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Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York County, NY

Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York Co...

Significance: This group of five stores, erected by James Bogardus in 1849, was the earliest example of cast iron front architecture remaining in New York City. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More

Watervliet Arsenal, Cast-Iron Storehouse, Westervelt Avenue & Gibson Street, Watervliet, Albany County, NY

Watervliet Arsenal, Cast-Iron Storehouse, Westervelt Avenue & Gibson S...

Significance: May well be the only remaining all-iron building still used for its original purpose. It is also an early example of prefabricated construction, all its parts having been constructed by Architect... More

Washington Aqueduct, lugs for cast-iron water pipes

Washington Aqueduct, lugs for cast-iron water pipes

Drawing. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Public domain scan of a plan of settlement buildings, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

George Peabody Library, formerly the Library of the Peabody Institute of the City of Baltimore, is part of the Johns Hopkins Sheridan Libraries. Baltimore, Maryland

George Peabody Library, formerly the Library of the Peabody Institute ...

In 1857 George Peabody, a Massachusetts-born philanthropist, dedicated the Peabody Institute to the citizens of Baltimore in appreciation of their ""kindness and hospitality."" The Peabody Library building, whi... More

Ponakin Road Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Ponakin Road, Lancaster, Worcester County, MA

Ponakin Road Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Ponakin Road, Lancaster,...

Significance: The single span Ponakin Road Bridge is 100 feet long and 20 feet wide, with vertical end posts. The bridge has diagonal compression members and diagonal eye-bar tension members that extend two pa... More

Ponakin Road Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Ponakin Road, Lancaster, Worcester County, MA

Ponakin Road Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Ponakin Road, Lancaster,...

Significance: The single span Ponakin Road Bridge is 100 feet long and 20 feet wide, with vertical end posts. The bridge has diagonal compression members and diagonal eye-bar tension members that extend two pa... More

Wheaton & Anthony Building (Second), 75 Westminster Street, Providence, Providence County, RI

Wheaton & Anthony Building (Second), 75 Westminster Street, Providence...

Significance: Built in 1872, the Second Wheaton and Anthony Building was designed by the locally prominent architectural firm of Stone and Carpenter in the Second Empire style. One of the earliest cast iron fa... More

Wheaton & Anthony Building (Second), 75 Westminster Street, Providence, Providence County, RI

Wheaton & Anthony Building (Second), 75 Westminster Street, Providence...

Significance: Built in 1872, the Second Wheaton and Anthony Building was designed by the locally prominent architectural firm of Stone and Carpenter in the Second Empire style. One of the earliest cast iron fa... More

Wheaton & Anthony Building (Second), 75 Westminster Street, Providence, Providence County, RI

Wheaton & Anthony Building (Second), 75 Westminster Street, Providence...

Significance: Built in 1872, the Second Wheaton and Anthony Building was designed by the locally prominent architectural firm of Stone and Carpenter in the Second Empire style. One of the earliest cast iron fa... More

Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York County, NY

Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York Co...

Significance: This group of five stores, erected by James Bogardus in 1849, was the earliest example of cast iron front architecture remaining in New York City. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More

Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York County, NY

Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York Co...

Significance: This group of five stores, erected by James Bogardus in 1849, was the earliest example of cast iron front architecture remaining in New York City. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More

Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York County, NY

Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York Co...

Significance: This group of five stores, erected by James Bogardus in 1849, was the earliest example of cast iron front architecture remaining in New York City. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More

Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York County, NY

Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York Co...

Significance: This group of five stores, erected by James Bogardus in 1849, was the earliest example of cast iron front architecture remaining in New York City. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More

Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York County, NY

Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York Co...

Significance: This group of five stores, erected by James Bogardus in 1849, was the earliest example of cast iron front architecture remaining in New York City. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More

Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York County, NY

Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York Co...

Significance: This group of five stores, erected by James Bogardus in 1849, was the earliest example of cast iron front architecture remaining in New York City. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More

Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York County, NY

Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York Co...

Significance: This group of five stores, erected by James Bogardus in 1849, was the earliest example of cast iron front architecture remaining in New York City. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More

Watervliet Arsenal, Cast-Iron Storehouse, Westervelt Avenue & Gibson Street, Watervliet, Albany County, NY

Watervliet Arsenal, Cast-Iron Storehouse, Westervelt Avenue & Gibson S...

Significance: May well be the only remaining all-iron building still used for its original purpose. It is also an early example of prefabricated construction, all its parts having been constructed by Architect... More

James Monroe's cast-iron memorial in the Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia

James Monroe's cast-iron memorial in the Hollywood Cemetery in Richmon...

Picryl description: Public domain image related to death, coffin, grave, funeral, burial, monument, cemetery, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

An ornamental cast-iron staircase is a feature in this room, which was once the Tennessee State Library, in the capitol in Nashville, Tennessee

An ornamental cast-iron staircase is a feature in this room, which was...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Detail at the George Peabody Library, formerly the Library of the Peabody Institute of the City of Baltimore, is part of the Johns Hopkins Sheridan Libraries. Baltimore, Maryland

Detail at the George Peabody Library, formerly the Library of the Peab...

In 1857 George Peabody, a Massachusetts-born philanthropist, dedicated the Peabody Institute to the citizens of Baltimore in appreciation of their ""kindness and hospitality."" The Peabody Library building, whi... More

George Peabody Library, formerly the Library of the Peabody Institute of the City of Baltimore, is part of the Johns Hopkins Sheridan Libraries. Baltimore, Maryland

George Peabody Library, formerly the Library of the Peabody Institute ...

In 1857 George Peabody, a Massachusetts-born philanthropist, dedicated the Peabody Institute to the citizens of Baltimore in appreciation of their ""kindness and hospitality."" The Peabody Library building, whi... More

George Peabody Library, formerly the Library of the Peabody Institute of the City of Baltimore, is part of the Johns Hopkins Sheridan Libraries. Baltimore, Maryland

George Peabody Library, formerly the Library of the Peabody Institute ...

In 1857 George Peabody, a Massachusetts-born philanthropist, dedicated the Peabody Institute to the citizens of Baltimore in appreciation of their ""kindness and hospitality."" The Peabody Library building, whi... More

Mardi Gras displays and details in store windows and cast iron during the Mardi Gras season in Mobile, Alabama

Mardi Gras displays and details in store windows and cast iron during ...

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More

Pensacola Lighthouse, San Carlos Road, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

Pensacola Lighthouse, San Carlos Road, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

Significance: This structure was built in 1826. It was bombarded by Union forces during the War Between the States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-60 Survey number: HABS FL-147... More

Ponakin Road Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Ponakin Road, Lancaster, Worcester County, MA

Ponakin Road Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Ponakin Road, Lancaster,...

Significance: The single span Ponakin Road Bridge is 100 feet long and 20 feet wide, with vertical end posts. The bridge has diagonal compression members and diagonal eye-bar tension members that extend two pa... More

Ponakin Road Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Ponakin Road, Lancaster, Worcester County, MA

Ponakin Road Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Ponakin Road, Lancaster,...

Significance: The single span Ponakin Road Bridge is 100 feet long and 20 feet wide, with vertical end posts. The bridge has diagonal compression members and diagonal eye-bar tension members that extend two pa... More

Wheaton & Anthony Building (Second), 75 Westminster Street, Providence, Providence County, RI

Wheaton & Anthony Building (Second), 75 Westminster Street, Providence...

Significance: Built in 1872, the Second Wheaton and Anthony Building was designed by the locally prominent architectural firm of Stone and Carpenter in the Second Empire style. One of the earliest cast iron fa... More

Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York County, NY

Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York Co...

Significance: This group of five stores, erected by James Bogardus in 1849, was the earliest example of cast iron front architecture remaining in New York City. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More

Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York County, NY

Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York Co...

Significance: This group of five stores, erected by James Bogardus in 1849, was the earliest example of cast iron front architecture remaining in New York City. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More

Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York County, NY

Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York Co...

Significance: This group of five stores, erected by James Bogardus in 1849, was the earliest example of cast iron front architecture remaining in New York City. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More

Watervliet Arsenal, Cast-Iron Storehouse, Westervelt Avenue & Gibson Street, Watervliet, Albany County, NY

Watervliet Arsenal, Cast-Iron Storehouse, Westervelt Avenue & Gibson S...

Significance: May well be the only remaining all-iron building still used for its original purpose. It is also an early example of prefabricated construction, all its parts having been constructed by Architect... More

Watervliet Arsenal, Cast-Iron Storehouse, Westervelt Avenue & Gibson Street, Watervliet, Albany County, NY

Watervliet Arsenal, Cast-Iron Storehouse, Westervelt Avenue & Gibson S...

Significance: May well be the only remaining all-iron building still used for its original purpose. It is also an early example of prefabricated construction, all its parts having been constructed by Architect... More

Plan of dome showing ceiling of peristyle and horizontal cast iron cross braces

Plan of dome showing ceiling of peristyle and horizontal cast iron cro...

U.S. Capitol (drawing). The original U.S. Capitol building, known as the "Old Capitol," was a small brick building that was completed in 1800. It served as the Capitol building until the current building was c... More

Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. House wreckers supply tons of cast iron and steel materials that can be converted into steel for the national defense production program (U.S., Route 1, Baltimore-Washington Highway, August 1941)

Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. House wreckers supply tons of cast...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a damaged, burned, or destroyed building, natural disaster, war destruction, ruins, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Milling machines and machine castings. Machine tools are nearly 100 percent metal, and a large portion of that is high-grade cast iron, made from carefully combined scrap steel, scrap iron and pig iron. These are steel rail-ends waiting in the open yard behind the foundry of the world's largest machine tool builder

Production. Milling machines and machine castings. Machine tools are n...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of lumber, lumberjack workers, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Vulcan statue, the city symbol, Birmingham, Alabama

Vulcan statue, the city symbol, Birmingham, Alabama

The 56-foot (17 m) tall statue depicts the Roman god Vulcan, god of the fire and forge. It was created as Birmingham's entry for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 World's Fair) in St. Louis, Missouri. It ... More

Pensacola Lighthouse, San Carlos Road, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

Pensacola Lighthouse, San Carlos Road, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

Significance: This structure was built in 1826. It was bombarded by Union forces during the War Between the States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-60 Survey number: HABS FL-147... More

Ponakin Road Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Ponakin Road, Lancaster, Worcester County, MA

Ponakin Road Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Ponakin Road, Lancaster,...

Significance: The single span Ponakin Road Bridge is 100 feet long and 20 feet wide, with vertical end posts. The bridge has diagonal compression members and diagonal eye-bar tension members that extend two pa... More

Ponakin Road Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Ponakin Road, Lancaster, Worcester County, MA

Ponakin Road Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Ponakin Road, Lancaster,...

Significance: The single span Ponakin Road Bridge is 100 feet long and 20 feet wide, with vertical end posts. The bridge has diagonal compression members and diagonal eye-bar tension members that extend two pa... More

Ponakin Road Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Ponakin Road, Lancaster, Worcester County, MA

Ponakin Road Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Ponakin Road, Lancaster,...

Significance: The single span Ponakin Road Bridge is 100 feet long and 20 feet wide, with vertical end posts. The bridge has diagonal compression members and diagonal eye-bar tension members that extend two pa... More

Ponakin Road Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Ponakin Road, Lancaster, Worcester County, MA

Ponakin Road Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Ponakin Road, Lancaster,...

Significance: The single span Ponakin Road Bridge is 100 feet long and 20 feet wide, with vertical end posts. The bridge has diagonal compression members and diagonal eye-bar tension members that extend two pa... More

U.S. Post Office & Court House, 900 Church Street, Lynchburg, Lynchburg, Virginia

U.S. Post Office & Court House, 900 Church Street, Lynchburg, Lynchbur...

Significance: The building is an example of the neoclassic architectural style popular for Federal buildings in the 1930s. Survey number: HABS VA-38 Building/structure dates: 1936 Initial Construction Buildi... More

Wheaton & Anthony Building (Second), 75 Westminster Street, Providence, Providence County, RI

Wheaton & Anthony Building (Second), 75 Westminster Street, Providence...

Significance: Built in 1872, the Second Wheaton and Anthony Building was designed by the locally prominent architectural firm of Stone and Carpenter in the Second Empire style. One of the earliest cast iron fa... More

Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York County, NY

Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York Co...

Significance: This group of five stores, erected by James Bogardus in 1849, was the earliest example of cast iron front architecture remaining in New York City. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More

Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York County, NY

Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York Co...

Significance: This group of five stores, erected by James Bogardus in 1849, was the earliest example of cast iron front architecture remaining in New York City. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More

Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York County, NY

Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York Co...

Significance: This group of five stores, erected by James Bogardus in 1849, was the earliest example of cast iron front architecture remaining in New York City. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More

Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York County, NY

Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York Co...

Significance: This group of five stores, erected by James Bogardus in 1849, was the earliest example of cast iron front architecture remaining in New York City. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More

Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York County, NY

Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York Co...

Significance: This group of five stores, erected by James Bogardus in 1849, was the earliest example of cast iron front architecture remaining in New York City. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More

Watervliet Arsenal, Cast-Iron Storehouse, Westervelt Avenue & Gibson Street, Watervliet, Albany County, NY

Watervliet Arsenal, Cast-Iron Storehouse, Westervelt Avenue & Gibson S...

Significance: May well be the only remaining all-iron building still used for its original purpose. It is also an early example of prefabricated construction, all its parts having been constructed by Architect... More

Watervliet Arsenal, Cast-Iron Storehouse, Westervelt Avenue & Gibson Street, Watervliet, Albany County, NY

Watervliet Arsenal, Cast-Iron Storehouse, Westervelt Avenue & Gibson S...

Significance: May well be the only remaining all-iron building still used for its original purpose. It is also an early example of prefabricated construction, all its parts having been constructed by Architect... More

Cast-Iron Stew Pot. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Cast-Iron Stew Pot. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

ca. 1940 Source: Pedroli, Pete Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington DC, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description The Paradise Valley Folklife Proje... More

Production. Milling machines and machine castings. The cupolas spout. As the molten iron pours from the cupola, a special ingredient is added through the pipe and funnel shown here -- one which helps to give the cast iron special qualities which have been predetermined by careful research and constant check-up. Site: a large Midwest machine tool foundry

Production. Milling machines and machine castings. The cupolas spout. ...

Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Maine's 1877 cast-iron Cape Neddick Light better known as the "Nubble" Lighthouse

Maine's 1877 cast-iron Cape Neddick Light better known as the "Nubble"...

Public domain photo of lighthouse, sea shore, seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

George Peabody Library, formerly the Library of the Peabody Institute of the City of Baltimore, is part of the Johns Hopkins Sheridan Libraries. Baltimore, Maryland

George Peabody Library, formerly the Library of the Peabody Institute ...

In 1857 George Peabody, a Massachusetts-born philanthropist, dedicated the Peabody Institute to the citizens of Baltimore in appreciation of their ""kindness and hospitality."" The Peabody Library building, whi... More

Ponakin Road Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Ponakin Road, Lancaster, Worcester County, MA

Ponakin Road Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Ponakin Road, Lancaster,...

Significance: The single span Ponakin Road Bridge is 100 feet long and 20 feet wide, with vertical end posts. The bridge has diagonal compression members and diagonal eye-bar tension members that extend two pa... More

Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York County, NY

Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York Co...

Significance: This group of five stores, erected by James Bogardus in 1849, was the earliest example of cast iron front architecture remaining in New York City. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More

Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York County, NY

Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York Co...

Significance: This group of five stores, erected by James Bogardus in 1849, was the earliest example of cast iron front architecture remaining in New York City. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More

Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York County, NY

Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York Co...

Significance: This group of five stores, erected by James Bogardus in 1849, was the earliest example of cast iron front architecture remaining in New York City. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More

Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York County, NY

Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York Co...

Significance: This group of five stores, erected by James Bogardus in 1849, was the earliest example of cast iron front architecture remaining in New York City. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More

Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York County, NY

Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York Co...

Significance: This group of five stores, erected by James Bogardus in 1849, was the earliest example of cast iron front architecture remaining in New York City. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More

Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York County, NY

Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York Co...

Significance: This group of five stores, erected by James Bogardus in 1849, was the earliest example of cast iron front architecture remaining in New York City. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More

Watervliet Arsenal, Cast-Iron Storehouse, Westervelt Avenue & Gibson Street, Watervliet, Albany County, NY

Watervliet Arsenal, Cast-Iron Storehouse, Westervelt Avenue & Gibson S...

Significance: May well be the only remaining all-iron building still used for its original purpose. It is also an early example of prefabricated construction, all its parts having been constructed by Architect... More

Watervliet Arsenal, Cast-Iron Storehouse, Westervelt Avenue & Gibson Street, Watervliet, Albany County, NY

Watervliet Arsenal, Cast-Iron Storehouse, Westervelt Avenue & Gibson S...

Significance: May well be the only remaining all-iron building still used for its original purpose. It is also an early example of prefabricated construction, all its parts having been constructed by Architect... More

Watervliet Arsenal, Cast-Iron Storehouse, Westervelt Avenue & Gibson Street, Watervliet, Albany County, NY

Watervliet Arsenal, Cast-Iron Storehouse, Westervelt Avenue & Gibson S...

Significance: May well be the only remaining all-iron building still used for its original purpose. It is also an early example of prefabricated construction, all its parts having been constructed by Architect... More

Watervliet Arsenal, Cast-Iron Storehouse, Westervelt Avenue & Gibson Street, Watervliet, Albany County, NY

Watervliet Arsenal, Cast-Iron Storehouse, Westervelt Avenue & Gibson S...

Significance: May well be the only remaining all-iron building still used for its original purpose. It is also an early example of prefabricated construction, all its parts having been constructed by Architect... More

Watervliet Arsenal, Cast-Iron Storehouse, Westervelt Avenue & Gibson Street, Watervliet, Albany County, NY

Watervliet Arsenal, Cast-Iron Storehouse, Westervelt Avenue & Gibson S...

Significance: May well be the only remaining all-iron building still used for its original purpose. It is also an early example of prefabricated construction, all its parts having been constructed by Architect... More

Watervliet Arsenal, Cast-Iron Storehouse, Westervelt Avenue & Gibson Street, Watervliet, Albany County, NY

Watervliet Arsenal, Cast-Iron Storehouse, Westervelt Avenue & Gibson S...

Significance: May well be the only remaining all-iron building still used for its original purpose. It is also an early example of prefabricated construction, all its parts having been constructed by Architect... More

A cast iron gate in the historic district of Mobile, Alabama

A cast iron gate in the historic district of Mobile, Alabama

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Phot... More

I. & S. Wormser Building, 128 J Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA

I. & S. Wormser Building, 128 J Street, Sacramento, Sacramento County,...

Significance: The Wormser Building is of interest as it is one of the 1853 buildings, built immediately after the fire of November 2, 1852, and still existing. The cast-iron architectural details are typical o... More

Bank of Fayetteville, 100 West Center Street, Fayetteville, Washington County, AR

Bank of Fayetteville, 100 West Center Street, Fayetteville, Washington...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York County, NY

Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York Co...

Significance: This group of five stores, erected by James Bogardus in 1849, was the earliest example of cast iron front architecture remaining in New York City. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More

Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York County, NY

Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York Co...

Significance: This group of five stores, erected by James Bogardus in 1849, was the earliest example of cast iron front architecture remaining in New York City. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More

Watervliet Arsenal, Cast-Iron Storehouse, Westervelt Avenue & Gibson Street, Watervliet, Albany County, NY

Watervliet Arsenal, Cast-Iron Storehouse, Westervelt Avenue & Gibson S...

Significance: May well be the only remaining all-iron building still used for its original purpose. It is also an early example of prefabricated construction, all its parts having been constructed by Architect... More

Notice to millers, &c. As attorney in fact for Michael Withers, the patentee of cast iron wing gudgeons: I do hereby give all persons public notice who use Michael Wither's invention or improvement in the said patent gudgeons, that the price is

Notice to millers, &c. As attorney in fact for Michael Withers, the pa...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 244, Folder 30.

Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York County, NY

Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York Co...

Significance: This group of five stores, erected by James Bogardus in 1849, was the earliest example of cast iron front architecture remaining in New York City. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More

Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. House wreckers supply tons of cast iron and steel materials that can be converted into steel for the national defense production program (U.S., Route 1, Baltimore-Washington Highway, August 1941)

Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. House wreckers supply tons of cast...

Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.... More

Bank of Fayetteville, 100 West Center Street, Fayetteville, Washington County, AR

Bank of Fayetteville, 100 West Center Street, Fayetteville, Washington...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York County, NY

Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York Co...

Significance: This group of five stores, erected by James Bogardus in 1849, was the earliest example of cast iron front architecture remaining in New York City. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More

Watervliet Arsenal, Cast-Iron Storehouse, Westervelt Avenue & Gibson Street, Watervliet, Albany County, NY

Watervliet Arsenal, Cast-Iron Storehouse, Westervelt Avenue & Gibson S...

Significance: May well be the only remaining all-iron building still used for its original purpose. It is also an early example of prefabricated construction, all its parts having been constructed by Architect... More

Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. This gaunt row of discarded boilers represent a potential source of tons of steel for national defense production. House wreckers supply tons of cast iron and steel scrap that can be converted into steel to alleviate threatened shortages of this vital defense material (U.S. Route 1, Baltimore-Washington Highway,

Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. This gaunt row of discarded boiler...

Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.... More

Production. Milling machines and machine castings. The outside of this machine-tool bed casting has been ground until the bare metal shines brightly. Now rough spots on the inside are being chipped away. Notice  the reinforced rigging incorporated in the design of the casting itself -- much stronger and more rigid than a solid thickness of cast iron would be

Production. Milling machines and machine castings. The outside of this...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Milling machines and machine castings. The outside of this machine-tool bed casting has been ground until the bare metal shines brightly. Now rough spots on the inside are being chipped away. Notice the reinforced rigging incorporated in the design of the casting itself -- much stronger and more rigid than a solid thickness of cast iron would be

Production. Milling machines and machine castings. The outside of this...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Informa... More

Bank of Fayetteville, 100 West Center Street, Fayetteville, Washington County, AR

Bank of Fayetteville, 100 West Center Street, Fayetteville, Washington...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York County, NY

Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York Co...

Significance: This group of five stores, erected by James Bogardus in 1849, was the earliest example of cast iron front architecture remaining in New York City. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More

Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York County, NY

Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York Co...

Significance: This group of five stores, erected by James Bogardus in 1849, was the earliest example of cast iron front architecture remaining in New York City. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More

Watervliet Arsenal, Cast-Iron Storehouse, Westervelt Avenue & Gibson Street, Watervliet, Albany County, NY

Watervliet Arsenal, Cast-Iron Storehouse, Westervelt Avenue & Gibson S...

Significance: May well be the only remaining all-iron building still used for its original purpose. It is also an early example of prefabricated construction, all its parts having been constructed by Architect... More

Watervliet Arsenal, Cast-Iron Storehouse, Westervelt Avenue & Gibson Street, Watervliet, Albany County, NY

Watervliet Arsenal, Cast-Iron Storehouse, Westervelt Avenue & Gibson S...

Significance: May well be the only remaining all-iron building still used for its original purpose. It is also an early example of prefabricated construction, all its parts having been constructed by Architect... More

A boring mill machining a cast-iron die which, when finished, will be used to stamp out automobile fenders. Plant of Frederick Colman & Sons, Inc., Detroit, Michigan

A boring mill machining a cast-iron die which, when finished, will be ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York County, NY

Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York Co...

Significance: This group of five stores, erected by James Bogardus in 1849, was the earliest example of cast iron front architecture remaining in New York City. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More

Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York County, NY

Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York Co...

Significance: This group of five stores, erected by James Bogardus in 1849, was the earliest example of cast iron front architecture remaining in New York City. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More

Ponakin Road Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Ponakin Road, Lancaster, Worcester County, MA

Ponakin Road Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Ponakin Road, Lancaster,...

Significance: The single span Ponakin Road Bridge is 100 feet long and 20 feet wide, with vertical end posts. The bridge has diagonal compression members and diagonal eye-bar tension members that extend two pa... More

Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. House wreckers supply tons of cast iron and steel materials that can be converted into steel for the national defense production program (U.S., Route 1, Baltimore-Washington Highway, August 1941)

Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. House wreckers supply tons of cast...

Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.... More

Pensacola Lighthouse, San Carlos Road, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

Pensacola Lighthouse, San Carlos Road, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

Significance: This structure was built in 1826. It was bombarded by Union forces during the War Between the States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-60 Survey number: HABS FL-147... More

Pensacola Lighthouse, San Carlos Road, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

Pensacola Lighthouse, San Carlos Road, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

Significance: This structure was built in 1826. It was bombarded by Union forces during the War Between the States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-60 Survey number: HABS FL-147... More

Notice to millers, &c. As attorney in fact for Michael Withers, the patentee of cast iron wing gudgeons: I do hereby give all persons public notice who use Michael Wither's invention or improvement in the said patent gudgeons, that the price is

Notice to millers, &c. As attorney in fact for Michael Withers, the pa...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 244, Folder 30.

Watervliet Arsenal, Cast-Iron Storehouse, Westervelt Avenue & Gibson Street, Watervliet, Albany County, NY

Watervliet Arsenal, Cast-Iron Storehouse, Westervelt Avenue & Gibson S...

Significance: May well be the only remaining all-iron building still used for its original purpose. It is also an early example of prefabricated construction, all its parts having been constructed by Architect... More

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers - Battle Mountain Sanitarium, Grand Staircase, 500 North Fifth Street, Hot Springs, Fall River County, SD

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers - Battle Mountain Sanita...

See overview historical context HABS No. SD-24 for additional information on the Battle Mountain Sanitarium and the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. Significance: The Grand Staircase was built in ... More

Pensacola Lighthouse, San Carlos Road, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

Pensacola Lighthouse, San Carlos Road, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

Significance: This structure was built in 1826. It was bombarded by Union forces during the War Between the States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-60 Survey number: HABS FL-147... More

Wheaton & Anthony Building (Second), 75 Westminster Street, Providence, Providence County, RI

Wheaton & Anthony Building (Second), 75 Westminster Street, Providence...

Significance: Built in 1872, the Second Wheaton and Anthony Building was designed by the locally prominent architectural firm of Stone and Carpenter in the Second Empire style. One of the earliest cast iron fa... More

Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York County, NY

Edgar Laing Stores, Washington & Murray Streets, New York, New York Co...

Significance: This group of five stores, erected by James Bogardus in 1849, was the earliest example of cast iron front architecture remaining in New York City. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this... More

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