Historical Industrial Sites

Images showcasing early 20th-century industrial sites, including construction machinery, naval shipyards, and factory systems, capturing a vintage aesthetic and labor activities.

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, Building 41(58), Fire Pump Suction in Suction Well, Looking Southeast, Yard Labor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Freiberg. Fertilizer factory Schippan mixing machine system

Wachusett Dam, hoisting machinery of Lidgerwood Cableway No. 2, Clinton, Mass., Jan. 24, 1901 , 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.

Dry Dock Number 4, Monthly Progress Photo, Pump Casings, Alberger Pump Company, Contractor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Dry Dock Number 4, Monthly Progress Photo, North and Center Pump Casings, Alberger Pump Company, Contractor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, new 36-inch main over subway, Central Square, Cambridge, Mass., May 18, 1910 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, laying new 48-inch main on piers on subway roof, Harvard Square, Cambridge, Mass., May 6, 1910 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Monthly Progress Photo, Lean-To, Building Number 10, New Floor, Looking East, Yard Labor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, flexible joint in old 20-inch pipe, Chelsea Creek; Chelsea; East Boston, Mass., Sep. 10, 1900 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Distribution Department, break, 48-inch pipe No. 503 that burst on December 24, 1909 at Harvard Square, after removal from pipe line, Cambridge, Mass., Jan. 5, 1910 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Distribution Department, break, 48-inch pipe No. 503 that burst on December 24, 1909 at Harvard Square, after removal from pipe line, Cambridge, Mass., Jan. 5, 1910 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Distribution Department, supply pipe lines, Section 1, Charles River, building frames for concrete, Weston, Mass., Dec. 18, 1902 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Overturned Locomotive Crane No. 12. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Type Safety Devices - Number 1. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Dry Dock No. 4, Water Flowing from 8-inch Pipe Through Dock Floor, Pipe Top 14'-7" Above Floor Surface, 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.

Wachusett Dam, hoisting machinery of Lidgerwood Cableway No. 2, Clinton, Mass., Jan. 24, 1901 , waterworks, dams, construction sites

Dry Dock No. 4, Ground Water Flowing into Drain from Disconnected Pump, 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.

Relocation Central Massachusetts Railroad, tunnel near west portal, Clinton, Mass., Nov. 11, 1902 , waterworks, railroads infrastructure, railroad tunnels, construction sites

Upper works of VINDICTIVE

Wachusett Dam, hoisting machinery of Lidgerwood Cableway No. 2, Clinton, Mass., Jan. 24, 1901 , waterworks, dams, construction sites

Wachusett Aqueduct, Pier No. 5, Assabet Bridge, Section 8, from the west, showing step at the bottom of the concrete foundation, Northborough, Mass., Nov. 19, 1896 , waterworks, aqueducts, construction sites, arch bridges

Wachusett Aqueduct, concrete foundation of Pier No. 4, Assabet Bridge, Section 8, from the west, Northborough, Mass., Nov. 19, 1896 , waterworks, aqueducts, construction sites, arch bridges

Dry Dock Number 4, Brace 27 1/2 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.

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.

Dry Dock Number 4, Monthly Progress Photo, Sewer Junction, Looking Southwest, 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.

Anefo photo collection. Facade Brouwersgracht 268 has been raised. November 19, 1948

Wachusett Aqueduct, Pier No. 5, Assabet Bridge, Section 8, from the west, showing step at the bottom of the concrete foundation, Northborough, Mass., Nov. 19, 1896 , waterworks, aqueducts, construction sites, arch bridges

Dry Dock Number 4, Pump Well, Looking Southwest Along Main Gallery. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Wachusett Reservoir, North Dike, easterly portion, building 6-inch sheeting in shop, Clinton, Mass., Jan. 1900 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites

Monthly Progress Photo, Building 128 (63-C), Boring Mill Foundation, Looking North West, Yard Labor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Dry Dock Number 4, Monthly Progress Photo, Discharge Main, Building 41, 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, Low Service Pipe Lines, relocation of 48-inch main over subway in Harvard Square, Cambridge, Mass., Oct. 4, 1910 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Details of Break-Brow-New-Mexico. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Macrographic laboratory, etching room , Armories, Ordnance industry, Laboratories, Equipment, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Laxå ironworks. Melting hammer in the former Lancashiresmith. In the foreground extra hammer shaft. In the background electrical power station with the same water chute as for the hammer wheel.

Electrolysis, 48-inch pipe pitted by electrolysis, removed from Boylston Street, Cambridge, Mass., Nov. 1910 , waterworks, pipes conduits, electrolysis

Bomb damage in the Colombia Aquila oil refinery at Ploesti, Rumania.

Rivet Shed Building 364 (19-6), Looking North into Rivet Storage Room. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Sudbury Reservoir, Marlborough Brook Filters, gravel washer, Marlborough, Mass., Aug. 28, 1899 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites, filter beds, watershed sanitary improvement

16' Barbette carriage , Armories, Ordnance industry, Drilling & boring machinery, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Dry Dock 4 Panel 27, Floor Laid, 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.

Wachusett Dam, boiler room at compressing plant, Boylston, Mass., May 2, 1901 , waterworks, dams, construction sites, boiler rooms

Monthly Progress Photo, Dry Dock No. 4, Pump Well Center and North Pump Casings, Alberger Pump Company, Contractor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, Section 28, 20-inch valve and 6-inch blow-off connection, near station 32, Mystic Valley Parkway, West Medford, Medford, Mass., May 26, 1899 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Saugus Iron Works , Iron industry, Industrial facilities, Waterwheels. Samuel Chamberlain Photograph Negatives Collection

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 Reservoir, North Dike, easterly portion, details of driving 6-inch sheeting, Clinton, Mass., Dec. 1899 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, 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.

Electrolysis, 48-inch pipe pitted by electrolysis, removed from Boylston Street, Cambridge, Mass., Nov.-Dec. 1910 , waterworks, pipes conduits, electrolysis

Oil Burning Ranges in Crews Galley of U.S.S Fulton. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Electrolysis, Low Service Pipe Lines, Section 11, Boylston Street, electrolytic pittings in 48-inch pipe, Cambridge, Mass., Jul. 7, 1903 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites, electrolysis

Ploesti, Rumania-Old fashioned pipe still in Trumble Unit at Astra Romana Refinery, has been rendered useless by internal blast.

Monthly Progress Photo, Building 127 (44), New Crane, First Floor West Side, Looking South East, Yard Labor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Monthly Progress Photo, Building 115 (26), Crane Runway in Northeast Aisle, Looking Northwest, Yard Labor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Steel Foundry, Looking Southeast. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Drummond Mill, store, and cabin, Lee Mont vic., Accomack County, Virginia. Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South. United States Virginia Accomack County Lee Mont vic, Milling machines.

Garbage Rack On Saipan, Marianas Islands.

Wachusett Reservoir, recording apparatus, Clinton, Mass., Oct. 1, 1896 , waterworks, equipment for engineering and building trades, apparatuses

U.S.S. North Dakota. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Pier F, Looking Into Top of Form for a Side Column, New York State Construction Company, Contractor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Nuclear reactor construction , Armories, Ordnance industry, Nuclear reactors, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Ironworks.

Monthly Progress Photo, Mechanical Stokers, Building 41, Looking Southeast, Westinghouse El and Manufacturing Company, Contractor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Wachusett Reservoir, recording apparatus, Clinton, Mass., Oct. 1, 1896 , waterworks, equipment for engineering and building trades, apparatuses

Ironworks. Masugn. Rostugen, seen from inside the Malm House.

Monthly Progress Photo, Terminal Bridge Repairs to Abutment, Looking East, Yard Labor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Type Safety Devices - Number 2. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, Chelsea Creek Tunnel, steel encased sections of shafts, Chelsea, Mass., ca. June 1914 , waterworks, pipes conduits, water tunnels, construction sites

Distribution Department, Chestnut Hill High Service Pumping Station, installing vertical boilers, Brighton, Mass., Jun. 11, 1921 , waterworks, pumping stations, boiler rooms

Distribution Department, Chestnut Hill High Service Pumping Station, Allis 30-million gallon engine, Brighton, Mass., Dec. 3, 1898 , waterworks, pumping stations, pumping machinery

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

Monthly Progress Photo, Building 41, Boiler Installation, Looking North, The Babcock and Wilcox Company, Contractors. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Monthly Progress Photo, Pier E, Form for Interior Column, New York State Construction Company, Contractor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Wachusett Dam, Lower Gatehouse, Hydroelectric Power Plant, installation of turbines, Clinton, Mass., ca. 1911 , waterworks, hydroelectric power plants

Dry Dock Number 2, West of West Wall, 860 End. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Monthly Progress Photo, Casting for Track Connections Across Caisson of Dry Dock 4, Yard Labor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Monthly Progress Photo, Air Tank Number 8, Near Causeway, Looking South, Yard Labor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, flexible joint in 48-inch main, north side of subway, Harvard Square, Cambridge, Mass., May 27, 1910 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, flexible joint in 48-inch main, north side of subway, Harvard Square, Cambridge, Mass., May 27, 1910 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Labor Inspectorate Photo Collection. 5x5 Conveyor belt wheel. undated

Distribution Department, Chestnut Hill High Service Pumping Station, Allis 30-million gallon engine, Brighton, Mass., Dec. 3, 1898 , waterworks, pumping stations, pumping machinery

Building 11 Steel Foundry, Foundations for Drop Hammers Looking South, Yard Labor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Erosion of Seawall West Side of Dry Dock 2. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Westbrook Train Wreck

Distribution Department, supply pipe lines, Section 3, Colby Street, Newton, Mass., May 15, 1903 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Dry Dock 4, Types of Air Locks Used, Monthly Progress Photo, The 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, Low Service Pipe Lines, existing pipes over Metropolitan Water Works 48-inch main, Beacon Street at St. Mary's Street; Effluent Gatehouse No. 1 in background, center, Brookline, Mass., May 31, 1917 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

U.S.S. Alabama. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Lower hammer. The bar iron hammer with the logs, which maintain the top ends of the scaffolding chairs.

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.

Distribution Department, break, 48-inch pipe No. 503 that burst on December 24, 1909 at Harvard Square, after removal from pipe line, Cambridge, Mass., Jan. 5, 1910 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Dry Dock Number 4, Monthly Progress Photo, North Entrance to Pump Well, Looking Southwest, 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.

Electrolysis, 48-inch pipe pitted by electrolysis, removed from Boylston Street, Cambridge, Mass., Nov. 1910 , waterworks, pipes conduits, electrolysis

Distribution Department, Southern Extra High Service Bellevue Reservoir, masonry tower, concrete foundation wall, Bellevue Hill, West Roxbury, Mass., Jun. 9, 1915 , waterworks, water towers, construction sites

Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, Prospect and Austin Streets, relocating 48-inch main for Boston Elevated Railway subway, Cambridge, Mass., Nov. 10, 1909 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Skiopticone image. Peat preparation. Plough.

Oxygen dryer for manufacturing dry oxygen for use by the 9th Air Force at Camp Huckstep, Egypt. 28 May 1943.

Wachusett Department, Wachusett Dam Hydroelectric Power Plant, break in turbine No. 2, oil dryer and filter, Clinton, Mass., Feb. 17, 1919 , waterworks, hydroelectric power plants

Skiopticon image from the Department of Photography at the Royal Institute of Technology. Use by Professor Helmer Bäckström as teaching material. Bäckström was Sweden's first professor in photography at the Royal Institute of Technology 1948-1958. Wheel. The picture is a reproduction.

of 2