Historical Water Tunnel Construction

Images depicting early 20th-century water tunnel construction, featuring workers, tunnels, and timbering in various locations related to aqueduct projects.

Wachusett Aqueduct, Sunflower cross section machine, Section 3, station 88+ (interior), West Berlin, Berlin, Mass., Mar. 22, 1897 , waterworks, aqueducts, water tunnels, equipment for engineering and building trades

Weston Aqueduct, Section 3, concrete tunnel lining, station 120+46 east, Framingham, Mass., Mar. 26, 1903 , waterworks, aqueducts, water tunnels, construction sites

Weston Aqueduct, Section 3, concrete tunnel lining, station 120+46 east, Framingham, Mass., Mar. 26, 1903 , waterworks, aqueducts, water tunnels, construction sites

Distribution Department, Weston Aqueduct Supply Mains, Section 7, mining in tunnel at old Cochituate Aqueduct shaft, station 16+18, Newton, Mass., Apr. 7, 1911 , waterworks, water tunnels, construction sites

Weston Aqueduct, Section 3, timbering in Tunnel No. 3, westerly from station 134, Framingham, Mass., Aug. 7, 1902 , waterworks, aqueducts, water tunnels, construction sites

Distribution Department, Weston Aqueduct Supply Mains, Section 7, mining in tunnel at old Cochituate Aqueduct shaft, station 16+18, Newton, Mass., Apr. 7, 1911 , waterworks, water tunnels, construction sites

Orthrift in Müllers, 1907.

Contract No. 20, Coldbrook-Swift Tunnel, Barre, Hardwick, Greenwich, ramp and arch forms in west heading of Shaft 10, Quabbin Aqueduct, Hardwick, Mass., Nov. 28, 1934

Wachusett Aqueduct, Sunflower cross section machine, Section 3, station 88+ (interior), West Berlin, Berlin, Mass., Mar. 22, 1897 , waterworks, aqueducts, water tunnels, equipment for engineering and building trades

Contract No. 20, Coldbrook-Swift Tunnel, Barre, Hardwick, Greenwich, temporary timbering, Sta. 876+56 to 876+82, looking east, west heading, Shaft 9, Coldbrook-Swift Tunnel, Barre, Mass., Feb. 9, 1933

Wachusett Aqueduct, Sunflower cross section machine, Section 3, station 88+ (interior), West Berlin, Berlin, Mass., Mar. 22, 1897 , waterworks, aqueducts, water tunnels, equipment for engineering and building trades

Weston Aqueduct, Section 3, timbering, at station 130, looking west, Framingham, Mass., Mar. 26, 1903 , waterworks, aqueducts, water tunnels, construction sites

Distribution Department, Weston Aqueduct Supply Mains, Section 7, old Cochituate Aqueduct shaft, station 16+88, filled with concrete, Newton, Mass., Apr. 24, 1911 , waterworks, water tunnels, construction sites

Anefo photo collection. Torensluisbrug over Singel, oldest wine bridge from Alblasserdam is being restored. One of the vaults that served as a kitchen and. March 28, 1961. Alblasserdam, South Holland

The sweat grape on the lace mountains. First mining race, 1918.

Concrete Ring on Downstream of Inlet Pipe - Dam #122-140. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Weston Aqueduct, Section 13, forms for concrete lining in tunnel, station 550+50, looking east, Weston, Mass., Mar. 18, 1903 , waterworks, aqueducts, water tunnels, construction sites

Distribution Department, Weston Aqueduct Supply Mains, Section 7, east portal of tunnel, showing forms for concrete lining, Newton, Mass., Aug. 2, 1911 , waterworks, water tunnels, construction sites

Strömmärdena Rönninge Ström. The opening (seen from above) between the northern and southern parts of the stream tunnel

Wachusett Dam, Anchorage of the floor of the main flume, lower end, Clinton, Mass., Jun. 13, 1900 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites

Contract No. 20, Coldbrook-Swift Tunnel, Barre, Hardwick, Greenwich, pouring sidewalls in west heading of Shaft 10, Quabbin Aqueduct, Hardwick, Mass., Nov. 28, 1934

Contract No. 17, West Portion, Wachusett-Coldbrook Tunnel, Rutland, Oakham, Barre, concrete mixer and gun, Shaft 6, Sta. 497+80+/-, Rutland, Mass., May 6, 1930

Electric rail in Müller's mining shaft, Grängesberg.

Tunnel construction at Baggetorp, on the route between Gamleby and Sail room, in connection with the widening to normal tracks.

Mangahao Power Electric Station black-and-white prints

Electric railway in Müller's mining shaft, Grängesberg

Interior of the municipal home for Old van Dagen (Doelenstraat 12) in Utrecht; Renovation from the basement to hiding place.

Air locomotive for moving wagons loaded with excavated material, Simplon tunnel building site, Italy-Switzerland, photograph by J Enderli, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXX, No 35, August 30, 1903.

Metro construction to the Gate d'Orleans, Roubaix Square Metro construction to the Porte d'Orleans, Roubaix Square, September 18, 1906 ". Photography.

Distribution Department, Weston Aqueduct Supply Mains, Section 7, drilling rock, easterly end of tunnel, Newton, Mass., Sep. 14, 1910 , waterworks, water tunnels, construction sites

Falu copper pigeon. Drilling in the mine.

Contract No. 20, Coldbrook-Swift Tunnel, Barre, Hardwick, Greenwich, vent hole casing at Sta. 1228+31, Quabbin Aqueduct, Hardwick, Mass., Dec. 7, 1933

Miners load a boulder on a compressed air -powered loading machine.

Ore transport in Boliden mine.

Coal Miner Mining Hard Hat Worker

Anefo photo collection. Amsterdam Historical Museum, the former Burger Orphanage, gets large restoration sewerage being restored. December 16, 1968. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Contract No. 20, Coldbrook-Swift Tunnel, Barre, Hardwick, Greenwich, incline and train, concrete rig, Quabbin Aqueduct, Shaft 11, Hardwick, Mass., Nov. 9, 1933

Weston Aqueduct, Section 3, tunnel excavation through rock, at station 123+, Framingham, Mass., Jun. 24, 1902 , waterworks, aqueducts, water tunnels, construction sites

English journalists' journey to Kiruna

Weston Aqueduct, Section 13, traveler for arch work in tunnel, Weston, Mass., Mar. 18, 1903 , waterworks, aqueducts, water tunnels, construction sites

Construction in tunnel at Baker Street london, transport, tube, londonunderground, forties

Distribution Department, Weston Aqueduct Supply Mains, Section 7, heading near westerly end of tunnel, under Grant Avenue, Newton, Mass., Aug. 8, 1910 , waterworks, water tunnels, construction sites

1930S Loaded Wooden Mine Car On Track In Pick And Shovel Underground Coal Mining

Contract No. 20, Coldbrook-Swift Tunnel, Barre, Hardwick, Greenwich, placing invert in west heading of Shaft 10, Quabbin Aqueduct, Hardwick, Mass., Nov. 28, 1934

Lifting of the stones for the vault masonry, construction of the Simplon Tunnel, 1898-1905, Italy-Switzerland, 19th-20th century.

Reinforcement in the tunnel, Nyboda

Contract No. 20, Coldbrook-Swift Tunnel, Barre, Hardwick, Greenwich, reinforcing rods for concreting timbered section at Sta. 1296+98 to 1295+79, east heading of Shaft 12, Quabbin Aqueduct, Hardwick, Mass., Dec. 18, 1933

Skut drilling in fluster at 100 meters depth in the source fall in 1921.

Weston Aqueduct, Section 13, concrete lining and excavation in tunnel through rock, station 584+30, looking east, Weston, Mass., Mar. 18, 1903 , waterworks, aqueducts, water tunnels, construction sites

Water Uses - Other - General. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

By-pass tunnel black-and-white negatives, gelatin dry plate negatives

BLACKWALL TUNNEL Interior of the tunnel during construction. Date: 1896 - 1897

Build by Käppalavert, 1968.

Relocation Central Massachusetts Railroad, timbering in tunnel, east from station 102+37, Clinton, Mass., Sep. 15, 1902 , waterworks, railroads infrastructure, railroad tunnels, construction sites

Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, 30-inch siphon removed at Chelsea North Bridge; interior of pipe, Mystic River; Charlestown; Chelsea, Mass., Nov. 6, 1900 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

12/31/1958. In this place, the Efforts of the Workers from the northern mouth of the Tunnel join together with those who work from the South mouth, province of Burgos. With the total drilling of the Tunnel, after nine years of heroic work, one of the most important stages of the works is crowned.

Sudbury Department, Cochituate Aqueduct, station 258+50 east of Town Hall, excavating material from 24-inch steel pipe in which Wellesley sewer is to be laid, Wellesley, Mass., Dec. 13, 1916 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Contract No. 14, East Portion, Wachusett-Coldbrook Tunnel, West Boylston, Holden, Rutland, pumping station at Shaft 2, Holden, Mass., Dec. 17, 1928

Surge chamber and connecting tunnel black-and-white negatives, gelatin dry plate negatives

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

Contract No. 17, West Portion, Wachusett-Coldbrook Tunnel, Rutland, Oakham, Barre, Shaft 5, Rutland, Mass., Apr. 2, 1929

Vintage photograph. Gold mining in north eastern Ontario

Vintage Photograph. Universal, self-propelled coal cutter top cutting

Drill in Sinkow East Galicia, Bukovina, Russia; photographer: Lück.

Distribution Department, Weston Aqueduct Supply Mains, Section 7, timbering in tunnel at old tunnel shaft of Cochituate Aqueduct, station 9+32, near Grant Avenue, Newton, Mass., Sep. 14, 1910 , waterworks, water tunnels, construction sites

The Swedish fan factory. "A very new ventilation problem arose when the war forced the construction of air protection rooms - for protection also against gas attacks. For this purpose, it has been designed, among other things, the type of air purification unit, which is shown on this image. It provides secure protection against both fluid as gaseous warfare means ".

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

Weston Aqueduct, Section 3, tunnel excavation, west from station 120+, Framingham, Mass., Mar. 26, 1903 , waterworks, aqueducts, water tunnels, construction sites

Weston Aqueduct, Section 3, tunnel excavation, west from station 120+, Framingham, Mass., Mar. 26, 1903 , waterworks, aqueducts, water tunnels, construction sites

Contract No. 20, Coldbrook-Swift Tunnel, Barre, Hardwick, Greenwich, timbering at Shaft 12, east heading, Sta. 1296+98 to 1295+79, Quabbin Aqueduct, Hardwick, Mass., Apr. 21, 1933

Distribution Department, Weston Aqueduct Supply Mains, Section 7, timbering in tunnel, station 23+15, Newton, Mass., Dec. 20, 1910 , waterworks, water tunnels, construction sites

Vintage Photograph. Men in mine drilling bauxite ore, showing mine interior typical of such mining in Arkansas

Contract No. 14, East Portion, Wachusett-Coldbrook Tunnel, West Boylston, Holden, Rutland, loaded muck cars, bottom of Shaft 2, Holden, Mass., May 5, 1930

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Builder: Building company Contractor, Stockholm. Prison pond for land bracket.

Vintage photograph. Construction of Battery Tunnel, connecting Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn Tunnel from the Battery to Columbia Street in Brooklyn. Scene showing erection of cast iron shell of tunnel

Paris metro. "CLICHY station (towards L'Etoile), Paris (VIII-IX-XVII and XVIIIth arr.)". Photograph by Charles Maindron (1861-1940). March 17, 1902. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 100254-3 Site, railway, municipal metropolitan railway, construction, gallery, metro, Parisian metro, metropolitan, worker, shovel, underground, clichy station, works, tunnel, urbanization, town planning, rail

Paris Scenes and Monuments. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Historical image from the Center for Disease Control's (CDC), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), the South Tunnel bulkhead, locks and platform of the Queens Midtown Tunnel, in Queens, New York.

Contract No. 14, East Portion, Wachusett-Coldbrook Tunnel, West Boylston, Holden, Rutland, heading through Shaft 2 to 3, engineering force, Holden, Mass., Mar. 11, 1930

Among the Iron Mines. Marquette, Michigan. Brainard F. Childs (American, 1841/1842 - 1921)

Coal Miners- Everyday Life in a Midlands Colliery, England, UK, 1944 Miner George Ward (known as 'Nap') lifts a large lump of coal onto the conveyor belt which carries the coal away at a Colliery somewhere in the Midlands. The conveyor belt is used in place of pit ponies.

Black, Chinese, and White labourers in a gold mine in South Africa, c1900.

Build of käppalavert, 1967

Lightning lights, interior from large mang's copper, Värmland.

operai in una miniera di carbone di asaska, 1950 1960

Italian workers preparing materials to block water leaking into the tunnel, construction of the Simplon Tunnel, Italy-Switzerland, photograph by J Enderli, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXX, No 35, August 30, 1903.

Skarplazing in mine in Kiruna.

Tincroft tin mine, near Camborne, Cornwall: two miners at work in a mine shaft. Photograph by J. C. Burrow, 1890/1910.

'Rotary Cutter at Work in the Enlarged Tube of the City and South London Railway Line', c1930. Creator: Unknown.

Photograph of men working on the central line of the London Underground. Dated 1898

Small gold mine slope in the Black Canyon

State Line through Bohuslän Tunnel work at Kålgårdsberget

Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, Section 31, laying 48-inch main under Boston Water Works 48-inch main, Beacon Street near Fairbanks Street, Brookline, Mass., May 17, 1909 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

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

The construction of the subway in Paris 1899-1911. "Le Métro de Paris".

Wachusett Aqueduct, bench in west 2, Section 2, station 18+38, from the east (interior), Clinton, Mass., Apr. 5, 1897 , waterworks, aqueducts, water tunnels, construction sites

Contract No. 17, West Portion, Wachusett-Coldbrook Tunnel, Rutland, Oakham, Barre, portable conveyor, Shaft 6 west, Rutland, Mass., Jan. 17, 1930

Mining with ore trains and locomotives in Stråssa Mining's towns.

Tunnel at Juneau Mine , Juneau end of tunnel. Frank and Frances Carpenter collection , Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951, Gold mining,Alaska,Juneau,1890-1940, Gold mining equipment,Alaska,Juneau,1890-1940, Tunnels,Alaska,Juneau,1890-1940, Signs (Notices),Alaska,Juneau,1890-1940, Mine railroads,Alaska,Juneau,1890-1940, United States,Alaska

Contract No. 14, East Portion, Wachusett-Coldbrook Tunnel, West Boylston, Holden, Rutland, finished concrete lining looking west, Shaft 1, West Boylston, Mass., Jul. 29, 1929

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