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Vintage photographs depicting construction sites, derailed trains, and war devastation, illustrating historical industrial activities and damage.

Housing for Oklahoma refugees. California. 1936. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California, Internal migrants, Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939
Housing for Oklahoma refugees. California. 1936. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California, Internal migrants, Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939
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Porjus power plant during construction. Intake.Work at Bangård and wagons after derailment.Drum over Ätran at Ubbaredsvy.Chauny, Aisne, France , 1917 - Devastated regions, Somme, Oise, Aisne - Fernand Cuville (photographic section of the army) - (September -October) (French - Chauny , Aisne , France). Factory , workshop, ruins, bombing, rubble, industry, Habitat , architecture, First World War, Economic Activity, France, Chauny, St Gobain factoriesElsevier photo collection. Brand Gellicum Geldermalsen. 1928. Geldermalsen, GellicumRuins Valvoline Oil Works after Big Chelsea Fire, Sun Apr 12/08 , Fires, Ruins, Petroleum industry, Industrial facilities. Chelsea Public Library Archive CollectionEastern Channel Player during workPorjus power plant during construction at Stora Lule River. Work team in working with the dam core.Housing for Oklahoma refugees. California. 1936. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California, Internal migrants, Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939Bomb damage at the Standard oil refinery at Ploesti, Rumania.Porjus power plant during construction. One of the wing walls for the small skib table.The machine shop of the Lopez Sugar Central at Fabrica, Negros Island, Philippine Islands, was demolished by our air raid. The Japs were distilling alcohol here for fuel. 25 May 1945.Sudbury Department, Sudbury Dam, under construction, Southborough, Mass., 1897 , waterworks, dams, construction sitesDamage done during the 1937 flood near Shawneetown, Illinois. 1937. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Illinois , Shawneetown, Illinois , Gallatin CountyConstruction of the new station house. State Railways, SJ in 10402.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.Sudbury Department, Sudbury Dam, upstream face of overfall, Southborough, Mass., May 1896 , waterworks, dams, construction sitesContract No. 70, WPA Sewer Construction, Rutland, 'C' line, looking back from manhole 2C, Rutland Sewer, Rutland, Mass., Dec. 19, 1940The converter station in Fjärås.Wachusett Dam, schist rock ready for masonry, station 4+20, Clinton, Mass., May 2, 1902 , waterworks, dams, construction sitesWrapping device for stone to stone crusher, eastern beach sideWachusett Aqueduct, Italian laborers village, Berlin, Mass., 1897 , waterworks, aqueducts, construction sites, labor campsAnefo photo collection. Fire in Egmond aan Zee destroyed sports hall and swimming pool. December 1, 1977. EgmondElsevier photo collection. Fire pilots Coenhaven Amsterdam. February 1931. Amsterdam, Noord-HollandDry Dock Number 4, Looking North. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.Logging/ Timber Scene. Darius Kinsey (American, 1869 - 1945)Equipment. 1930 - 1949. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Negative. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. PhotographsElsevier photo collection. Destruction cyclone Borculo. Collapsed farm. August 1925. BorculoContract No. 56, Administration Buildings, Main Dam, Belchertown, 8 inch sewage line, showing spillway and septic tank, Belchertown, Mass., Sep. 23, 1937Sudbury Department, Hopkinton Reservoir, stripping and new Hopkinton road, Ashland; Hopkinton, Mass., 1892 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sitesInterior image from the mining of ore in the Kristineberg mine.Contract No. 111, Winsor Dam Outlet Works Superstructure, Belchertown, sheltered concrete plant at outlet works superstructure, looking easterly, Belchertown, Mass., Dec. 6, 1940Construction of the field railway. .Contract No. 85, Manufacture and Delivery of Precast Concrete Steel Cylinder Pipe, Southborough, Framingham, Wayland, Natick, Weston, welding tables for forms for concrete pipe, Natick, Mass., Mar. 23, 1939La Felguera (Asturias), December 1920. Destruction of the cyclone. Ruins of the metal construction workshop of Don Joaquín Soldevilla, which collapsed due to the impulse of the wind.Sprilling effect at the railway farm in Podhajce. .Remains of equipment in a Japanese machine shop, after Allied bombing and strafing attacks. Silut Lagoon, Cebu Island in the Philippines. March 1945.Massachusetts - Boston. Gasoline Crane at work on North wharf. C.S. near inner end of North wharf. C. facing Wly. Distance 50 ft.Swing crane of wood in the old coal yard, at Gullbergsån, for scrap etc. In use in 1919. Handle.Massachusetts - Boston. Showing trumpet extension, looking SW.Service boards during the construction of the radier. 18 Decamer 1899. Service boards during the construction of the Radier, Paris. 18 Decameb 1899. Construction of Parisian metropolitan. "Service boards during the construction of the radier, Paris. 18 Decamer 1899". Photograph of Charles Maindron (1861-1940). Gélatino-Chloride Draw Developed.Palestine disturbances 1936. Incendiary of a Jewish lumber yard in the Shamma's Quarter. 1936Stockholm's central construction of platform roof over platform 5.obs. The policeman wearing a cask.The picture shows a sawn wood storage location.Several workers are loading waste and wood residue on a freight wire .. The picture shows a storage site for sawn wood.Several workers are loading waste and wood residue on a freight wagon.Distribution Department, supply pipe lines, Section 2, Commonwealth Avenue, trench in ledge near Cheswick Road, Newton, Mass., Oct. 24, 1902 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sitesElsevier photo collection. Fire chemical factory Diemen. January 1921. DiemenSawmill Interiors - Log Carriages. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic HistoryDistribution Department, supply pipe lines, Section 2, Commonwealth Avenue, trench in ledge near Cheswick Road, Newton, Mass., Oct. 24, 1902 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sitesSample of damage to Renault plant is the foundry. Main item is the furnace for baking molds. (center of picture), buried in wreckage. The system of flues and pipes, which must have to be almost built into a foundry, is wrecked.Wood Preservation - All States. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic HistoryContract No. 80, High Level Distribution Reservoir, Weston, looking east from left of Sta. 884+/- showing ledge operations, high level distribution reservoir, Weston, Mass., Jan. 5, 1940Contract No. 96, Chlorine Storage House and Equipment and Chlorinating Equipment for Gate House at Norumbega Reservoir, Weston, looking east showing excavation for the chlorine storage house, Weston, Mass., Apr. 17, 1940Monthly Progress Photo, Dry Dock No. 4, North End Wall Looking South, Holbrook, Cabot and Rollins, Contractor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.As Far As The Camera Can See There Is Debris From One Of The Great Henchel Foundries, Located At Kassel, Piled On Top Of Rubble In And Around The Tank Works Of This Henschel Division. But It Has Been Cleared Away From Roadways And Railways To Keep A TricSudbury Department, Sudbury Dam, downstream northerly wing wall, Southborough, Mass., 1895 , waterworks, dams, construction sitesContract No. 20, Coldbrook-Swift Tunnel, Barre, Hardwick, Greenwich, intake structure showing stop log columns on weir, Shaft 12, Hardwick, Mass., Sep. 24, 1932The Controls Of The Machine Which Sealed The Gasoline Drums Are Worked By The Watchman. There Is Little Here To Hsow That This Was Once An Important Gasoline Refinery, At Hamburg, Germany, But The Distinguishing Sign Shows.Contract No. 19, Dam and Substructure of Ware River Intake Works at Shaft 8, Wachusett-Coldbrook Tunnel, Barre, progress panorama 3, photo no. 3, Shaft 8, Barre, Mass., Aug. 28, 1929The construction of road gates in Kungsbacka in the 30s ..Occupational stonecutter.Vladimir-Wolynskij: military sawmill. (5 / IV.1918.).Wooden Construction Over Hole. Original Title: Miscellaneous. 1930 - 1949.. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. PhotographsContract No. 80, High Level Distribution Reservoir, Weston, looking south showing general conditions of dam 1, 20 feet left of Sta. 10+00, high level distribution reservoir, Weston, Mass., Nov. 13, 1939Bombing of machine shop at Miri, Borneo, N.E.I., showing damage to the heavy thread-cutting lathe and fly-wheel of the engine which furnished power for the shop. 11 July 1945.Mills, Milling and Log Storage - Washington. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic HistoryBrabag Synthetic Oil Plant At Zietz, Germany Shattered -- This Is Part Of The Bombing Results Which German Officials Rightfully Called 'Devastating'. Railway Tracks Were Bombed Into The Air And Oil Pipelines Destroyed. Remembered With Particular GrimnesCutting at Tossa.Construction of Edgewood Arsenal in Edgewood, Maryland. Image shows Shell Dump Building #9 from the south. Photograph taken by Hughes Co. on July 10, 1918, and received from the commanding officer of Edgewood Arsenal. Also noted as U.S. filling J7A on March 8, 1918.Monthly Progress Photo, Dry Dock No. 4, North End Wall Looking Southwest, Holbrook, Cabot and Rollins, Contractor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.Destroyed Machinery In The Residential Section Of Yokohama, Japan. Most Of The Homes Here Produced Small Parts For The War Effort. Sept. 1945.Double track building between Alingsås - Olskroken. Exercise for country road in the western part of the estate in Jonsered.Image of the preparatory work for constructing the viaduct ('Artwork V') of the Heicopperkade over the Rijksweg Utrecht-den Bosch in Oudenrijn.Anefo photo collection. Drama to image in Zaandam of sculptor Slavomir Militic: Militic lays the final touch of plaster. 17 June 1963. Noord-Holland, ZaandamThe use of EDA use in West Eds parish. The iron rings in the foreground are from Smedjan's wheelstock.Contract No. 96, Chlorine Storage House and Equipment and Chlorinating Equipment for Gate House at Norumbega Reservoir, Weston, looking east showing work on chlorine storage house site, chlorinator house, Weston, Mass., Apr. 23, 1940Contract No. 99, Enlargement of Fells High Level Distribution Reservoir, Stoneham, Malden, Melrose, site of basin 2 and dam 8, looking east from 20 feet left of Sta. 8+10, enlargement of Fells Reservoir, Stoneham, Mass., Feb. 12, 1940Contract No. 56, Administration Buildings, Main Dam, Belchertown, looking southerly at apron in front of patrol building, Belchertown, Mass., Sep. 14, 1938Blasted iron concrete bridge in Brzezany, stress test II of hanging plant. .Schant machine in work after accident in Nattavaara September 1953.Granite blocks quarried for McKim Building, Milford Quarry , Granite quarrying, Hoisting machinery, Building materialsSudbury Department, Sudbury Dam, outlet trench, looking east, Southborough, Mass., 1894 , waterworks, dams, construction sitesFaro Caudill and neighbor John Adams tearing down dugout. Pie Town, New Mexico 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Mexico , Pie Town, New Mexico , Catron CountyReservate Destroyed Petrol Stock in Cervignano 21.11.17. .Sawmill, "Norwegian saw". Sågverk, "Norsksågen".Bridge building at the Nuoljatunneln. The eastern mouth of the tunnel through the Nuolfjället.Wachusett Dam, getting out rock at the quarry, Boylston, Mass., Jun. 3, 1901 , waterworks, dams, construction sites, quarries extracting complexesThe Davao City power plant in Mindaano, was destroyed as a result of Allied air attacks in this area. Due to the complete destruction of diesel generators, no effort has been made to salvage this plant. According to natives, the bomb damage was doneRuins Frank Fay School after Big Chelsea Fire, Sunday Apr. 12/08 , Fires, Ruins, Schools. Chelsea Public Library Archive CollectionHistorical picture of workmen at the building siteMonthly Progress Photo, Building 20, Foundations for New Southeast End Looking West, Yard Labor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.Ruins Frank Fay School after Big Chelsea Fire, Sunday Apr. 12/08 , Fires, Ruins, Schools. Chelsea Public Library Archive CollectionContract No. 61, Clearing West Branch, Quabbin Reservoir, Belchertown, Pelham, Shutesbury, New Salem, Ware (including in areas of former towns of Enfield and Prescott), showing size of tree pushed into fire, Quabbin Reservoir, Mass., Jan. 26, 1939Building Survey. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Aberdeen Area Office. Crow Creek Agency. 1949-1954. PhotographsA general view of the pump house in a cracking plant area on Serpoeloeh Ridge. The interior of the building was wrecked by a bomb blast and a system of pipes along side of the pressure chamber was bent and twisted by the "near miss" of the 500 lbContract No. 66, Regulating Dams, Middle Branch (New Salem), and East Branch of the Swift River, Hardwick and Petersham (formerly Dana), looking easterly at cofferdam and fill, east branch regulating dam, Hardwick, Mass., Jul. 10, 1939Small Sawmills (mold) - Indiana. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic HistorySprilling effect at the railway farm in Podhajce. .Remains of old Gulf States paper mill, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. 1935. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography CollectionStonehenge, England: Professor William Gowland (centre) watching the straightening of a leaning stone which is attached to a wooden frame and pulleys. Photograph, 1901.Contract No. 80, High Level Distribution Reservoir, Weston, progress on gatehouse and connections at Schenck's Pond outlet, looking south from Sta. 108+13, high level distribution reservoir, Weston, Mass., Nov. 28, 1939