Military Construction Activities

Photos of construction and logistical operations by American military personnel in early 20th century, showing docks and transportation of supplies.

Hydraulic dredge at Bassens Docks, Bordeaux, France. Constructed by American engineers in April 1918. This photo, labeled 111-SC-10234, was taken on May 9, 1918, by photographer ECO. It shows the number B hydraulic dredge in action at the docks. The photo was censored and released for publication on November 22, 1918, with some deletions made by Capt. J.C. Russell, M.I.D. censor. It is not intended for publication.

Description: Aug. 15. Quay waill show concrete brought to 1.50 level in mail wall and sheet pilling pitched and driving. Location: Nigeria Date: 15-Aug-18 wall, driving, quay, piling, 1918, portharcourt, africa

Construction work at Bassens Docks in Bordeaux, France, undertaken by American military personnel during April 1918. The photograph is from the collection titled "Photographs of American Military Activities during World War One." The image is numbered 111-SC-10223 and was taken by a photographer under the Signal Corps, UKA USA.

The image shows members of the Inland Water Transportation Company (formerly 57th Engineers, U.S.A.) loading barges with coal from a steamer using floating cranes. Their purpose is to transport supplies to troops via inland waterways, thereby alleviating the strain on railroads. The location of the activity is in Rouen, Seine-Inferieure, France. The photograph was taken on February 11, 1919 and recorded on April 5, 1919.

Saw Products: Lumber Construction - Oregon. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Rijkswaterstaat Photo Collection. Working Merwedekanaal. Schutsluis Insert Utrecht. Position north of the lower lounger in the axis. November 21, 1894. IJmuiden, Noord-Holland, Utrecht, Utrecht (Prov.)

Wood Preservation - All States. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Aerial view of Bassens, Gironde, France showcasing a warehouse, yards, and ships in the background. Cranes can be seen loading railroad cars directly from the ships, indicating military activities during World War One. Photograph taken by F. T. Morris, S.C. on April 8, 1919. Issued number: 00 12-25-16. Note: 52923.

NY - Buffalo. Buffalo Light Station, New York. Loading blocks.

Hydraulic dredge at Bassens Docks, Bordeaux, France. Constructed by American engineers in April 1918. This photo, labeled 111-SC-10234, was taken on May 9, 1918, by photographer ECO. It shows the number B hydraulic dredge in action at the docks. The photo was censored and released for publication on November 22, 1918, with some deletions made by Capt. J.C. Russell, M.I.D. censor. It is not intended for publication.

Constructing Pivot Pier on Chowan River Bridge. Original caption: Constructing pivot pier on bridge over the Chowan River, between Edenton and Windsor. Photo by T. W. Kines. State: North Carolina.

Sergeant Monsen, a photographer, took this photograph on November 15, 1918. It shows the unloading of boxes containing parts of 500 D.H. 4 planes with Liberty motors from cars at a plant in Romorantin, Loire et Cher, France.

"Concrete ship being constructed at Montreal by Atlas Construction Co., Ltd. The photograph captures the ongoing concreting process. Taken on May 15, 1919, the image shows the progress made on the construction of the ship. This photograph is part of Subject 53,336 in the Portland Cement Association collection."

Veneer and Plywood Making - Virginia. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Description: Johore causeway - 1923. Lock under construction. Location: Johore, Malaya Date: 1923 asia, malaysia, asiathroughalens

Construction work in progress in Bordeaux, France. This photograph captures the efforts of workers as they construct buildings in the city. The image was taken in 1919 by a photographer named MED. The construction work symbolizes the ongoing efforts to rebuild and restore France after the devastation of World War I.

Wood Preservation - All States. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

S.S. Orizaba under construction at Cramps Ship Yards in January 1918. The photograph shows the ship in various stages of construction. It was taken by a war photographer and is categorized under "Industry, War." The image was released by the W.C.D. to the Photo Division on January 15, 1918.

Platform for building out no. 1 strut. .

NY - Buffalo. Buffalo Light Station, New York. Placing blocks.

Rijkswaterstaat photo collection. Orange lice. Construction of a complex of lock locks in the IJ. 1865-1870}. Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Noord-Holland

Rijkswaterstaat Photo Collection. Bridge over the Oude Maas at Spijkenisse. Suitcases to foundation, using compressed air, from two power pillars and a turning gear, in construction at the machine factory "De Ooij" at Nijmegen. undated. Spijkenisse, Spijkenisse, South Holland

Hutterer Za, Universal Schiff II (without dat.): Channel construction work. Photo on cardboard, 42.4 x 48.2 cm (including scan edges) Hutterer Geza (1864-1917): Universalschiff II

Crude Products: Ties and Mine Props. - District of Columbia. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Crude Products: Ties and Mine Props. - District of Columbia. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Rijkswaterstaat photo collection. Construction of Merwedekanaal. Channel area at the Leidschen Rijn. Construction of a play beam lock on the Leidschen Rijn Beoosten the channel with coating wall adjacent to its side. In the background a swing bridge in the surrounded large road from Utrecht to Leiden with one. May 26, 1888. Utrecht (province)

Construction workers at Fort Wood, New York during World War I. The photograph, labeled 46596, was taken by the photographer RECO and issued by Columbia University in New York. The image captures ongoing construction work at the fort. Additional notes indicate that it was a part of the Columbia University collection.

Page 73 of the Photo Book of the General Association of Rubber Planters Ter Oost Coast of Sumatra (A.V.R.O.S.), c. 1924 - c. 1925 photograph Book page with a photo of latext tanks and tank wagons in a rubber factory of the General Association of Rubberplanters ter Oostkust van Sumatra (A.V.R.O.S.) in Boenoet. Part of a photo album of the General Association of Rubber Planters ter Oostkust van Sumatra (A.V.R.O.S.). SumatraSumatraprinter: Dutch East Indies, The paper. photographic support printing (non-fruit) products of plants or trees: rubber. factory-interior, machine shop. container of metal: bucket, can, canister, drum, tin. railway wagon Sumatra

Unloading Steel Box-girders from Barges For Placement. Original caption: Unloading steel box-girders from barges for placement on new Highway Bridge across the Potomac River, at the end of 14th Street, Washington, DC. Old Highway Bridge in background. Photo by T. W. Kines. State: DC. Place: Washington.

Steel ingots being manufactured for the government at Sullers Steel Co. in St. Louis, Missouri. The image shows a storage yard with gantry and locomotive cranes in the background. This photo was taken by W.C. Persons on December 18th.

Toil and Grime. Peter Henry Emerson (British, born Cuba, 1856 - 1936)

Drodging of Plassen in Schieland, Oosten Rotterdam, Jacobus van Gorkom Jr., 1869 photograph Photo on cardboard of a reclamation (peeing at Rotterdam); Dated, with inscription in pen: Kralingen. Rotterdam paper. cardboard Rotterdam

Administrative Structures - Alabama. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Hutterer Gefa, ship stand of the company in Orsova (without dat.): Canal construction work. Photo on cardboard, 42.4 x 48.6 cm (including scan edges) Hutterer Geza (1864-1917): Schiffsstand der Unternehmung, Orsova

Anefo photo collection. Technic. Oil drilling in Drenthe. 1945. Drenthe, Schoonebeek

Chemical Warfare Service at Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland. This image depicts the intake station at Bush River, numbered 60099A. It was taken on August 13, 1918. The station had a symbol issued and complete excretion forms installed. The notes indicate that the station had 36009950, and the image shows the building and equipment.

NY - Buffalo. Buffalo Light Station, New York. Erecting base steel reinforcement.

Four faces at the placement of a caisson during the construction of the Forth Bridge, c. 1883 - c. 1885 photomechanical print London paper collotype landscape with bridge, viaduct or aqueduct. river. building-site Forth Bridge

Downsteam pumping station with centrifugal pumps / Kralingen den 26 October 1868, 1868 Steam pumping station in Kralingen on October 26, 1868. Part of a series of ten photos of the Drodging in 1867-1869 of the Plassen in Schieland to the east of Rotterdam. Rotterdam photographic support. cardboard albumen print Schieland. Prince Alexanderpolder. Kralten Steam pumping station in Kralingen on October 26, 1868. Part of a series of ten photos of the Drodging in 1867-1869 of the Plassen in Schieland to the east of Rotterdam. Rotterdam photographic support. cardboard albumen print Schieland. Prince Alexanderpolder. Kralten

Back River Bridge, Maryland. Original caption: Back River Bridge, Maryland. Photographed by: The Hughes Company Baltimore, Maryland. Pile Driver in Bent #6 Eastern Ave, Bridge Over Back River 8-31-42. Hughes Co. Photo. State: Maryland.

Rijkswaterstaat photo collection. Improving the channel from Ghent to Terneuzen. Cutting over Sluiskil. Bridge over the side channel to the Axel Sassing with a new channel compartment. May 27, 1905. Terneuzen, Terneuzen, Zeeland, Zeeland

Bassens yard and dock under construction in Bordeaux, France. The photograph was taken on May 9, 1918. It was censored and released for publication on November 22, 1918. Note: Not for publication.

A steam dredge is seen in action in the slip between Piers 4 and 5 at the Port of Embarkation, Hoboken, N.J. The photograph, taken by Sgt. Steiniger on June 6, 1919, shows the dredge's scoop going down for another dive. The image has the identification number 53950 and the description suggests it was issued as a record of the steam dredge's activities.

The depletion of the waters for the work of Alexander III Bridge. August 1899. The depletion of the waters for the work of the Alexandre III bridge, 7th and 8th arrondissements, Paris The depletion of the waters for the work of the Alexander III bridge, Paris (VIIth and SIRED ARR.). Photograph of Albert Brichaut. Gélatino-Chloride Draw, 1899.

Hutterer Za, sophisticated spoon excavator in iucz (without dat.): Canal construction work. Photo on cardboard, 42.3 x 48.6 cm (including scan edges) Hutterer Geza (1864-1917): Gehobener Löffelbagger, Iucz

Runcorn - Cofferdam for Concrete Wall. G. Herbert & Horace C. Bayley

A shipyard scene during World War I, capturing the shipbuilding activities. The photograph, numbered 111-SC-7021, is part of the Signal Corps collection and was taken by a photographer called Reco. The image offers a glimpse into the construction process for ships during the war.

Rijkswaterstaat photo collection. Heist counts and foundations. undated

The Alaska Highway. Original caption: 43-3630: Crane belonging to White Pass and Yukon Railroad loading trucks near the depot. March 13, 1943. Original caption: 43-3631: Pile driver and Contractors Cook house mounted on barge at Tagish. Section Carcross Spur. Mile Post Tagish River. Sept. 23, 1942 Photo by Pinkstaff. State: Alaska.

Construction of Rock & Brush Dam, Low Water; Henry P. Bosse (American, 1844 - 1903); 1891; Cyanotype; 26.5 x 33.2 cm (10 7,16 x 13 1,16 in.)

Construction well in Amsterdam ..

Electric crane on the quay of Southampton, Great Britain; Southampton Harbor Board Overhead Electric Cranes on Town Quay.

Lt. George Siegmann, of the 106th Engineers, is seen raising a block and tackle & truss during the construction of a warehouse on East Jetty in Brest, France. This photograph was taken on October 29, 1918, but the issue date is unknown. It passed censorship by the A.E.F. censor.

Description: Geological investigation with diamond-drill at Jindabyne. Location: Jindabyne, Australia Date: April 1951 australia, australasia, oceania, australasiathroughalens

Description: Nova Scotia Steel & Coal Company Limited. Unloading iron ore from Wabana shipping pier Location: Wabana, Canada Date: 1916 canada, americas, newbrunswickandnovascotia

AK - Cape St. Elias. Cape St. Elias Light Station, Alaska. Concreting oil room roof. Last work season. Westerly 50 feet.

Bridge building over the Göta River, dredging work.

Japanese divers on spacious II, Anonymous, 1921 - 1922 photograph A Japanese diving team poses at the edge of the spacious of a dredger or piston ship. Part of the group of individual photos about the construction of the port Belawan on the coast for Medan, Sumatra 1921-1922. Belawan photographic support deep-sea diving. dredge, dredging machine. Japanese Belawan

Seasoning and Shipping Lumber - Arkansas. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Efficient loading methods are shown in this image of the Inland Water Transportation Co., formerly 57th Engrs. U.S.A. Their work involves shipping supplies to troops via Inland Waterways, thus relieving the railroads. Both coal cars and barges are being loaded simultaneously by moving cranes from a freight steamer in Rouen, Seine-Inferieure, France.

N.N., coal tipper of the new port parts, Duisburg-Ruhrort. (From: Atlas to the magazine for Building, ed. V. Ministry of Public Work, Jg. 60, (1910-1910): Views. Pressure on paper, 46.1 x 29.9 cm (incl. Scan edges) N.N. : Kohlenkipper der neuen Hafenteile, Duisburg-Ruhrort. (Aus: Atlas zur Zeitschrift für Bauwesen, hrsg. v. Ministerium der öffentlichen Arbeiten, Jg. 60, 1910)

Hutterer Za, drilling ship IV (without date): Canal construction work. Photo on cardboard, 42.3 x 48.3 cm (including scan edges) Hutterer Geza (1864-1917): Bohrschiff IV

A passing shower , Harbors, Piers & wharves, Rain. The Massachusetts WPA Federal Art Project Photograph Collection

Description: Silimpapon. Wireless Tower approaching completion. Permanent anchors not finished & mast unplumbed. Location: Silimpapon, Borneo Description: Silimpapon. Wireless Tower under construction. Location: Silimpapon, Borneo Description: Silimpapon: Transmitter & accumulator charging switchboard. Location: Silimpapon, Borneo Description: Silimpapon, Operating Table:- Receiver and valve amplifiers on left motor generator controls on right. Location: Silimpapon, Borneo asia, malaysia, borneo, sabah, asiathroughalens

Men at work on a yard, presumably in Volendam, c. 1900 - c. 1910 photograph Part of photo album with recordings of Volendam, Dordrecht, Gorinchem and Woudrichem. Volendam paper. photographic support gelatin silver print pier, quay, wharf. ships, boats on land, beached. sailing-ship, sailing-boat Volendam

Messrs. Penn and Son's Works, Greenwich and Deptford: The Foundry. P. Barry (British, active 1860s)

Bauxite extraction in Moengo and ride through the jungle, 1927 - 1931 photograph Album magazine with two photos. Above transport through train with cars with ore at the bauxite extraction in Moengo. Among a group of men posing at a car on a road through the forest blocked by a fallen tree. Part of the album of the Guilonard family about the bauxite extraction in Moengo and Albina in Suriname in the years 1929-1930. Suriname photographic support. paper gelatin silver print opencast mine; strip mining. jungle Suriname. Albina. Moengo

Rijkswaterstaat photo collection. Merwedekanaal 2. Construction of the Oude-Merwede Schutsluis in Gorinchem. The well of the inside lounger is bricked. 1887-1893}. Gorinchem, Gorinchem, South Holland, South Holland

Gelatin paper stereo photograph from 1901 by Underwood & Underwood showing the large stamped mill of the Robinson Gold Mine in Johannesburg, South Africa, capturing mining structures and equipment.

Loading wool onto SS Scottish Monarch, Castlecliff wharf. From the album: Skerman family album, circa 1925, Whanganui, maker unknown.

The building of the ship , Boat & ship industry, Rivers. Sir David Young Cameron (1865-1945). Prints

Wooden ships being prepared for launch in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, and Mississippi during World War One. This image captures the lumbering industry's contribution to the war effort. The photograph was taken in January 1918 and is part of the collection of American military activities during this time. Released by W.C.D. to Photo Division.

Rijkswaterstaat photo collection. North Sea Canal. Construction of the Havendam, placement of concrete blocks using a wooden hoist installation. 1870-1875}. IJmuiden, IJmuiden, Noord-Holland, Noord-Holland

Photo collection Government information service. Dredging companies, ports. undated

Smelters at base of Anaconda hill, Butte, Mont., richest mining city in U.S.A. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1899 - 1915. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Montana

The fisheries , Fishing industry. The Massachusetts WPA Federal Art Project Photograph Collection

Saw Products: Lumber Construction - Pennsylvania. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

View of docks for the transshipment of ores in the upper lake at Marquette; Ore Docks on Lake Superior - Marquette, Michigan. .

The fisheries , Fishing industry. The Massachusetts WPA Federal Art Project Photograph Collection

Description: The Quarry Bay Sugar Refinery. Location: Hongkong, Hongkong Date: 1897 hongkong, asia, asiathroughalens

View of the tinsmelters on the island of Pulau Brani at Singapore; View of Pulo Brani Tin Smelting Works. Part of photo album from the Tanjong Pagar Dock Co. Ltd. in Singapore.

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

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

A photograph showing a ship being built for the U.S. Shipping Board. The image features workers and machinery involved in the construction process. Generate Caption: "Workers and machinery at a shipyard, building a ship for the U.S. Shipping Board during World War I."

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

Logging: Skidding with Animals - California. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Anonymous. Construction / Metropolitan / Municipal Railway of Paris. / Passage under the Saint-Martin channel / site of the fitting of the canal vault. "Interior view of the work at the Saint-Martin canal, 10th arrondissement, Paris". Silver gelatin-bromide draw. in 1901-10-16-1901-10-16. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 123829-15

Description: The East Point Sugar Refinery. Location: Hongkong, Hongkong Date: 1897 hongkong, asia, asiathroughalens

Part of the shipyard of the Tanjong Pagar Dock Co. Ltd. In Singapore, G.R. Lambert & Co. (attributed to), c. 1890 - In or Before 1905 photograph Part of photo album of the Tanjong Pagar Dock Co. Ltd. In Singapore. Singapore photographic support albumen print shipyard, shipdock. shipbuilding industry. pier, quay, wharf. dock labourer Singapore

"Pillsbury Flour Mills in Minneapolis, MN, operating under government supervision during World War One. The mills are heavily guarded day and night by U.S. Regulars as part of the war effort. This photograph was taken in December 1917. (Photo ID: 111-SC-860)"

Crude Products: Ties and Mine Props. - District of Columbia. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Lighthouse Construction. This image depicts the construction of a lighthouse.

MI - Martin Reef. Martin Reef Light Station, Michigan. Placing concrete in piers. Also showing basement forms.

Description: Nova Scotia Steel & Coal Company Limited. Shipping 3-ton ingots in Ingot Yard Location: Nova Scotia, Canada Date: 1916 canada, americas, newbrunswickandnovascotia

Assorting nets , Boats, Harbors, Fishing nets. The Massachusetts WPA Federal Art Project Photograph Collection

Assorting nets , Boats, Harbors, Fishing nets. The Massachusetts WPA Federal Art Project Photograph Collection

Paper mass factory in Örviken.

Great hoists, Hulett and Brown electric at work , Ore industry, Hoisting machinery, Railroad freight cars, Cargo ships, Harbors

Boot under construction, Henri Charles Guérard, 1856 - 1897 print paper etching shipyard, shipdock. shipyard-workers

Description: Kanowit Bazaar. Location: Sarawak, Borneo Description: Landing stages at an up-river village. Location: Sarawak, Borneo Description: Simanggang - showing tidal bore. Location: Simanggang, Borneo Location: Sarawak, Borneo Description: Sanchu. Driving piles for dolphin up stream of government wharf. Location: Sanchu, Borneo Description: Sanchu. Government "godown" under construction. Location: Sanchu, Borneo asia, sarawak, malaysia, borneo, asiathroughalens

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