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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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, 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, 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 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.)
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, 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.
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.
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.
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.
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
Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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 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
5943B2 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; William Herman Rau; January 21, 1896. No. 550.
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
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.
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.
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
"853" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 042597. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
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 photogra...
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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
Public domain photograph - historical image of Michigan, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
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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.
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
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
Public domain scan of newspaper clippings, periodicals, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
[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
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 ...
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...
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
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
"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...
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 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 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 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 ...
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 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
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, 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, 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, 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, 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
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
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, 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, 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
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, 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
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, 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, 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]
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]
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 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 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 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
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, ...
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, ...
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, ...
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, ...
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
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, 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 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, 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
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
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
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
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 (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, ...
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
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 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 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
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] kanali︠...
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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...
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 ...
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[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 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
Public domain photograph - historical image of Arizona, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Arizona Canal, North of Salt River, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ
Public domain photograph - historical image of Arizona, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Arizona Canal, North of Salt River, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ
Public domain photograph of a lake, river, pond in the woods, forest, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Arizona Canal, North of Salt River, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ
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Arizona Canal, North of Salt River, Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ
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