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Tennessee Valley Authority. Construction of Douglas Dam. A new shift reports for duty at the TVA's new Douglas Dam on the French Broad River. This dam will be 161 feet high and 1,682 feet long, with a 31,600 acre reservoir area extending forty-three miles upstream. With a useful storage capacity of approximately 1,330,000 acre-feet this reservoir will make possible the addition of nearly 100,000 kilowatts of continuous power to the TVA system in dry years and almost 170,000 kilowatts in the average year

Tennessee Valley Authority. Construction of Douglas Dam. A new shift r...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a power dam, cascade, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). A Coast Guard sentry stands watch over a new torpedo boat under construction at a Southern shipyard. In addition to wooden torpedo boats, the yard also turns out many steel boats for the Navy. Higgins Industries

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). A Coast Guard sentry stands ...

Public domain photograph of industrial architecture, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Washington, D.C. Construction of a bridge and road near Independence Avenue and 14th and 16th Streets, S.W. Unloading lumber

Washington, D.C. Construction of a bridge and road near Independence A...

Public domain photograph of Washington DC, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tennessee Valley Authority. Construction of Douglas Dam. A log cofferdam at TVA's new Douglas Dam on the French Broad River. This dam will be 161 feet high and 1,682 feet long, with a 31,600 acre reservoir area extending forty-three miles upstream. With a useful storage capacity of approximately 1,330,000 acre-feet this reservoir will make possible the addition of nearly 100,000 kilowatts of continuous power to the TVA system in dry years and almost 170,000 kilowatts in the average year

Tennessee Valley Authority. Construction of Douglas Dam. A log cofferd...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a power dam, cascade, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Plato's office staff for Wake and Midway Halls. Samuel Plato, contractor, and part of his office staff at their field headquarters for the construction of Wake and Midway Halls, now being completed for 1,000 Negro women war workers in Washington, D.C. Left to right: Zelda S. Wilson, Mildred Dunn, Wilhelmena Barnett; Mrs. Elnora Plato (wife of the contractor and his chief accountant), Mr. Plato and Frances Purdy

Plato's office staff for Wake and Midway Halls. Samuel Plato, contract...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Washington, D.C. Construction of a bridge and road near Independence Avenue and 14th and 16th Streets, S.W. Pre-mixed concrete being poured into curb forms from a truck mixer

Washington, D.C. Construction of a bridge and road near Independence A...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a tractor, farming equipment, agriculture, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Decatur, Alabama. Ingalls Shipbuilding Company. Barges under construction

Decatur, Alabama. Ingalls Shipbuilding Company. Barges under construct...

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Boeing aircraft plant, Seattle, Washington. Production of B-17 (Flying Fortress) bombing planes. Material for the construction of B-17 (Flying Fortress) bombers

Boeing aircraft plant, Seattle, Washington. Production of B-17 (Flying...

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

Fort Loudon [i.e., Loudoun] Dam, Tennessee. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Construction at night

Fort Loudon [i.e., Loudoun] Dam, Tennessee. Tennessee Valley Authority...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a power dam, cascade, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Newton County, Missouri. Camp Crowder area. James Mallory in his Ozark farmhouse. His land has been bought by the Army for construction of Camp Crowder, and next week, with the aid of the FSA (Farm Security Administration), he is moving to 160 acres of land and an entirely new type of farming

Newton County, Missouri. Camp Crowder area. James Mallory in his Ozark...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of an office worker, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Tennessee Valley Authority. Construction activities on a new generating unit in the new addition to TVA's hydroelectric plant at Wilson Dam. The walls and a portion of the intake can be seen. Located near Sheffield, Alabama, 260 miles above the mouth of the Tennessee River, the dam had an authorized power installation of 288,000 kilowatts, which can be increased to a possible ultimate of 444,000 kilowatts. The reservoir at the dam adds 377,000 acre-feet of water to controlled storage on the Tennesse River system

Tennessee Valley Authority. Construction activities on a new generatin...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a power dam, cascade, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Submarine chasers. Another worry for the U-boats. A new American subchaser that will hound the undersea craft of the Axis is commissioned at an Eastern boatyard. Target boats are moored alongside. Marine Construction Company, Stamford, Connecticut

Production. Submarine chasers. Another worry for the U-boats. A new Am...

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Washington, D.C. Construction of temporary war emergency buildings on the Mall, near 16th and 17th Streets, N.W. Nail kegs in contractor's store house

Washington, D.C. Construction of temporary war emergency buildings on ...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Columbia Steel Company at Geneva, Utah. Cement plant which furnishes building material for a new steel mill under construction

Columbia Steel Company at Geneva, Utah. Cement plant which furnishes b...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building interior, power generator, furnace, boiler, 20th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

New oversize trailer for war workers. Inspecting the new oversize bus trailer, made almost entirely of non-critical materials, are two of the men who were instrumental in its construction, Joseph B. Eastman (left), director of the Office of Defense Transportation and Frank H. Shepard (right) of the Office of Defense Transportation, Division of Local Transport. This oversize bus, with capacity of 141 persons, may solve the problem of tranpsorting defense workers to outlying industrial plants

New oversize trailer for war workers. Inspecting the new oversize bus ...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Washington, D.C. Preparing the ground for the construction of emergency buildings on Independence Avenue

Washington, D.C. Preparing the ground for the construction of emergenc...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a road works, construction, excavation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Ola, Idaho. FSA (Farm Security Administration) Ola self-help cooperative. Home of a member. Practically all houses have been enlarged and improved in the last two years. Lumber from the cooperative mill is used for such construction

Ola, Idaho. FSA (Farm Security Administration) Ola self-help cooperati...

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Tennessee Valley Authority power and conservation. Fort Loudoun Dam construction. A pipe fitter at the Fort Loudoun Dam, furthest upstream of the TVA's Tennessee River projects. Scheduled for closure and first storage of water early in 1943, this dam will create a 15,000-acre lake reaching fifty-five miles upstream to the city of Knoxville. The reservoir will have a useful storage capacity of 126,000 acre-feet. Power installation of 64,000 kilowatts is authorized, with a possible ultimate of 96,000 kilowatts

Tennessee Valley Authority power and conservation. Fort Loudoun Dam co...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a power dam, cascade, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fort Loudon [i.e., Loudoun] Dam, Tennessee. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Construction at night

Fort Loudon [i.e., Loudoun] Dam, Tennessee. Tennessee Valley Authority...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a quarry, excavation or mining site, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Washington, D.C. Construction of temporary war emergency buildings on the Mall, near 16th and 17th Streets, N.W. A building site, looking northwest from the base of the Washington Monument

Washington, D.C. Construction of temporary war emergency buildings on ...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Bantam, Connecticut. The Bantam airplane observation post is on a hill in the northern part of town, an old shack moved there from the property of Bernard C. Roeberg, real estate man and principal of Bantam School. Insulation of the walls and other work on the interior was not yet completed when this picture was taken. Watcher is Charles D. Kilbourne, a local dairy farmer and construction man. The post is manned twenty-four hours daily, and many of the watchers are workers in Bantam war industries

Bantam, Connecticut. The Bantam airplane observation post is on a hill...

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Production. War housing trailers. Western Trailer Company of Los Angeles has also undertaken the construction of prefabricated houses. Known as the "Westcraft home," it is the conception of James H. Thomas Richards, designer

Production. War housing trailers. Western Trailer Company of Los Angel...

Public domain photograph of California in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort Loudon i.e., Loudoun Dam, Tennessee (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). A lock under construction

Fort Loudon i.e., Loudoun Dam, Tennessee (Tennessee Valley Authority (...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Shasta Dam, Shasta County, California. Workmen

Shasta Dam, Shasta County, California. Workmen

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Columbia Steel Company at Geneva, Utah. Partly finished open hearth furnaces and stacks for a steel mill under construction which will soon be producing vitally needed steel

Columbia Steel Company at Geneva, Utah. Partly finished open hearth fu...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a construction site, works, 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Nurse training. On the sun roof of Babies Hospital, New York City, student nurse Susan Petty distributes construction toys to young convalescents and "ambulatory" patients. As part of her education, Miss Petty takes her turn at playing with the children and enlisting their interest in the activities of well youngsters

Nurse training. On the sun roof of Babies Hospital, New York City, stu...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children of farmers, migrant workers, Great Depression era, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Tennessee Valley Authority. Construction of Douglas Dam. Dumping another dipper load of dirt and rock into a truck at the TVA's new Douglas Dam on the French Broad River. This dam will be 161 feet high and 1,682 feet long, with a 31,600 acre reservoir area extending forty-three miles upstream. With a useful storage capacity of approximately 1,330,000 acre-feet this reservoir will make possible the addition of nearly 100,000 kilowatts of continuous power to the Tennessee Valley Authority system in dry years and almost 170,000 kilowatts in the average year

Tennessee Valley Authority. Construction of Douglas Dam. Dumping anoth...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Washington, D.C. Construction of a bridge and road near Independence Avenue and 14th and 16th Streets, S.W. The blocks of rough stone are cut to fit by hand

Washington, D.C. Construction of a bridge and road near Independence A...

Public domain photograph of Washington DC, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Columbia Steel Company at Geneva, Utah. Bulldozer operator who helps in the construction of a new steel mill which will make important additions to the vast amount of steel needed for the war effort

Columbia Steel Company at Geneva, Utah. Bulldozer operator who helps i...

Picryl description: Public domain image of workers, labor, 1940s, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of two men working on a piece of wood. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of two men working on a piece of wood. Office ...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Arlington, Virginia. Subdivision under construction

Arlington, Virginia. Subdivision under construction

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Bethlehem Fairfield shipyards, near Baltimore, Maryland. Construction of a Liberty ship. The sixteen-ton chain locker and collision bulkhead assembly being lowered into position in the forepeak of the ship

Bethlehem Fairfield shipyards, near Baltimore, Maryland. Construction ...

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Beaumont, Texas. Hull of a cargo vessel under construction at the Pennsylvania shipyards

Beaumont, Texas. Hull of a cargo vessel under construction at the Penn...

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Cargo vessel under construction at the Higgins shipyards. New Orleans, Louisiana

Cargo vessel under construction at the Higgins shipyards. New Orleans,...

Public domain photograph of Louisiana in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Baltimore, Maryland. A woman welder working on the construction of the Liberty ship Frederick Douglass, at the Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards

Baltimore, Maryland. A woman welder working on the construction of the...

Public domain photograph of Maryland in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

City Investing Co., Inc., 30 Broad St., New York City. 91st and Madison Ave. III

City Investing Co., Inc., 30 Broad St., New York City. 91st and Madiso...

Public domain photograph of apartment building, architectural plan, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Harris building plot, Forest Hills, Long Island, New York. View from railroad embankment

Harris building plot, Forest Hills, Long Island, New York. View from r...

Public domain photograph of midcentury American architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hoffmann-LaRoche, Nutley, New Jersey. Interior IX

Hoffmann-LaRoche, Nutley, New Jersey. Interior IX

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Hoffmann-LaRoche, Nutley, New Jersey. New buildings XVIII

Hoffmann-LaRoche, Nutley, New Jersey. New buildings XVIII

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

Hoffmann-LaRoche, Nutley, New Jersey. New buildings I

Hoffmann-LaRoche, Nutley, New Jersey. New buildings I

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Griffith Consumers Co. Installing 25,000 gallon tanks at 16th and Spring Rd. II

Griffith Consumers Co. Installing 25,000 gallon tanks at 16th and Spri...

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New Jersey Turnpike Authority. Concession station 10, looking east

New Jersey Turnpike Authority. Concession station 10, looking east

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New Jersey Turnpike Authority. Administration building, New Brunswick, New Jersey, view of northeast wall of basement

New Jersey Turnpike Authority. Administration building, New Brunswick,...

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

New Jersey Turnpike Authority. Shovel to building shacks site 11N, Elizabeth, New Jersey

New Jersey Turnpike Authority. Shovel to building shacks site 11N, Eli...

Public domain photograph of construction site, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Engineers R.D. Collons, of the United States (left), Antonio Benavides (center) and Enrique Medina looking through transit-level, of Mexico, confer at the spillway on the United States side of the joint U.S.-Mexico Falcon Dam construction project on the Rio Grande River]

[Engineers R.D. Collons, of the United States (left), Antonio Benavide...

Title devised by Library staff from accompanying caption. Possibly International Boundary and Water Commission photograph from U.S.I.A. 52-2322P.

Morristown Memorial Hospital, Morristown, New Jersey. Man working II

Morristown Memorial Hospital, Morristown, New Jersey. Man working II

Public domain photograph of 1940s-1950s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

New Jersey Turnpike Authority. Concession N, looking west

New Jersey Turnpike Authority. Concession N, looking west

Public domain photograph of midcentury American architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Morristown Memorial Hospital, Morristown, New Jersey. Man working II

Morristown Memorial Hospital, Morristown, New Jersey. Man working II

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Mr. Wiley, residence in New Canaan, Connecticut. View from across pool

Mr. Wiley, residence in New Canaan, Connecticut. View from across pool

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, pond, water reflection, romantic landscape, 18th-19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Dulles International Airport, Chantilly, Virginia, 1958-63 (Expanded by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, 1998-2000). Construction

Dulles International Airport, Chantilly, Virginia, 1958-63 (Expanded b...

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

Long Island Lighting Co. President Doebler at Glenwood Landing

Long Island Lighting Co. President Doebler at Glenwood Landing

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

Martland General Hospital, Newark, New Jersey. View II

Martland General Hospital, Newark, New Jersey. View II

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Skidmore, Owings & Merrill project. Building no. 4 II

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill project. Building no. 4 II

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

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill project. Building no. 5 I

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill project. Building no. 5 I

Picryl description: Public domain image of a construction site, wooden frame, timber, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Island Gardens, West Hempstead, Long Island. View XV

Island Gardens, West Hempstead, Long Island. View XV

Public domain photograph of New York, midcentury American architecture, 1940s-1950s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Island Gardens, West Hempstead, Long Island. View III

Island Gardens, West Hempstead, Long Island. View III

Picryl description: Public domain image of a stadium, arena, sports event, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Island Gardens, West Hempstead, Long Island. Island garden I

Island Gardens, West Hempstead, Long Island. Island garden I

Job title devised. Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Control tower being constructed at Washington Dulles International Airport, Dulles, Virginia]

[Control tower being constructed at Washington Dulles International Ai...

Contact sheet folder caption: "Dulles Airport, WKL, 5/16/62." U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 7851, frame 8.

Construction work during the renovation of the Reading Terminal and Market, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Construction work during the renovation of the Reading Terminal and Ma...

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

Construction of Amtrak's new Acela Express trainset, Barre, Vermont

Construction of Amtrak's new Acela Express trainset, Barre, Vermont

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

Construction of Amtrak's new Acela Express trainset, Barre, Vermont

Construction of Amtrak's new Acela Express trainset, Barre, Vermont

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

Construction of the Reading Terminal and Market, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the 1980s

Construction of the Reading Terminal and Market, Philadelphia, Pennsyl...

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

Pouring plaster during the wholesale renovation of Washington, D.C.'s Union Station during the 1980s

Pouring plaster during the wholesale renovation of Washington, D.C.'s ...

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

Construction work on the restored Reading Terminal and Market, part of which became the Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Construction work on the restored Reading Terminal and Market, part of...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Photograph taken in the early 1990s. Title, date, subje... More

Construction on what was originally known as "the Ladies Hall" at West Virginia Wesleyan College was completed in 1895 in Buckhannon, West Virginia

Construction on what was originally known as "the Ladies Hall" at West...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The building was given the name Agnes Howard Hall in 1920 in honor of Mrs. Agnes Howard, who was a student at the college in the early... More

Construction of a high-rise condominum behind the central core of the old City of Austin Seaholm Power Plant in Austin, Texas

Construction of a high-rise condominum behind the central core of the ...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

Sailors on land--agile construction workers on a suspended iron section, 200 feet above ground, New York City

Sailors on land--agile construction workers on a suspended iron sectio...

Stereograph showing three men on beams. H89238 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1907 by H.C. White Co. On mount: The "Perfec" Stereograph. (Trade Mark.). Patented April 14, 1903. No. 56.

Stone wall masonry, Lloyd Wilcox and Fred Wilcox at Donn Ladd residence, Hampton, Connecticut

Stone wall masonry, Lloyd Wilcox and Fred Wilcox at Donn Ladd residenc...

Index data: 1-2, The step foundation mortared in at the surface; 3-5, Measuring for appropriate depth of next step; 6-10, Determining the stone arrangement for the next step in reverse, large stones on the bott... More

Bush Terminal Company, Pier 5, Opposite end of Forty-first Street on Upper New York Bay, Brooklyn, Kings County, NY

Bush Terminal Company, Pier 5, Opposite end of Forty-first Street on U...

Significance: Pier 5 was typical of the substructures and piersheds built by Irving Bush c. 1902-09, sheet-piling-retained fill. It survives partly intact, and retains the best evidence of late attempts to mod... More

Memphis & Charleston Freight Depot, 330 Church Street Northwest, Huntsville, Madison County, AL

Memphis & Charleston Freight Depot, 330 Church Street Northwest, Hunts...

Significance: The freight depot, erected in 1856, is one of the oldest surviving rail facilities in Alabama. Its Italianate architecture is typical of other commercial buildings of the era. / The depot compris... More

Andrew Johnson House, 217 South Main Street, Greeneville, Greene County, TN

Andrew Johnson House, 217 South Main Street, Greeneville, Greene Count...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-16 Survey number: HABS TN-142 Building/structure dates: ca. 1850 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1865 Subsequent Work Buildin... More

John Beekman House, 29-29 1/2 Cherry Street, New York, New York County, NY

John Beekman House, 29-29 1/2 Cherry Street, New York, New York County...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-70 Survey number: HABS NY-452 Building/structure dates: ca. 1760 Initial Construction

Hiram Sibley Warehouse, 315-331 North Clark Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Hiram Sibley Warehouse, 315-331 North Clark Street, Chicago, Cook Coun...

Significance: The Warehouse, constructed in 1883, on the north bank of the Chicago River, is the first instance in which wood piles have been used to support a building wall. Survey number: HABS IL-1047 Build... More

Rensselaer Iron Works, Rail Mill, Adams Street & Hudson River, Troy, Rensselaer County, NY

Rensselaer Iron Works, Rail Mill, Adams Street & Hudson River, Troy, R...

Significance: A typical example of masonry and heavy timber factory construction; part of an important nineteenth-century iron works. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-4 Survey num... More

Charlestown Navy Yard, Marine Railway, Between Piers 2 & 3, on Charlestown Waterfront at west end of Navy Yard, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Charlestown Navy Yard, Marine Railway, Between Piers 2 & 3, on Charles...

Significance: The Marine Railway is a significant ship repair structure at the Charlestown Navy Yard, used for nearly a half-century in the repair and maintenance of small naval vessels, ranging from tugboats t... More

Providence Forge, Old Forge Pond, Providence Forge, New Kent County, Virginia

Providence Forge, Old Forge Pond, Providence Forge, New Kent County, V...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-14, FN-101 Survey number: HABS VA-110 Building/structure dates: 17q2 Initial Construction

Smith Avenue High Bridge, Smith Avenue between Cherokee Avenue & Cliff Street, Saint Paul, Ramsey County, MN

Smith Avenue High Bridge, Smith Avenue between Cherokee Avenue & Cliff...

Significance: The Smith Avenue High Bridge, a nineteenth century wrought iron Warren deck truss, is the longest and highest roadway truss bridge in Minnesota. It was designed by Keystone Bridge Co. of Pittsbur... More

Interurban Station, North side of M104, .5 mile east of Grand Haven Bridge, Spring Lake, Ottawa County, MI

Interurban Station, North side of M104, .5 mile east of Grand Haven Br...

Significance: This is one of seven remaining interurban rail stations constructed in the Granks Rapids/Muskegon/Grand Haven/Spring Lake area and is an example of adapted period revival architecture, Unprocesse... More

Norwich Water Power Company, Dam, West bank of Shetucket River opposite Fourteenth Street, Greenville section, Norwich, New London County, CT

Norwich Water Power Company, Dam, West bank of Shetucket River opposit...

Significance: The dam is significant as a major component of an 1882 rebuilding of the Norwich Water Power Company's facilities. The project reduced the length of the canal and improved the flow of water, ther... More

[Truck in rutted road, possibly road construction in Michigan]

[Truck in rutted road, possibly road construction in Michigan]

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

Water Street Bridge, US Route 1 spanning Metro-North Commuter Railroad, New Haven, New Haven County, CT

Water Street Bridge, US Route 1 spanning Metro-North Commuter Railroad...

Significance: The Water Street Bridge is historically and archaeologically significant for its example of late 19th century Baltimore through truss bridge construction, which is being phased out of existence. ... More

Warner Ranch, Barn-Trading Post, San Felipe Road (State Highway S2), Warner Springs, San Diego County, CA

Warner Ranch, Barn-Trading Post, San Felipe Road (State Highway S2), W...

Structure is associated with the Santa Fe Trail, Camp Wright, & the Battle of San Pasqual. Significance: Warner's Ranch is a landmark of the history of the American West. It is strongly associated with importa... More

Kekaha Sugar Company, Sugar Mill Building, 8315 Kekaha Road, Kekaha, Kauai County, HI

Kekaha Sugar Company, Sugar Mill Building, 8315 Kekaha Road, Kekaha, K...

For information on the irrigation supply system, see HALS HI-22, Kekaha Ditch, Black Pipe Siphon. Significance: The Kekaha Sugar Company Sugar Mill is associated with the development and history of sugar in Haw... More

Construction of the new palaces--Champs Elyssees(?) / A. Castaigne. - Exposition Universelle Internationale de 1900, Paris

Construction of the new palaces--Champs Elyssees(?) / A. Castaigne. - ...

Men constructing building for 1900 world's fair in Paris. (DLC/PP-1935:0022). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Building up a World's Fair in France" by Pierr... More

Pittsburgh Steel Company, Monessen Works, Open Hearth Plant, Donner Avenue, Monessen, Westmoreland County, PA

Pittsburgh Steel Company, Monessen Works, Open Hearth Plant, Donner Av...

Significance: The open hearth steelmaking plant of the Monessen Works was built in 1908. Pittsburgh Steel installed eight 95 ton, basic open hearth furnaces in a 1,055 x 280 feet steel-frame, metal-clad buildi... More

Noxontown Mill, Noxontown Road (County Road 38), Middletown, New Castle County, DE

Noxontown Mill, Noxontown Road (County Road 38), Middletown, New Castl...

Significance: Noxontown Mill was typical of the small grain-milling establishments that predominated in Delaware throughout the colonial period. But it was atypical in the sense that it survived so long. In 1... More

Charleston County Courthouse, 82-86 Broad Street, Charleston, Charleston County, SC

Charleston County Courthouse, 82-86 Broad Street, Charleston, Charlest...

Survey number: HABS SC-131 Building/structure dates: ca. 17q4 Initial Construction

Chicago City Hall, 121 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Chicago City Hall, 121 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Survey number: HABS IL-1128 Building/structure dates: 1910 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1958 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1972 Subsequent Work

Chicago City Hall, 121 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Chicago City Hall, 121 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Survey number: HABS IL-1128 Building/structure dates: 1910 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1958 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1972 Subsequent Work

Concord Gas Light Company, Gasholder House, South Main Street, Concord, Merrimack County, NH

Concord Gas Light Company, Gasholder House, South Main Street, Concord...

Significance: In service from 1888-1952, is the last structure of its kind in the U.S. still containing its original gasholder. Similar structures were a common feature in the urban areas of New England and upp... More

Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation, Pittsburgh Works, Morgan Billet Mill Engine, 550 feet north of East Carson Street, opposite South Twenty-seventh Street, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation, Pittsburgh Works, Morgan Billet Mi...

Survey number: HAER PA-48 Building/structure dates: 1893 Initial Construction

Charlestown Navy Yard, Shipfitters' Shop, Southeast side of First Avenue between Ninth & Thirteenth Streets, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Charlestown Navy Yard, Shipfitters' Shop, Southeast side of First Aven...

The Boston Redevelopment Authority hired William A. Owens to document all buildings in the Charlestown Navy Yard in 1977, most of which were exterior photographs. Significance: The Charlestown Navy Yard comple... More

Charlestown Navy Yard, Shipfitters' Shop, Southeast side of First Avenue between Ninth & Thirteenth Streets, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Charlestown Navy Yard, Shipfitters' Shop, Southeast side of First Aven...

The Boston Redevelopment Authority hired William A. Owens to document all buildings in the Charlestown Navy Yard in 1977, most of which were exterior photographs. Significance: The Charlestown Navy Yard comple... More

American Falls Water, Power & Light Company, Island Power Plant, Snake River, below American Falls Dam, American Falls, Power County, ID

American Falls Water, Power & Light Company, Island Power Plant, Snake...

Significance: This site represents technology associated with the first era of long distance electric power transmission in the state. It is also a representative example of an early low-head hydroelectric pow... More

Raritan Arsenal, Upholstery Shop, 2890 Woodbridge Avenue, Bonhamtown, Middlesex County, NJ

Raritan Arsenal, Upholstery Shop, 2890 Woodbridge Avenue, Bonhamtown, ...

Significance: The Upholstery Shop is a part of the machine shop complex, which formed the industrial core of the Arsenal. Survey number: HABS NJ-1061-L Building/structure dates: 1941 Initial Construction Bui... More

South Omaha Union Stock Yards, Hog Shed (North), 2900 "O" Plaza, Omaha, Douglas County, NE

South Omaha Union Stock Yards, Hog Shed (North), 2900 "O" Plaza, Omaha...

Field Note material also applies to HAER No. NE-10-N. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N785 Survey number: HAER NE-10-M Building/structure dates: 1913-1916 Initial Construction Buil... More

Pueblo Ribera Court, 230 Granvilla Street, La Jolla, San Diego County, CA

Pueblo Ribera Court, 230 Granvilla Street, La Jolla, San Diego County,...

Significance: A creative use of site, a unique structural system, one of the early expressions of floor plan in which the garden penetrates the house, i.e., the houses are on slabs, and glass walls open them to... More

Williamstown-Marietta Bridge, Spanning Ohio River between Williamstown & Marietta, Williamstown, Wood County, WV

Williamstown-Marietta Bridge, Spanning Ohio River between Williamstown...

Significance: The Williamstown-Marietta Bridge was the first highway bridge in the United States built in a cantilever fashion over an inland river. In 1902, it was the site of the first strike by the newly-fo... More

Cedarburg Mill, 215 East Columbia Avenue, Cedarburg, Ozaukee County, WI

Cedarburg Mill, 215 East Columbia Avenue, Cedarburg, Ozaukee County, W...

Significance: This large waterpowered flour mill was built in 1855. Similar structures are fast disappearing in this area. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-31 Survey number: HABS... More

Picatinny Arsenal, 200 Area, Shell Component Loading, State Route 15 near I-80, Dover, Morris County, NJ

Picatinny Arsenal, 200 Area, Shell Component Loading, State Route 15 n...

Significance: Originally built as a depot for storage of powder and other armaments, during the 20th century Picatinny Arsenal became a leading facility for the research, development and production of munitions... More

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