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Highline Canal & Pumping Station, South side of Salt River between Tempe, Phoenix & Mesa, Tempe, Maricopa County, AZ

Highline Canal & Pumping Station, South side of Salt River between Tem...

Significance: The Highline Canal expanded the irrigable acreage of the Salt River Project. The pumping plant was the only surface water canal pump on the project. Survey number: HAER AZ-23 Building/structure ... More

Highline Canal & Pumping Station, South side of Salt River between Tempe, Phoenix & Mesa, Tempe, Maricopa County, AZ

Highline Canal & Pumping Station, South side of Salt River between Tem...

Significance: The Highline Canal expanded the irrigable acreage of the Salt River Project. The pumping plant was the only surface water canal pump on the project. Survey number: HAER AZ-23 Building/structure ... More

Little Rock Creek Dam, Little Rock Creek, Littlerock, Los Angeles County, CA

Little Rock Creek Dam, Little Rock Creek, Littlerock, Los Angeles Coun...

Significance: When built the Littlerock Dam was the tallest reinforced concrete multiple arch dam in the world. For over fifty years it has provided water for the South Antelope Valley and contributed to the v... More

Little Rock Creek Dam, Little Rock Creek, Littlerock, Los Angeles County, CA

Little Rock Creek Dam, Little Rock Creek, Littlerock, Los Angeles Coun...

Significance: When built the Littlerock Dam was the tallest reinforced concrete multiple arch dam in the world. For over fifty years it has provided water for the South Antelope Valley and contributed to the v... More

Little Rock Creek Dam, Little Rock Creek, Littlerock, Los Angeles County, CA

Little Rock Creek Dam, Little Rock Creek, Littlerock, Los Angeles Coun...

Significance: When built the Littlerock Dam was the tallest reinforced concrete multiple arch dam in the world. For over fifty years it has provided water for the South Antelope Valley and contributed to the v... More

Little Rock Creek Dam, Little Rock Creek, Littlerock, Los Angeles County, CA

Little Rock Creek Dam, Little Rock Creek, Littlerock, Los Angeles Coun...

Significance: When built the Littlerock Dam was the tallest reinforced concrete multiple arch dam in the world. For over fifty years it has provided water for the South Antelope Valley and contributed to the v... More

Little Rock Creek Dam, Little Rock Creek, Littlerock, Los Angeles County, CA

Little Rock Creek Dam, Little Rock Creek, Littlerock, Los Angeles Coun...

Significance: When built the Littlerock Dam was the tallest reinforced concrete multiple arch dam in the world. For over fifty years it has provided water for the South Antelope Valley and contributed to the v... More

Little Rock Creek Dam, Little Rock Creek, Littlerock, Los Angeles County, CA

Little Rock Creek Dam, Little Rock Creek, Littlerock, Los Angeles Coun...

Significance: When built the Littlerock Dam was the tallest reinforced concrete multiple arch dam in the world. For over fifty years it has provided water for the South Antelope Valley and contributed to the v... More

Little Rock Creek Dam, Little Rock Creek, Littlerock, Los Angeles County, CA

Little Rock Creek Dam, Little Rock Creek, Littlerock, Los Angeles Coun...

Significance: When built the Littlerock Dam was the tallest reinforced concrete multiple arch dam in the world. For over fifty years it has provided water for the South Antelope Valley and contributed to the v... More

Little Rock Creek Dam, Little Rock Creek, Littlerock, Los Angeles County, CA

Little Rock Creek Dam, Little Rock Creek, Littlerock, Los Angeles Coun...

Significance: When built the Littlerock Dam was the tallest reinforced concrete multiple arch dam in the world. For over fifty years it has provided water for the South Antelope Valley and contributed to the v... More

Little Rock Creek Dam, Little Rock Creek, Littlerock, Los Angeles County, CA

Little Rock Creek Dam, Little Rock Creek, Littlerock, Los Angeles Coun...

Significance: When built the Littlerock Dam was the tallest reinforced concrete multiple arch dam in the world. For over fifty years it has provided water for the South Antelope Valley and contributed to the v... More

Map of Georgia & Alabama exhibiting the post offices, post roads, canals, rail roads & c.; by David H. Burr (Late topographer to the Post Office), Geographer to the House of Representatives of the U.S.

Map of Georgia & Alabama exhibiting the post offices, post roads, cana...

Detailed map showing relief by hachures, drainage, township and county boundaries, cities and towns, canals, roads, and railroads. Scale ca. 1:650,000. From his The American Atlas (London, J. Arrowsmith, 1839) ... More

Miami & Erie Canal Locks, Loramie Portage site vicinity, Lockington, Shelby County, OH

Miami & Erie Canal Locks, Loramie Portage site vicinity, Lockington, S...

Significance: The locks are the highest point on the Miami and Erie Canal, commenced in 1825 from Cincinnati to Dayton and completed in 1845 to Toledo. Survey number: HABS OH-411 Building/structure dates: ca.... More

[Chalet of the Viceroy] - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

[Chalet of the Viceroy] - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Chalet of the viceroy overlooking the Suez Canal. No. 1777. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixtu... More

Convent and quays on the Vilaine, Rennes, (p. 268.)

Convent and quays on the Vilaine, Rennes, (p. 268.)

Published with: Jephson, J. M. Narrative of a walking tour in Brittany by John Mounteney Jephson, F.S.A. ; accompanied by notes of a photographic expedition by Lovell Reeve, F.L.S., no. 78.

Dutch Gap Canal, James River, Virginia / negative by J. Reekie, positive by A. Gardner.

Dutch Gap Canal, James River, Virginia / negative by J. Reekie, positi...

Photograph showing the canal which was built to join together two portions of the James River. Illus. in: Gardner's photographic sketch book of the war / Alexander Gardner. Washington, D.C. : Philp & Solomons,... More

Canal De la Viga - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Canal De la Viga - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Public domain photograph of a canal, water landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Belle Isle Park, Detroit - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Belle Isle Park, Detroit - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, water, historic structure, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The Tashmoo entering U.S. ship canal, St. Clair Flats, Mich.

The Tashmoo entering U.S. ship canal, St. Clair Flats, Mich.

Public domain photograph - historical image of Michigan, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Top of plane, Morris and Essex canal, Boonton, N.J.

Top of plane, Morris and Essex canal, Boonton, N.J.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a canal, barge, historic place, water reflection, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Upper entrance to lock canal, Sault Ste. Marie

Upper entrance to lock canal, Sault Ste. Marie

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Canadian lock - Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.

Canadian lock - Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.

People with boats on canal. Wittemann Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph of train tracks, railroad works, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A Canal on Belle Isle, Detroit - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

A Canal on Belle Isle, Detroit - Public domain image. Dry plate negati...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mauch Chunk, the Lehigh Valley from mountain road

Mauch Chunk, the Lehigh Valley from mountain road

5943B2 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; William Herman Rau; January 21, 1896. No. 550.

Chesapeake and Ohio canal - Potomac River at Williamsport, Md

Chesapeake and Ohio canal - Potomac River at Williamsport, Md

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue P (1906). "886-G" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 016565. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Canal view, Belle Isle Park, Detroit

Canal view, Belle Isle Park, Detroit

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J Supplement (1901-1906). "45 Glover" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 013578. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[Erie Canal, Rochester, N.Y.] - Drawing. Public domain image.

[Erie Canal, Rochester, N.Y.] - Drawing. Public domain image.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a canal, barge, historic place, water reflection, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Erie Canal at Salina St., Syracuse, N.Y.

Erie Canal at Salina St., Syracuse, N.Y.

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Old canal boats at Lockport, Ill's

Old canal boats at Lockport, Ill's

"853" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 042597. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Down the Saint Marys River, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich

Down the Saint Marys River, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich

"G 3098" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 033944. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Arnold Genthe. Travel views of Europe. Public domain artistic photography.

Arnold Genthe. Travel views of Europe. Public domain artistic photogra...

Public domain photograph related to Arnold Genthe, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A scene on the beautiful Tuscarawas River

A scene on the beautiful Tuscarawas River

H65246 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; R.W. Johnston; September 11, 1905; DLC/PP-1905:42686.

Naval parade, Saint Mary's [i.e. Sault Sainte Marie]Canal celebration

Naval parade, Saint Mary's [i.e. Sault Sainte Marie]Canal celebration

Public domain photograph - historical image of Michigan, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bliz mi︠e︡stechka I︠U︡stili︠a︡ na Saĭmenskom kanali︠e︡

Bliz mi︠e︡stechka I︠U︡stili︠a︡ na Saĭmenskom kanali︠e︡

Public domain photograph of a lake, river, pond in the woods, forest, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mexican acequeia [i.e., acequia], or irrigating canal, Juarez, Mexico

Mexican acequeia [i.e., acequia], or irrigating canal, Juarez, Mexico

Public domain photograph - New Mexico, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Public domain image of New york city cityscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Public domain image of New york city cityscape, free to use, no copyri...

Public domain photograph of early 20th-century New York metropolis cityscape, buildings, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ste. Claire [sic] ship canal from club, Ste. Claire [sic] Flats, Mich.

Ste. Claire [sic] ship canal from club, Ste. Claire [sic] Flats, Mich.

Public domain image of a historic view of Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Pedro Miguel Locks, gelatin silver print

Pedro Miguel Locks, gelatin silver print

J188508 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: 143 Baronne St., New Orleans, La. No. 548. Copyright deposit; Gordon Panoramic Photo Co.; December 29, 1913.

Akron Beacon Journal, March 25, 1913

Akron Beacon Journal, March 25, 1913

Public domain scan of newspaper clippings, periodicals, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

[Pedro Miguel Locks, Panama Canal],  Panoramic Photograph

[Pedro Miguel Locks, Panama Canal], Panoramic Photograph

J190540 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: 143 Baronne St., New Orleans. No. 675. Title derived from copyright deposit records. Copyright deposit; Gordon Panoramic Photo Co.; March 7, 1914; DLC... More

[Miraflores Locks, Panama Canal],  Panoramic Photograph

[Miraflores Locks, Panama Canal], Panoramic Photograph

J190542 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: 143 Baronne St., New Orleans. No. 676. Title derived from copyright deposit records. Copyright deposit; Gordon Panoramic Photo Co.; March 7, 1914.

Chesapeake and Ohio (C&O) canal. Barge on canal with building on bank I

Chesapeake and Ohio (C&O) canal. Barge on canal with building on bank ...

Public domain photograph of a house, cottage, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Men carrying coal in boats, Malta] [Bridge over a canal and buildings, Venice]

[Men carrying coal in boats, Malta] [Bridge over a canal and buildings...

Photographer's sign on one building. (Source similar image in album: LC-USZC4-14923) On page: no. 1578 (left image) and no. 1579 (right image). In album: European pictures (1923 trip), p. [157]. Negative serie... More

View of Ft. Clayton, Panama Canal, Miraflores Lock and Lake, 1936

View of Ft. Clayton, Panama Canal, Miraflores Lock and Lake, 1936

J 19592 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; National Photo & News Service; June 29, 1936. Copyright claimant's address: San Antonio, Texas. Photo no. 4014.

Mars : MEC-1 Prototype. - Public domain map

Mars : MEC-1 Prototype. - Public domain map

"Base 101. Base information Aug. 1962." "Lithographed by ACIC 7-65." "Prepared with the advisory assistance of E.C. Slipher of the Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, Arizona." Includes notes, statistical data, and ... More

Cove Hydroelectric Development, Concrete-Lined Canal, Cove Power Plant Road, Grace, Caribou County, ID

Cove Hydroelectric Development, Concrete-Lined Canal, Cove Power Plant...

Significance: The concrete-lined canal was an integral component of the original Cove system. It conveyed water from the screen house, through the upper gate house. It served as the transition feature from the... More

Footbridge leading to the canal and towpath at the Old Erie Canal State Historic Park, which encompasses a 36-mile segment of the original Erie Canal's Long Level section (meaning flat enough not to require locks) that extends westward from this location in the town of DeWitt, just east of Syracuse, to the outskirts of Rome, New York

Footbridge leading to the canal and towpath at the Old Erie Canal Stat...

The park includes restored segments of the canal's waterway and towpath which were in active use between 1825 and 1917. Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Caro... More

Members of two families, left to right: John and Nancy Kenyon, with son, Sammy; and Alix and Jon Mozenter, with daughter, Emma, enjoy the famous canals of the Venice neighborhood on the west side of Los Angeles, California

Members of two families, left to right: John and Nancy Kenyon, with so...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Canal that winds through the upscale neighborhood of Las Colinas in Irving, Texas

Canal that winds through the upscale neighborhood of Las Colinas in Ir...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical building, landmark architecture, world heritage, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Dusk shot of barges traversing a short canal that connects the Sabine Pass waterway separating Texas from Louisiana, and the Trinity River, south of Port Arthur, Texas

Dusk shot of barges traversing a short canal that connects the Sabine ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship in the sea, harbor, maritime, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy, Kosogornai︠a︡ chastʹ kanala Imperatora Nikolai︠a︡ I bliz kazennago domika. Golodnai︠a︡ stepʹ, color separation negative

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy, Kosogornai︠a︡ chastʹ kanala Imperatora Nikola...

Credit line: Prokudin-Gorskiĭ photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Corresponding photographic print is in album: Views in Central Asia, Russian Empire, LOT 10338, no. 190... More

Scott's map of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Scott's map of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

General-content county map also showing rural buildings with householders' names, lot lines in rural subdivisions/villages, and election districts. Relief shown by hachures. Differs from other 1842 ed. in not b... More

Columbia Canal & Power Plant, Waterfront of Broad River, Columbia, Richland County, SC

Columbia Canal & Power Plant, Waterfront of Broad River, Columbia, Ric...

Significance: Designed to enable the navigation of the Broad and Congaree Rivers at their confluence in Columbia, the canal was completed in 1824 and enlarged in 1891; the 1891 portion of the canal is the signi... More

Columbia Canal & Power Plant, Waterfront of Broad River, Columbia, Richland County, SC

Columbia Canal & Power Plant, Waterfront of Broad River, Columbia, Ric...

Significance: Designed to enable the navigation of the Broad and Congaree Rivers at their confluence in Columbia, the canal was completed in 1824 and enlarged in 1891; the 1891 portion of the canal is the signi... More

Columbia Canal & Power Plant, Waterfront of Broad River, Columbia, Richland County, SC

Columbia Canal & Power Plant, Waterfront of Broad River, Columbia, Ric...

Significance: Designed to enable the navigation of the Broad and Congaree Rivers at their confluence in Columbia, the canal was completed in 1824 and enlarged in 1891; the 1891 portion of the canal is the signi... More

Columbia Canal & Power Plant, Waterfront of Broad River, Columbia, Richland County, SC

Columbia Canal & Power Plant, Waterfront of Broad River, Columbia, Ric...

Significance: Designed to enable the navigation of the Broad and Congaree Rivers at their confluence in Columbia, the canal was completed in 1824 and enlarged in 1891; the 1891 portion of the canal is the signi... More

Great Falls/S. U. M. Power Canal System, Paterson, Passaic County, NJ

Great Falls/S. U. M. Power Canal System, Paterson, Passaic County, NJ

Significance: Begun by the Society for the Establishment of Useful Manufacturers under the supervision of Pierre L'Enfant, the Canal System was first completed in 1794. Later alterations and improvements were ... More

Great Falls/S. U. M. Power Canal System, Paterson, Passaic County, NJ

Great Falls/S. U. M. Power Canal System, Paterson, Passaic County, NJ

Significance: Begun by the Society for the Establishment of Useful Manufacturers under the supervision of Pierre L'Enfant, the Canal System was first completed in 1794. Later alterations and improvements were ... More

Heber Light & Power Company, Hydroelectric Plant, U.S. Route 40/189, Heber City, Wasatch County, UT

Heber Light & Power Company, Hydroelectric Plant, U.S. Route 40/189, H...

Significance: Heber Light and Power Plant is representative of the large number of modest hydroelectric stations built during the first two decades of the twentieth century as a result of the growing demand for... More

Heber Light & Power Company, Hydroelectric Plant, U.S. Route 40/189, Heber City, Wasatch County, UT

Heber Light & Power Company, Hydroelectric Plant, U.S. Route 40/189, H...

Significance: Heber Light and Power Plant is representative of the large number of modest hydroelectric stations built during the first two decades of the twentieth century as a result of the growing demand for... More

Morris Canal, Rockport, Warren County, NJ

Morris Canal, Rockport, Warren County, NJ

Significance: The Morris Canal was one of only a few amphibious canals built in the United States. This section of the canal through Rockport is a well preserved portion of the canal prism still filled with wa... More

Cohoes Company Power Canal System, Level 2, North Mohawk Street, Cohoes, Albany County, NY

Cohoes Company Power Canal System, Level 2, North Mohawk Street, Cohoe...

These records were prepared as part of the Mohawk-Hudson Area Survey, a pilot study for the Historic American Engineering Record which was established in 1969 under the aegis of the Historic American Buildings ... More

Panorama of South Clifton, Arizona,  Panoramic Photograph

Panorama of South Clifton, Arizona, Panoramic Photograph

H128599 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; West Coast Art Co.; June 19, 1909. Copyright claimant's address: Los Angeles, Cal.

Champlain Canal, Wall, East-northeast of NY State Route 32 Bridge, Waterford, Saratoga County, NY

Champlain Canal, Wall, East-northeast of NY State Route 32 Bridge, Wat...

Significance: Example of laid up stone work typical of the period; associated with stream bank retaining walls/revetments built as part of early canal construction throughout the Champlain Section of the Erie C... More

Champlain Canal, Wall, East-northeast of NY State Route 32 Bridge, Waterford, Saratoga County, NY

Champlain Canal, Wall, East-northeast of NY State Route 32 Bridge, Wat...

Significance: Example of laid up stone work typical of the period; associated with stream bank retaining walls/revetments built as part of early canal construction throughout the Champlain Section of the Erie C... More

[James River, Virginia Another view of the Dutch Gap canal]

[James River, Virginia Another view of the Dutch Gap canal]

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Army of the James, June 1864-April 1865.

St. Mary's celebration, review of parade by vice-president [Fairbanks]

St. Mary's celebration, review of parade by vice-president [Fairbanks]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship, navy, harbor, maritime photograph, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Dundee Canal, Headgates, Guardlock & Uppermost Section, 250 feet northeast of Randolph Avenue, opposite & in line with East Clifton Avenue, Clifton, Passaic County, NJ

Dundee Canal, Headgates, Guardlock & Uppermost Section, 250 feet north...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a great depression era, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Dundee Canal, Headgates, Guardlock & Uppermost Section, 250 feet northeast of Randolph Avenue, opposite & in line with East Clifton Avenue, Clifton, Passaic County, NJ

Dundee Canal, Headgates, Guardlock & Uppermost Section, 250 feet north...

Public domain image of an arch structure, bridge, historic place ruins, classical architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Dundee Canal, Headgates, Guardlock & Uppermost Section, 250 feet northeast of Randolph Avenue, opposite & in line with East Clifton Avenue, Clifton, Passaic County, NJ

Dundee Canal, Headgates, Guardlock & Uppermost Section, 250 feet north...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a great depression era, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Morris Canal, Waterloo, Sussex County, NJ

Morris Canal, Waterloo, Sussex County, NJ

Significance: The Waterloo area of Warren County contains a well preserved portion of the Morris Canal. The canal although filled in in many places is still clearly visible. Survey number: HAER NJ-29-J Build... More

Puget Sound Power & Light Company, White River Hydroelectric Project, 600 North River Avenue, Dieringer, Pierce County, WA

Puget Sound Power & Light Company, White River Hydroelectric Project, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a hydroelectric dam, industrial facility, power generation, water cascade, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Puget Sound Power & Light Company, White River Hydroelectric Project, 600 North River Avenue, Dieringer, Pierce County, WA

Puget Sound Power & Light Company, White River Hydroelectric Project, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Puget Sound Power & Light Company, White River Hydroelectric Project, 600 North River Avenue, Dieringer, Pierce County, WA

Puget Sound Power & Light Company, White River Hydroelectric Project, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a hydroelectric dam, industrial facility, power generation, water cascade, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Puget Sound Power & Light Company, White River Hydroelectric Project, 600 North River Avenue, Dieringer, Pierce County, WA

Puget Sound Power & Light Company, White River Hydroelectric Project, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a hydroelectric dam, industrial facility, power generation, water cascade, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Views of Saint Petersburg, Russia] during American Civil War

[Views of Saint Petersburg, Russia] during American Civil War

Photographs show Saint Isaac's Cathedral, Potchampski (or Pochtamtsky) Bridge over the Moika Canal, Palace Square with the Alexander Column and Winter Palace through the triumphal arch of the General Staff Buil... More

Little Kaukauna Lock & Dam, At 23-mile marker on Lower Fox River, Rockland, La Crosse County, WI

Little Kaukauna Lock & Dam, At 23-mile marker on Lower Fox River, Rock...

Significance: The Little Kaukauna Lock and Dam Complex allows passage for watercraft around the rapids present in the Lower Fox River at Little Kaukauna. Survey number: HAER WI-89 Building/structure dates: 18... More

Eastern Canal, Bridge & Armory Streets vicinity, Lowell, Middlesex County, MA

Eastern Canal, Bridge & Armory Streets vicinity, Lowell, Middlesex Cou...

Significance: The opening of the Eastern Canal in 1835 marked the end of the second phase of construction of the Lowell Canal System as it had been planned in 1821. The Eastern Canal connected the Pawtucket an... More

Klamath Basin Project, "A" Canal Headworks House, 500 Nevada Street, Klamath Falls, Klamath County, OR

Klamath Basin Project, "A" Canal Headworks House, 500 Nevada Street, K...

Significance: This house is among the first constructed by the Federal government in developing in the Klamath Basin Project. The A Canal and its headworks are the first Federal diversion from Upper Klamath Lak... More

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Duchesne, Duchesne County, UT

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Duchesne, Duchesne County, UT

Significance: The irrigation canals in the Uinta Basin represent turn-of-the-century water development efforts of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Mormon settlers. Originally intended to help the reservation I... More

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Duchesne, Duchesne County, UT

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Duchesne, Duchesne County, UT

Significance: The irrigation canals in the Uinta Basin represent turn-of-the-century water development efforts of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Mormon settlers. Originally intended to help the reservation I... More

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Duchesne, Duchesne County, UT

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Duchesne, Duchesne County, UT

Significance: The irrigation canals in the Uinta Basin represent turn-of-the-century water development efforts of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Mormon settlers. Originally intended to help the reservation I... More

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Duchesne, Duchesne County, UT

Irrigation Canals in the Uinta Basin, Duchesne, Duchesne County, UT

Significance: The irrigation canals in the Uinta Basin represent turn-of-the-century water development efforts of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Mormon settlers. Originally intended to help the reservation I... More

Whitewater Canal Aqueduct, Spanning Duck Creek, Whitewater Canal (carried over creek)  (Changed from Duck Creek), Metamora, Franklin County, IN

Whitewater Canal Aqueduct, Spanning Duck Creek, Whitewater Canal (carr...

See HAER No. IN-108 for additional photographs and data pages. Significance: The Whitewater Canal Aqueduct is the only surviving wood aqueduct in the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for... More

Puget Sound Power & Light Company, White River Hydroelectric Project, 600 North River Avenue, Dieringer, Pierce County, WA

Puget Sound Power & Light Company, White River Hydroelectric Project, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a hydroelectric dam, industrial facility, power generation, water cascade, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Illinois, 1893

World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Illinois, 1893

Photo shows a bird's-eye view, with monument and canal in foreground. Forms part of: Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: Gardens for a Beautiful America / Sam Watters. New... More

Lockport Historic District, Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal, Butterfly Dam, Lockport, Will County, IL

Lockport Historic District, Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal, Butterfly D...

Significance: The Butterfly Dam was constructed in the middle of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal for the purpose of providing flood protection for Joliet and other points on the canal west of Lockport. The... More

Lockport Historic District, Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal, Butterfly Dam, Lockport, Will County, IL

Lockport Historic District, Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal, Butterfly D...

Significance: The Butterfly Dam was constructed in the middle of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal for the purpose of providing flood protection for Joliet and other points on the canal west of Lockport. The... More

Hamilton Canal, Jackson Street vicinity, Lowell, Middlesex County, MA

Hamilton Canal, Jackson Street vicinity, Lowell, Middlesex County, MA

Picryl description: Public domain image of a canal, barge, historic place, water reflection, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Bliz mi︠e︡stechka I︠U︡stili︠a︡ na Saimenskom [i.e. Saĭmenskom] kanali︠e︡

Bliz mi︠e︡stechka I︠U︡stili︠a︡ na Saimenskom [i.e. Saĭmenskom] kanali︠...

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Georgetown Section, East & West parallel to M Street Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Georgetown Section, East & West parallel to M...

Significance: A remarkable engineering achievement of the early 19th century that played an important role in the development of Georgetown commerce, and stimulated trade and settlement of the interior. Unproc... More

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Freight & Rail Yard, Long Slip Canal, New Jersey Transit Hoboken Rail Yard, Hoboken, Hudson County, NJ

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Freight & Rail Yard, Long Slip...

Significance: The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad (DL&W) Long Slip Canal contributes to the Old Main DL&W Railroad Heritage District. Long Slip was significant for its critical role in facilitating the... More

Tip starykh shli︠u︡zovykh vorot. Bi︠e︡lozerskīĭ kanal. [Rossiĭskai︠a︡ imperii︠a︡]

Tip starykh shli︠u︡zovykh vorot. Bi︠e︡lozerskīĭ kanal. [Rossiĭskai︠a︡ ...

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Yurts along a canal] - Color separation negative, public domain

[Yurts along a canal] - Color separation negative, public domain

Picryl description: Public domain image of a Russian Empire, color separation negatives, Prokudin Gorsky, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Lowell Canal System, Merrimack & Concord Rivers, Lowell, Middlesex County, MA

Lowell Canal System, Merrimack & Concord Rivers, Lowell, Middlesex Cou...

Significance: The City of Lowell is generally considered to be the birthplace of large-scale manufacturing in the U.S. Begun as a transportation canal, the Lowell Canal System evolved, during the 19th century,... More

Arizona Canal, North of Salt River, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

Arizona Canal, North of Salt River, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

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Arizona Canal, North of Salt River, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

Arizona Canal, North of Salt River, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

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Arizona Canal, North of Salt River, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

Arizona Canal, North of Salt River, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

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Arizona Canal, North of Salt River, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

Arizona Canal, North of Salt River, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

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Arizona Canal, North of Salt River, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

Arizona Canal, North of Salt River, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ

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