Historical Waterworks and Construction

A collection of historical images depicting waterworks, dam construction, excavation projects, and logging activities. The mood is industrial, showcasing early 20th-century engineering.

Robert Jackson, looking southeasterly at tank supplied from well, Hardwick, Mass., Jan. 17, 1939 : No block or parcel , waterworks, real estate, brooks, watershed sanitary conditions

Contract No. 80, High Level Distribution Reservoir, Weston, looking east from Sta. 890+60+/- showing twin aqueduct line and gatehouse, high level distribution reservoir, Weston, Mass., Apr. 17, 1940

Looking northwest at north and east sides of warehouse, Palmer Mills Inc., Three Rivers, Palmer, Mass., Oct. 4, 1941 , waterworks, real estate, factories structures, ruins, watershed sanitary conditions

Bridge construction in Galicia in the section of the fourth K.U.K. Army.

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 Collection

Crude Products - Bolts, Shingles. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Contract No. 80, High Level Distribution Reservoir, Weston, looking east from Sta. 889+/- twin aqueduct showing drilling and excavation progress, high level distribution reservoir, Weston, Mass., Jan. 5, 1940

Harvest work at Zamliczy. .

Distribution Department, Weston Aqueduct Supply Mains, Section 7, blacksmith shop and engine house after explosion, east end of tunnel, Newton, Mass., Dec. 6, 1910 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Overall View Showing The Damage Done By The RAF And Us Af To The Deutche Dunlop A.G. Tire And Rubber Factory At Hanau, Germany. The Widespread Destruction In This Plant Severely Cut Part Of The German Tire Production For Motor Vehicles. This Part Of The

Road Construction - Minnesota. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Logging: Transportation: Log Drive - North Carolina. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, Malden Pumping Station, from the northwest, Stoneham, Mass., Oct. 18, 1897 , waterworks, pumping stations, construction sites

Bomb damage to refinery building and oil drums at the Philippine Coconut Oil Refinery on Mactan, Philippine Islands, 12 1945.

Timber drive at Ätrans station.

This German Ju 88 Plane Was In The Process Of Being Re-Engineered When American Bombs Fell On The Airdrome And Repair Depot Near Villacoublay, France. Note The Chain Hoist Suspended From The Boom And The New Engine Which Was Ready For Installation. 1 Se

Remains of a burned out warehouse. Draughtsman: Jan van der Heyden. Dating: 1680 - 1690. Measurements: h 232 mm × w 324 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Logging: Fluming - All States. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Construction of power plants on the Dalälven.

Heap Of Demolished Planes And Wrecked Hangar In Background, Wheeler Field, T.H. Army Amphibian In Foreground.

Bridge Construction on the Washington-Baltimore Parkway. Original caption: Photos by T. W. Kines. State: Maryland.

Germany'S Wheels Of Industry Stopped Rolling - Trucks, Planes, Machinery, Ships & Tanks All Need Schweinfurt'S Ball Bearings.

'View From The Power House' Was The Laconic Caption By The German Photographer On This Captured Picture. The Power House, Of The Bremen Shipyard In Germany, On Which The Cameraman Stood, Was Still Smouldering As He Snapped The Shutter. Assembly Shops Ar

Small Sawmills - Arkansas. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

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

Freight wagons at yard after derailment.

Washout at Three Rivers hydroelectric station, Three Rivers, Palmer, Mass., 11:15 AM, Oct. 1, 1938 , New England Hurricane, 1938, waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, floods natural events, dams hydraulic structures, hydroelectric power plants, damage condition, people agents

A silver gelatin photograph by Martin Gerlach Jr. showing a trade scene in 1944, capturing market layouts, vendor activities, and urban commercial interactions.

Contract No. 21, Portion of Ware-Belchertown Highway, Ware and Belchertown, cofferdam for footing of east pier and finished concrete east abutment, new highway bridge, Ware and Belchertown, Mass., Dec. 17, 1931

Logging: Transportation: Log Drive - Minnesota. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Hofors sawmill.

Distribution Department, Weston Aqueduct Supply Mains, Section 7, blacksmith shop and engine house after explosion, east end of tunnel, Newton, Mass., Dec. 6, 1910 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Dornier Plant At Oberpfaffenhofen Discloses New Plane -- The Demolished Assembly Hangar Of The Dornier Plant At Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, Shows A Fuselage Of The New Type Aircraft In A Similar Condition Far Beyond Repair. The Fuselage Has An Air Intake

Clean up on a destroyed house, possibly in Lavorone (Lafraun).

Looking upstream towards Ware Woolen Co., Ware, Mass., 3:15 PM, Sep. 24, 1938 , New England Hurricane, 1938, waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, floods natural events, dams hydraulic structures, factories structures, damage condition, people agents

Distribution Department, Chestnut Hill Reservoir, garage, front and westerly end, Brighton, Mass., Dec. 13, 1916 , waterworks, garages, construction sites

Demolition of residential buildings in Gävle. Rivning av bostadshus i Gävle.

William M. and Eugene D. Roper, barn and shed, Princeton, Mass., Apr. 20, 1937 : Purchased Mar. 28, 1931, Parcel no. 228-6 , waterworks, real estate, residential structures, barns, sheds storage structures

Lubricated material in the backyard.

Submarginal farm in project area. Garrett County, Maryland 1936. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Charcoal vendor in Galicia.

Chicopee River, site of wooden building washed out in flood, Otis Co., Palmer Mills at Three Rivers, Palmer, Mass., 10:55 AM, Oct. 1, 1938 , New England Hurricane, 1938, waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, floods natural events, factories structures, damage condition

Looking upstream towards Ware Woolen Co., Ware, Mass., 3:15 PM, Sep. 24, 1938 , New England Hurricane, 1938, waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, floods natural events, dams hydraulic structures, factories structures, damage condition, people agents

Sudbury Department, Sudbury Dam, 48-inch outlet pipes, Southborough, Mass., 1894 , waterworks, dams, construction sites

Contract No. 20, Coldbrook-Swift Tunnel, Barre, Hardwick, Greenwich, ruins of crusher plant at Shaft 11 destroyed by fire Jan. 2, 1934, Quabbin Aqueduct, Hardwick, Mass., Jan. 5, 1934

Guy L. Marvell, barn under construction, Dana, Mass., June 12, 1930 : Parcel no. 413-30 henhouses, parcel no. 433-43 barn under construction, Guy L. Marvell , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, residential structures, barns, chicken houses

Contract No. 25,Superstructure, Wachusett Outlet Works Building, Shaft 1, Wachusett-Coldbrook Tunnel, West Boylston, stone facing on south abutment of dam at Shaft 1, West Boylston, Mass., Nov. 3, 1930

Fragment Scarred Skeleton Of A Reinforced Concrete Wall Of Mizushima Aircraft Assembly Plant Near Okayama, Japan.

Contract No. 107, Quabbin Hill Recreation Buildings and Road, Ware, looking westerly from manhole 2 showing 4 inch water line left and 6 inch sewer line, Ware, Mass., Dec. 27, 1940

Contract No. 56, Administration Buildings, Main Dam, Belchertown, patrol building, looking southerly, Belchertown, Mass., Nov. 10, 1937

View of the construction of the connection tunnel between the 2nd and the future 3rd administration building of the Nederlandsche Spoorwegen (HGB III, Moreelsepark) in Utrecht. In the background the 2nd administration building (HGB II).

Loading Logs: General. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Scattered Ital.MinEngineering A.D.Piave 22.6.18. .

Contract No. 96, Chlorine Storage House and Equipment and Chlorinating Equipment for Gate House at Norumbega Reservoir, Weston, looking east showing forms and footings for chlorinator storage house, chlorinator house, Weston, Mass., Apr. 30, 1940

Residential building under construction.

Construction site , Construction, Sites Edgar Sutton Dorr Photograph Collection

Water Use: Electricity - Tennessee. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Edith Creek. Original caption: 43-2016 Section B2. Utah Construction Company spreading pit run gravel during maintenance operations on the army road. Original caption: 43-2017 Section B2. Temporary out door repair shop and parts tent at the Edith Creek camp of Utah Construction Company. State: Alaska.

Eslöv, digging of elevator shaft.

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.

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

One "Home" Factory Among Many Thousands Exterminated In Yokohama, Japan Shows What Fire Did To Japs' Sweatshop Industry.

A shanty built of refuse near the Sunnyside slack pile, Herrin, Illinois 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

A silver gelatin photograph by Martin Gerlach Jr. depicting a trade scene in 1944, showing street market structures, commercial activity, and interactions between vendors and customers.

Good Logs Make Good Lumber. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Red Lake Agency. 1964-. Photographs

Historical Miscellaneous - District of Columbia. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Oakland Garden branch of Stony Brook. East of railroad embankment , Construction, Sites Edgar Sutton Dorr Photograph Collection

Contract No. 19, Dam and Substructure of Ware River Intake Works at Shaft 8, Wachusett-Coldbrook Tunnel, Barre, Ware River Intake Works, Shaft 8, Barre, Mass., Sep. 19, 1930

Contract No. 20, Coldbrook-Swift Tunnel, Barre, Hardwick, Greenwich, general view at Shaft 10, Quabbin Aqueduct, Hardwick, Mass., May 13, 1935

Freight field at Konuchy.

Scene at sawmill at Irwinville Farms, Georgia 1935. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Description: Manchu Iron Works - Anshan, Manchuria. Photographed by U.S. Signal Corps, 12 June 1946. View number 3 of destruction caused by demolition around blast furnaces numbers 2, 1 and 4 attributed by Chinese Nationalist authorities to Chinese Communist Army. Location: Anshan, China Date: 12 June 1946 china, asia, asiathroughalens

Wachusett Reservoir, A. M. Richards, West Sterling, Mass., Jan. 31, 1903 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate

Clearing Operations Near Swan Lake; Muskwa River Bridge. Original caption: 44-823: Piling with a dozer at the start of 1943 clearing operations on the permanent line near Swan Lake. Workers found better traction on the frozen ground than they did after the April thaw. Taken 3/27/43. Original caption: 44-824: Muskwa River Bridge with Pier #6 in the foreground. The steel for this bridge has been reclaimed from a Southern Pacific Railroad bridge in the Sacramento Valley, California, at a point to be flooded by the water backed up by the Shasta Dam. Taken April 9, 1943. Photos by Pinkstaff. State: Alaska.

Lindsay, California. Houses inhabited by Mexican citrus workers. Tulare County, California. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Lindsay, California , Tulare County, Agricultural laborers, Housing

Wachusett Dam, looking northerly, Clinton, Mass., Nov. 25, 1902 , waterworks, dams, construction sites

Logging: High Lead Log Skidding - Oregon. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Station #102, Potter's Brook at Coldbrook, Oakham, Mass., Dec. 15, 1930 , Stream-gaging stations, waterworks, real estate, bridges built works, brooks, watershed sanitary conditions

Burned -Over Areas - Montana. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Silver gelatin photograph by Martin Gerlach jun. depicting the wholesale market hall, showing stalls, architecture, and goods on August 2, 1933.

Living conditions for migratory laborers in private auto camp. Tent space fifty cents per week. Calipatria, Imperial County. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Calipatria, California , Imperial County, Migrant laborers, Depressions, Poverty

Ware River Intake Works, view of upstream side of measuring weir from south bank, looking northwesterly, Barre, Mass., Oct. 9, 1947 , waterworks, aqueducts, reservoirs water distribution structures, engineering, weirs

Bangkok - Vacant Site - 1975, United States photographs Related to Embassies, Consulates, and Other Overseas Buildings

Urakami River. Nagasaki -- Reinforced Concrete Chimney At Brick Works, 1/4 Mile From Explosion. This Stack Was About 65 Feet High And Five Feet In Diameter.

Extraction breeding beds Pernantian. June '38, Anonymous, 1938 photograph Mining by burning a field for breeding beds, on Pernantian, 1938. Second print, loose in Melinex cover, stuck from a photo on album magazine 12. Part of the photo album about the Pernantian plantations of the Sumatra Caoutchouc Maatschappij on the east coast of Sumatra in The years 1935-1939. Sumatra 147207: photographic support gelatin silver print plantation Sumatra

Federal Fabrics Corporation, control dam at Greenwich Lake outlet, Greenwich, Mass., May 24, 1933 : Parcel no. 309-10 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, dams hydraulic structures

Bronx: Sedgwick Avenue - 170th Street (West). 1936. Photographs. Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy. New York (N.Y.), Bronx (New York, N.Y.), Bridges, Washington Bridge (New York, N.Y.)

Henry T. Donnell, kiln, Prescott, Mass., Mar. 15, 1928 : Parcel no. 450-10, now Henry A. Carey , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, kilns

Owen W. McGann, Heirs, remains of dam at mill, Rutland, Mass., Mar. 6, 1941 : Purchased Dec. 14, 1940, Parcel no. 146-4 , waterworks, real estate, dams hydraulic structures, mills buildings

Form Construction Weir Section. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Minneapolis Area Office. (1949 - 9/1999). Photographs

Ground photo gives details of damage to docks & repair shops. 3 of the 4 buildings are a total loss. Wharf is wrecked, apparently forcing removal of traveling crane to a raft, shown, in vertical tied to short end of dock.

Contract No. 80, High Level Distribution Reservoir, Weston, looking north from center line aqueduct at Sta. 888+80 showing overburden, high level distribution reservoir, Weston, Mass., Apr. 16, 1940

Construction of the power channel, Trollhättan.

Sumatra, Soengai rasik, felling of rubber (Deli Mij). Anonymous, 1900 ñ 1920, Indonesia.

Sudbury Department, Sudbury Dam, laying stone in overfall, Southborough, Mass., 1895 , waterworks, dams, construction sites

Fire in lumber yard at German Colony, Aug. 21-22, 1938. 1938, Israel

The Alaska Highway. Original caption: 43-3574: Placing reinforcing steel in the South Abutment of the Mill Creek Bridge. Contractor Dufferin Paving Co., Ltd. Section D 66 N. Ft. Nelson Sept. 5, 1943. Original caption: 43-3575: Installing forms on the North abutment of the Mill Creek Bridge. Contractor Dufferin Paving Co., Ltd. Sec. D. Mile post 66 N. Ft. Nelson. Sept. 5, 1943 Photo by Pinkstaff. State: Alaska.

Shredded freight wagon with spilled pig iron at station house.

Reims , Marne , Champagne , France , 1917 - Marne - Fernand Cuville (photographic section of the armies) (French - Reims , Marne , Champagne , France). Rear-front, factory , workshop, ruins, rear, bombardment, rubble, First World War, Habitat , Architecture, France, Reims, ruins of a factory

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