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G.O.C. visits overturned locomotive on the Jerusalem Lydda Railroad Line. Crane about to lift the hundred ton locomotive to set it on its wheels, group of officers in background

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Between 1931 and 1936 the Jewish population of Palestine more than doubled from 175,000 to 370,000 people, from 17% to 27% of the total population. It caused a significant deterioration in relations between Palestinian Arabs and Jews. Jewish immigration peaked in 1935: between 1933 and 1936 more than 164,000 Jewish immigrants arrived in Palestine. The dissent in Palestine was triggered also by the discovery in October 1935 at the port of Jaffa of a large arms shipment destined for the Haganah, sparking Arab fears of a Jewish military takeover of Palestine. The Arab uprising began in 1936 and continued throughout 1938. Arab rebels were engaged in a campaign of vandalizing trees planted by Jewish farmers and destroying British-constructed rail lines. In July 1938, the British garrison was strengthened from Egypt, and in September it was further reinforced from England. In October the Old City of Jerusalem, which had become a rebel stronghold, was reoccupied by the troops. The main form of collective punishment employed by the British forces was the destruction of property. The biggest single act of destruction occurred in Jaffa on 16 June 1936, when large gelignite charges were used to cut long pathways through the old city, destroying 220–240 buildings and rendering up to 6,000 Arabs homeless. By the end of 1938, a semblance of order had been restored in the towns, but terrorism continued until the outbreak of the Second World War. According to official British figures, the army and police killed more than 2,000 Arabs in combat, 108 were hanged, and 961 died because of what they described as "gang and terrorist activities". In an analysis of the British statistics, Walid Khalidi estimates 19,792 casualties for the Arabs, with 5,032 dead: 3,832 killed by the British and 1,200 dead because of "terrorism", and 14,760 wounded. Over ten percent of the adult male Palestinian Arab population between 20 and 60 was killed, wounded, imprisoned or exiled. Estimates of the number of Palestinian Jews killed range from 91 to several hundred.

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01/01/1938
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American Colony (Jerusalem). Photo Dept., photographer
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Palestine 1936

The 1936–1938 Arab revolt in Palestine
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label_outline Explore Jerusalem Lydda Railroad Line, Lydda, Lifting Crane

Dams under construction. Watts Bar Dam, shown here under construction, has a semi-outdoors type powerhouse with an enormous gantry crane (to the right of the picture) for installation and removal of units. The project is further distinguished by a control building which is entirely removed from the hydro plant, being located some 120 feet higher on top of a steep cliff and with direct connection to the switchyard behind. The windowless left wing of the control building houses the control room; the tower-like structure in the back accomodates air conditioning, restrooms, etc. The glass wall, upper level, contains the reception room with a broad semi-circular overlook terrace, the story below the terrace devoted to offices

Spreading asbestos mixture on boiler of a locomotive at the C & NW RR i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad, 40th Street locomotive shops

Travelling crane, Cramp's ship yard, Philadelphia

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Building, 1365 Ontario Street, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Exterior Cranes, 50-Ton Portal Crane Type, Waterfront Crane Track System, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

Chicago, Illinois. Engineer gives whistle blasts to indicate Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway train is ready to leave the yard

Production. Small ramp boats. Fitting and painting small wooden ramp boats at a Southern shipyard. These thirty-six-foot carriers, built of prefabricated sections, are used for making beach landings of men and equipment. The completed boats are launched by crane and delivered in tows of six to eight. Higgins Industries

Palestine disturbances 1936. Disabled locomotive near Ras el-Ain. Loose rail buckelled [i.e., buckled] into S shape by force of weighty engine

Clovis, New Mexico. One of the giant 5000 Class engines coming out of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad roundhouse for a run to Vaughn, New Mexico

Wings over Palestine-Certificates of Flying School, April 21, 1939. Young pilots who received their flying licenses with instructors [Lydda Air Port]

Chicago, Illinois. General view of one of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad yards

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy, Stekli︠a︡nnyĭ zavod v Borzhomi︠e︡, color separation negative

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