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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
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
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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
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The foundry (left) and part of the crushing mill (right) were demolished during bombing attacks on the Kutch Factory at Brunei, Borneo, Netherland East Indies. 14 July 1945.
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Anefo photo collection. House of farmer collapsed. March 6, 1950
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Ital. Exterfund at Kostanjevica.7.11.17. .
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Struggle mine.
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Edison works, Orange, 12/10/14
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NJ - Cross Ledge. Cross Ledge Light Station, New Jersey. Photographs showing erection, towing to site, sinking, filling the pneumatic caisson for foundation of elbow of Cross Ledge Light Station, Delaware Bay, New Jersey.
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Mining facilities in Persberg.
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Builder: Building company Contractor, Stockholm. Norrsundet's sulphate factory.
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Contract No. 80, High Level Distribution Reservoir, Weston, looking east from a point 60 feet+/- west of Sta. 107+65 showing Schenck's Pond outlet structure, dam 5, high level distribution reservoir, Weston, Mass., May 29, 1940
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Contract No. 96, Chlorine Storage House and Equipment and Chlorinating Equipment for Gate House at Norumbega Reservoir, Weston, looking southeast showing progress on the chlorinator storage house, chlorinator house, Weston, Mass., May 6, 1940
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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
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Burned train magazine in paraolo.
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Contract No. 96, Chlorine Storage House and Equipment and Chlorinating Equipment for Gate House at Norumbega Reservoir, Weston, looking southeast showing work on chlorine storage house site, chlorinator house, Weston, Mass., Apr. 23, 1940
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Contract No. 19, Dam and Substructure of Ware River Intake Works at Shaft 8, Wachusett-Coldbrook Tunnel, Barre, Intake Works, Shaft 8, Barre, Mass., Jul. 15, 1930
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Dwight Manufacturing Co., canal, section #6 and racks at Spaldings Unit #2, Chicopee, Mass., Aug. 20, 1931 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, dams hydraulic structures, watershed sanitary conditions, factories structures, artificial water channels
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Construction site of railroad track
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Delivering coal, Chillicothe, Ohio 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection
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Gävle city water power plant. Inlet tubes to Gävleån. Internal diameter 3.40 meters.
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Station #117, U.S. Veterans' Hospital, effluent from sewage filters, Rutland, Mass., Dec. 15, 1930 , Stream-gaging stations, waterworks, real estate, watershed sanitary conditions
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Elsevier photo collection. Storm damage factory Oss. December 1919. Oss
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Quarry at Kurzany: loading point of the cable car. .
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Photo collection Government information service. Series Print Anefo RVD Own Without Caption. Collection Photo collection Government information service own, photo number 156-1104. 1956
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Builder: Building company Contractor, Stockholm. Blasting for power station.
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Granite cornerstone and workmen at Milford Quarry, construction of the McKim Building , Granite quarrying, Public libraries, Cornices, Laborers, Boston Public Library
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Landslides. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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A backyard in Maunie, Illinois, after the flood. 1937. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Illinois , Maunie, Illinois , White County
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Floods 1955 , Floods, Buildings, Civil defense. Records of the Office of Civil Defense and Defense Mobilization
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Ruins of the R. B. Grover Co. Shoe Factory fire , Fires, Shoe industry, Ruins, Brockton Public Library Archival Collection
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Elsevier photo collection. Fire wine home tower adjacent stores Zutphen. hemony clock wine home tower. January 1920. Gelderland, Zutphen
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A. C. Brown & Sons Shipyard, Tottenville, N.Y.. Postcards. Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy. Staten Island (New York, N.Y.)
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Station #122, Prison Camp, effluent from sewage filters, Rutland, Mass., Dec. 15, 1930 , Stream-gaging stations, waterworks, real estate, watershed sanitary conditions
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Stavsjö peat factory.
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Complete And Utter Desolation Is All That Remains Of Otake Oil Refinery, Japan, After Allied Bombing Attack.
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Vintage Photograph. Carpenters at work on house construction.
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Station #122, Prison Camp, effluent from sewage filters, Rutland, Mass., Dec. 15, 1930 , Stream-gaging stations, waterworks, real estate, watershed sanitary conditions
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Poultry yard.
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Selma Mattson, shed and henhouse, Hubbardston, Mass., Apr. 26, 1937 : Purchased Mar. 19, 1937, Parcel no. 206-10 , waterworks, real estate, residential structures, sheds storage structures, chicken houses
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Bomb Damage At The Volkswagen Factory At Fallersleben, Germany.
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Construction of a rubber plantation of the Deli Society at Soengei Tassik on Sumatra. Part of travel album with photographs of activity and sights on Sumatra and Java and from the trip to and from the Dutch East Indies.
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High angle view of men cutting large trees in a forest, California, USA
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Ware River, looking downstream from the north end of the South Street bridge, Ware, Mass., Oct 3, 1938 , New England Hurricane, 1938, Dwellings, Flood damage, waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, floods natural events, damage condition, factories structures
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William H. Jefferson, paint shop, Hubbardston, Mass., Jul. 8, 1930 : Purchased Jan. 1, 1930, Parcel no. 206-9 , waterworks, real estate, accessory industrial buildings
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Wood Supply at Nett Lake Camp. 1908 - 1919. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Office of Indian Affairs. Nett Lake Agency. 1908-1919. Photographs
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Dalälven at Avesta ironworks.
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Interior from turbine facility at Ströms Bruks AB. Building. The machines from Vulcan's mechanical workshop AB, Norrköping.