showing drilling for 60 inch pipe, enlargement of Fells Reservoir, Stoneham, Mass., Jun. 27, 1940

Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. Pouring foundations. houses design him, whom assigned. October 1953. Hollandia, Guinea

Contract No. 70, WPA Sewer Construction, Rutland, 'C' line, laying brick at manhole 9C, Rutland Sewer, Rutland, Mass., Nov. 20, 1940

Log Transportation: Log Drives. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Community Housing Project Construction. 1920 - 1965. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Sisseton Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Eel-Picking in Suffolk Waters Made 1883-1887 England. Photogravure, pl. XVII from the album Pictures of East Anglian Life (1888) . Peter Henry Emerson

Rallar team under the excavation of a so-called, "cutting" by hand power.

Drying prunes of small California farm. Family labor. Sonoma County, California. 1938. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Sonoma County, Agricultural laborers, Farms

Major Project (Reservoirs and Spillways). 1930 - 1949. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Barco Hammer Doing its Bit at Dam 179. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Work in Shasta Dam, Shasta County, California. 1940. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Shasta County

Buildings Construction. 1930 - 1949. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Negative. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

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Panama Canal construction showing workers loading holes with dynamite, at Point 2 on June 6, 1909. Note the name of the American corporation, 'DuPont,' in the wooden crates.

Bob Murphy Clearing Intake Pump. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Five Men Staining Wood. Original caption: Miscellaneous. 1938-01-01T00:00:00. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Gravel preparing with Quet 23.8.17. .

Floor action at Brzezany.

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Bridge construction at Forshufvud over the Dalälven.

Floor Slab and Steel of Wing Wall Spillway 122-182. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Banquet work.

Measurements - Changing Charts. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Kyle Dam (Repair Work). 1923 - 1955. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Input of timber for sawmills at Hagge forest management.

Anefo photo collection. In Indonesia, the genius is mainly famous for the work he provides when repairing bridges and roads. Here some recordings from the Bailey Bridge under construction over the Metsi, near Tjoeg (Sumatra). The bridge at Tjoeroep will be the first bailey bridge in Z-Sumatra where concrete pillars are used. On the photo, the formwork for one of the pillars. August 1949. Indonesia, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Dutch East Indies, Sumatra

Digging a ditch. Greenhills, Ohio. Photographs. 1937-02. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Ohio , Greenhills, Ohio , Hamilton County

Storängsbanken on the route between Åby and Gravesfors. Spanning device, southern part.

Little Missouri River Bridge after Submergence. 1900 - 1960. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Aberdeen Area Office. Fort Berthold Agency. 1949-. Photographs

Elsevier photo collection. Construction of sewage in the Oudezijds Achterburgwal. undated. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Contract No. 30, Stream Control Works at Main Dam, Swift River Reservoir, Belchertown, Enfield, Ware, modified drift deposits, percolation study of main dam foundation material, inlet channel, stream control works, Belchertown, Mass., Jul. 21, 1932

Fire Suppression: Ground - All States. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Gold Dust.' Placer mining at Rockerville, Dak. Old timers, Spriggs, Lamb and Dillon at work 1889 .

The gear at the southern entrance is connected for the railway construction in Ånge.

Men Build Log House at Warroad. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Red Lake Agency. 1964-. Photographs

110-87 CCC-ID Cottage Remodeling. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Project 2-11-58. Project 2-11-58

Contract No. 71, WPA Sewer Construction, Holden, laying 8 in. vitrified clay pipe, looking northerly from Sta. 30+35, Holden Sewer, Holden, Mass., Dec. 5, 1939

Vintage Photograph. Men working on site at World Famous marble quarries at Tate, Georgia

Contract No. 80, High Level Distribution Reservoir, Weston, Norumbega Reservoir gatehouse showing settlement at southeast corner, high level distribution reservoir, Weston, Mass., Nov. 6, 1940

The effects of the landslide in Smedsberg, which broke the connection via rail between Munkedal and Dingle, are viewed by the track engineer Anton Larsson.

CONSTRUCTION OF A CHINESE AIRFIELD: As a substitution for cement, dirt to be used as a mortar is taken from the hills. (Note primitive rush baskets used for transport.)

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

Elsevier photo collection. Dorpsstraatweg Cuyk called acknowledged flood. holes pits emerged people lay boards ladders passage possible. January 1926. Cuijk, Maas

Manufacture of cement pipes at the bridge construction.

Technical Teaching Course Chelm.m.g.Hangar Sch.11.2.line. .

Contract No. 80, High Level Distribution Reservoir, Weston, looking south from Sta. 883 showing invert pour at angle of aqueduct, high level distribution reservoir, Weston, Mass., Apr. 5, 1940

Whipper Dam: Downstream Slope, Note the Berm. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Aberdeen Area Office. Crow Creek Agency. 1949-1954. Photographs

Billings Creek, Squantum, Massachusetts. 1939 - 1947.

Photograph of the Vienna trade fair captured by Martin Gerlach Jr. on February 28, 1939, printed using silver gelatin.

Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. drainage channels polders Koempen rice project D.M.v. Divers connected. October 1956. Guinea

Project (Building Root Cellar). 1923 - 1955. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

A man building a home in Tel Aviv, beginning with the concrete foundations ca. 1920.

undefined. 1931 - 1963. NARA's Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Fish and Wildlife Service. Minneapolis Regional Office. 1940-1970. Annual Reports

Contract No. 70, WPA Sewer Construction, Rutland, 'C' line, looking ahead from Sta. 9+75 towards manhole 3C, Rutland Sewer, Rutland, Mass., Jan. 9, 1941

Oglala Dam (Piling). 1923 - 1955. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Solomon's Pools & ancient aqueducts Section of Ain Attah aqueduct. Embedded pottery tubes along the Artas road. 1934, West Bank

Drying Tree and Shrub Seeds in the Sun. 1926 - 1956. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Pierre Agency. 1954-1972. Decimal Correspondence

Major Projects. 1930 - 1949. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Negative. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Contract No. 80, High Level Distribution Reservoir, Weston, looking north from center line aqueduct at Sta. 889+80 showing overburden, high level distribution reservoir, Weston, Mass., Apr. 16, 1940

12/16/1981. Water probes in Algaba.

Anefo photo collection. Spain, agriculture, old-fashioned way of teams. July 27, 1965. Spain

Farmers resettled on Skyline Farms, Alabama, at work in sand quarry under supervision of project manager 1935. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Construction. Original Title: Miscellaneous. 1930 - 1949. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Community Housing Project Construction. 1920 - 1965. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Sisseton Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Drilling is performed by staff.

Elsevier photo collection. Lith Maas, remains Romanesque church excavated field Dutch Reformed Church, destroyed war acts 1944. addition foundations, pot sprays found 8th century skulls. March 12, 1953. Lith, Noord-Brabant

Two Chinese men work together to life a large stone on a construction site. They use traditional, pre-industrial lifting techniques. Ca. 1930-40s. - (BSLOC_2014_15_151)

Lindeberg panning gold in a shovel at Pioneer Mine. Frank and Frances Carpenter collection , Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951, Gold mining,Alaska,Nome,1890-1920, Mining,Alaska,Nome,1890-1920, United States,Alaska,Nome

Migrant pea pickers from many states line up with their filled hampers on the edge of the field. They wait their turn for weighing. Near Westley, California. 1938. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Westley, California , Stanislaus County, Migrant agricultural laborers

Excavating Dam Spillway

Rocky Mountain George, old prospector at his diggings. Esmeralda County, Nevada 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Pipe Being Laid in Dam 46. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

General view of lower spillway channel showing measuring weir during release of first water from Quabbin Reservoir, looking northeasterly, Quabbin Reservoir, Mass., June 22, 1946 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, engineering, general views, spillways, dams hydraulic structures, people agents, celebrations

Farmers resettled on Skyline Farms, Alabama, at work in sand quarry under supervision of project manager 1935. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Road Construction. 1930 - 1949. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Negative. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Amos King Home during Repairs / Men Working. 1920 - 1965. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Negative. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Sisseton Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Rosebud 4-H Members Constructing Hot Bed. 1900 - 1960.. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Rosebud Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

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