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Historical Pipeline and Waterworks

Images depicting early 20th-century waterworks, including pipes and tunnels, alongside electrolysis-related issues in urban infrastructure.

Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, 48-inch pipe in trench for Cambridge subway at crossing of Cambridge Water Works 20-inch pipe line, Harvard Square, Cambridge, Mass., Mar. 10, 1910 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites
Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, 48-inch pipe in trench for Cambridge subway at crossing of Cambridge Water Works 20-inch pipe line, Harvard Square, Cambridge, Mass., Mar. 10, 1910 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites
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Distribution Department, Weston Aqueduct Supply Mains, Section 7, 76'x60' branch at junction of cast-iron and steel pipe line, near Grant Avenue, Newton, Mass., Aug. 2, 1911 , waterworks, water tunnels, construction sites, African Americans
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Distribution Department, supply pipe lines, Section 3, trench showing gas pipe, Sargent Street, Newton, Mass., Jul. 9, 1903 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites
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Wachusett Dam, dam and westerly hillside, from River Street, Clinton, Mass., Sep. 28, 1905 , waterworks, dams, construction sites
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Miss. River Power Plant, Keokuk
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Electrolysis, Northern High Service Pipe Lines, Section 27, Washington Street, 12-inch pipe after removal and cleaning, showing electrolytic pittings, Lynn, Mass., Dec. 5, 1903 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites, electrolysis
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Outlet Works Shaft #1, looking southwest, into 72' discharge conduit, showing first valve closed, West Boylston, Mass., Nov. 14, 1944 , waterworks, aqueducts, reservoirs water distribution structures, engineering, pipes conduits
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Electrolysis, 48-inch pipe pitted by electrolysis, removed from Boylston Street, Cambridge, Mass., Nov.-Dec. 1910 , waterworks, pipes conduits, electrolysis
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Clinton Sewerage, interior of covered reservoir, Section 2, Clinton, Mass., Aug. 31, 1899 , waterworks, sewage treatment, reservoirs water distribution structures, watershed sanitary improvement
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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.
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Distribution Department, Southern High Service Pipe Line, cracked 48-inch wall casting at connection chamber, Reservoir Lane, Brighton, Mass., Jul. 2, 1901 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites
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Distribution Department, Chestnut Hill High Service Pumping Station, foundation wall of screen chamber, from the south, Brighton, Mass., Oct. 19, 1897 , waterworks, pumping stations, construction sites
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Electrolysis, 48-inch pipe pitted by electrolysis, removed from Boylston Street, Cambridge, Mass., Nov. 1910 , waterworks, pipes conduits, electrolysis
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Distribution Department, Southern High Service Pipe Line, Section 21, 24-inch pipe under Neponset River Bridge, Dorchester, Mass., Jun. 21, 1898 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites
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Electrolysis, Cambridge Water Works, 6-inch pipe from Boylston Street near Eliot Street, showing electrolytic pittings after storing 13 months in Water Works shop (compare with No. 5809), Cambridge, Mass., Jan. 10, 1906 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites, electrolysis
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Distribution Department, Southern High Service Pipe Line, cracked 48-inch wall casting at connection chamber, Reservoir Lane, Brighton, Mass., Jul. 2, 1901 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites
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Distribution Department, Southern High Service Forbes Hill Reservoir, drain in the bottom of the reservoir, Quincy, Mass., Sep. 18, 1901 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites
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Electrolysis, Chelsea Water Works, Broadway near Third Street, electrolysis of 10-inch cast-iron pipe; burst January 18, 1901, Chelsea, Mass., Jan. 25, 1901 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites, electrolysis
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Distribution Department, Chestnut Hill High Service Pumping Station, installing vertical boilers, Brighton, Mass., Jun. 11, 1921 , waterworks, pumping stations, boiler rooms
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Electrolysis, Chelsea Water Works, Broadway near Third Street, electrolysis of 10-inch cast-iron pipe; burst January 18, 1901, Chelsea, Mass., Jan. 25, 1901 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites, electrolysis
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Clinton Sewerage, interior of covered reservoir, Section 2, Clinton, Mass., Jul. 21, 1899 , waterworks, sewage treatment, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites, watershed sanitary improvement
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Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)
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Distribution Department, Weston Aqueduct Supply Mains, Section 7, junction of tunnel headings at station 18+43, Newton, Mass., Dec. 29, 1910 , waterworks, water tunnels, construction sites
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Clinton Sewerage, screen room in Pumping Station, Clinton, Mass., Mar. 12, 1901 , waterworks, pumping stations, sewage treatment
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Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, Mystic River tunnel extension, interior of old shaft, lower end, after removal, Charlestown, Mass., Dec. 5, 1912 , waterworks, water tunnels, construction sites
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Distribution Department, supply pipe lines, Section 2, Commonwealth Avenue, laying pipe near Temple Street, Newton, Mass., Jun. 27, 1902 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites
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Distribution Department, Chestnut Hill Low Service Pumping Stations, north side of gatehouse, from the north, Brighton, Mass., Dec. 13, 1899 , waterworks, pumping stations, gatehouses, construction sites
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Electrolysis, Boston Water Works, Massachusetts Avenue at Harrison Avenue, 30-inch pipe pitted by electrolysis (compare with Nos. 5971 and 5972), Boston, Mass., Oct. 26, 1905 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites, electrolysis
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Electrolysis, 48-inch pipe No. 698 pitted by electrolysis, Boylston Street; laid September 1896, removed December 1910, Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 8, 1910 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites, electrolysis
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Aerial view of a part of the area affected during the flood disaster of 1953. Note: The description of this photo is not yet complete and will be supplemented on the basis of the data available at a later stage. However, of many photos of the flood disaster 1953, the location is unknown.
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Electrolysis, 48-inch pipe pitted by electrolysis, removed from Boylston Street, Cambridge, Mass., Nov. 1910 , waterworks, pipes conduits, electrolysis
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Electrolysis, Low Service Pipe Lines, 24-inch pipe No. 24, pitted by electrolysis, Broadway, near Power Station; laid 1887, removed August 1913, Chelsea, Mass., Aug. 1913 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites, electrolysis
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Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, bellmouth in upper inlet conduit, Section 6, Stoneham, Mass., Jun. 26, 1900 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites
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Electrolysis, 48-inch pipe No. 680 pitted by electrolysis, Boylston Street; laid September 1896, removed November 1910, Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 8, 1910 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites, electrolysis
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Aircraft, Burma, India & INDIA,EQUIPMENT War
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Aerial view of a part of the area affected during the flood disaster of 1953. Note: The description of this photo is not yet complete and will be supplemented on the basis of the data available at a later stage. However, of many photos of the flood disaster 1953, the location is unknown.
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Aerial view of a part of the area affected during the flood disaster of 1953. Note: The description of this photo is not yet complete and will be supplemented on the basis of the data available at a later stage. However, of many photos of the flood disaster 1953, the location is unknown.
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Electrolysis, 48-inch pipe No. 73 pitted by electrolysis, Boylston Street; laid September 1896, removed November 1910, Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 8, 1910 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites, electrolysis
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Cable joint at Pupinbox on the western main line.
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Distribution Department, section of bell, 10-inch pipe laid 1856, Cambridge, Mass., Jan. 26, 1904 , waterworks, pipes conduits
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Electrolysis, Low Service Pipe Lines, Section 11, Boylston Street, 48-inch insulation joint, Cambridge, Mass., Jul. 16, 1904 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites, electrolysis
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Distribution Department, break; electrolysis, electrolytic pittings on piece of pipe forced out of pipe No. 503 that burst on December 24, 1909 at Harvard Square (compare with No. 6456), Cambridge, Mass., Jan. 5, 1910 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites, electrolysis
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Contract No. 17, West Portion, Wachusett-Coldbrook Tunnel, Rutland, Oakham, Barre, Shaft 8, Barre, Mass., Nov. 22, 1928
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Distribution Department, Southern Extra High Service Pipe Lines, Section 44, heating lead with kerosene blow torch, Poplar Street, West Roxbury, Mass., Oct. 16, 1919 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites
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Distribution Department, Weston Aqueduct Supply Mains, Section 7, 76-inch pressure tunnel before filling with water, Newton, Mass., Oct. 24, 1911 , waterworks, water tunnels, construction sites
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Electrolysis, Chelsea Water Works, Broadway at Third Street, 10-inch cast-iron pipe injured by electrolysis, photograph after removal (compare with Nos. 6026 and 6027); age 20 years, exposed to electrolysis 13 years, Chelsea, Mass., Apr. 26, 1906 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites, electrolysis
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Original caption: "Reservoir under construction at Soboba.". 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
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Electrolysis, Boston Water Works, 12-inch pipe removed from Saratoga Street near Bremen Street, September 28, 1904; photograph showing pittings after cleaning, East Boston, Mass., Oct. 19, 1904 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites, electrolysis
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Electrolysis, Low Service Pipe Lines, Section 5, Mystic River, 36-inch taper spigot pipe pitted by electrolysis, Somerville, Mass., Mar. 28, 1905 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites, electrolysis
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Electrolysis, Low Service Pipe Lines, Section 5, Mystic River, 36-inch taper spigot pipe pitted by electrolysis, Somerville, Mass., Mar. 28, 1905 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites, electrolysis
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Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, flexible joints in 48-inch main, Harvard Square, Cambridge, Mass., May 27, 1910 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites
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Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, original 20-inch pipe removed from Chelsea Creek; female half of flexible joint, Chelsea Creek; Chelsea, Mass., Oct. 19, 1900 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites
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Distribution Department, Southern High Service Forbes Hill Reservoir, excavation for gate chamber, Quincy, Mass., Sep. 14, 1900 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites
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Civil Defense Training Center, Suffolk County, Massachusetts , Hydraulic facilities, Civil defense. Records of the Office of Civil Defense and Defense Mobilization
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Electrolysis, Boston Water Works, Massachusetts Avenue at Harrison Avenue, 30-inch pipe pitted by electrolysis (compare with Nos. 5971 and 5972), Boston, Mass., Oct. 26, 1905 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites, electrolysis
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Contract No. 80, High Level Distribution Reservoir, Weston, showing settlement at southeast conductor pipe, high level distribution reservoir, Weston, Mass., Nov. 6, 1940
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Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, bellmouth, upper inlet conduit, Section 6, Stoneham, Mass., Jul. 19, 1900 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites
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Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, interior of 48-inch insulation joint No. 6, after 4 years and 2 months service at Middlesex Avenue, showing tubercles with electrolytic pits beneath, Medford, Mass., Mar. 24, 1909 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites, electrolysis
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Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, surface of rock, north side of Hammer Neck, Stoneham, Mass., Nov. 17, 1908 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, guano
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Distribution Department, Chelsea Reservoir, crack in lining after removing loose material, Chelsea, Mass., Nov. 29, 1918 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites
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Distribution Department, Mystic Reservoir, cleaning embankment walls by using water from spraying machine, Medford, Mass., Jun. 5, 1915 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites
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Bessemer converter , Steel industry, Furnaces, Machinery, Steel, Factories
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View of Winsor Dam Spillway, showing water flowing over crest, water elevation 530.30, Quabbin Reservoir, Mass., Apr. 8, 1947 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, spillways
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Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, Tubercles removed from interior of 24-inch water pipe laid in 1872, Chelsea Creek; Chelsea; East Boston, Mass., May 18, 1914 , waterworks, pipes conduits, tubercle