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Daniel Senise and his crew with their engine in an Indiana Harbor Belt Line railroad yard. Left to right: E.H. Albrecht, switchman; Edward Kletecka, fireman; John McCarthy, switchman; Daniel Senise, switchman, conductor and foreman; and F.K. Gwinner, engineer

Daniel Senise and his crew with their engine in an Indiana Harbor Belt...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial equipment, workshop, assembly line, factory, power engine, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Engineer (white shirt) and machinist work on machine used for fiber-optics applications.

Engineer (white shirt) and machinist work on machine used for fiber-op...

Forms part of a group of images recorded on August 17, documenting scenes at Watson Machine International, 74 Railroad Avenue, Paterson, New Jersey.

Engineer Pete McComiskey looking through blueprints in the engineering department at Watson.

Engineer Pete McComiskey looking through blueprints in the engineering...

Forms part of a group of images documenting the daily work activities of people at Watson Machine International, a machine tool manufacturing company located at 74 Railroad Avenue, Paterson, NJ, on August 10, 1994.

Jimmy Cobianci stands beside boiler he operates; in addition to being the color mixer in the dye house, he also works as an engineer for the facility.

Jimmy Cobianci stands beside boiler he operates; in addition to being ...

Forms part of a group of images taken in the dye house adjacent to the main Joseph Teshon, Inc. building on September 12, 1994.

[Petersburg, Virginia Company D, U.S. Engineer Battalion]

[Petersburg, Virginia Company D, U.S. Engineer Battalion]

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the siege of Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865.

Engineer officer examining roads outside the lines

Engineer officer examining roads outside the lines

Title inscribed below image. Inscribed lower right: 1863. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.477) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file R. Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil W... More

[Petersburg, Virginia Group of Company B, U.S. Engineer Battalion; wagons in background]

[Petersburg, Virginia Group of Company B, U.S. Engineer Battalion; wag...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the siege of Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865.

[Croton Aqueduct, (Westchester Co., New York). Pipe chamber, Manhattan Valley. Elevation, sections, and details. Rendering] / John B. Jervis, chief engineer.

[Croton Aqueduct, (Westchester Co., New York). Pipe chamber, Manhattan...

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

Atlas of the battlefield of Antietam, prepared under the direction of the Antietam Battlefield Board, lieut. col. Geo. W. Davis, U.S.A., president, gen. E.A. Carman, U.S.V., gen. H Heth, C.S.A. Surveyed by lieut. col. E.B. Cope, engineer, H.W. Mattern, assistant engineer, of the Gettysburg National Park. Drawn by Charles H. Ourand, 1899. Position of troops by gen. E. A. Carman. Published by authority of the Secretary of War, under the direction of the Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army, 1908.

Atlas of the battlefield of Antietam, prepared under the direction of ...

Relief shown by contour lines. Indicates roads and streets, houses, names of residents, fences, vegetation, drainage, bridges, and fords. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster imag... More

Presidio of San Francisco, Post Engineer's Headquarters Office, Crissy Field North cantonment, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Presidio of San Francisco, Post Engineer's Headquarters Office, Crissy...

Survey number: HABS CA-2627 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000232

Oakland Army Base, Railroad Engine Shop, Engineer Road & Wake Avenue, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Oakland Army Base, Railroad Engine Shop, Engineer Road & Wake Avenue, ...

Significance: The Railroad Engine Shop, provided both housing and maintenance for OARB's locomotive engines. The conveyance, by rail, of troops and materiel to the shipping berths was important in fulfilling t... More

The iron steam ship "Great Eastern" 22,500 tons: constructed under the direction of I.K. Brunel, F.R.S. -- D.C.L. commanded by Capt. William Harrison

The iron steam ship "Great Eastern" 22,500 tons: constructed under the...

Artist: Charles Parsons. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 3370

Map of the rail-roads of the state of New York prepared under the direction of Silas Seymour, state engineer surveyor.

Map of the rail-roads of the state of New York prepared under the dire...

Map of New York and parts of adjacent states showing drainage, relief by hachures, county boundaries, cities and towns. Different colors indicate railroads in operation, in progress of construction, and propose... More

Lt. F.U. Farquhar, Engineer Corps, American Civil War Photograph, Glass Negative.

Lt. F.U. Farquhar, Engineer Corps, American Civil War Photograph, Glas...

A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Engineer Company, 8th New York State Militia, Arlington, Virginia, June, 1861

Engineer Company, 8th New York State Militia, Arlington, Virginia, Jun...

No. B531. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites a... More

[Petersburg, Virginia (vicinity)]. View of James river and photographic wagon of Engineer Corps

[Petersburg, Virginia (vicinity)]. View of James river and photographi...

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Passengers were swarming out and bothering the conductor and engineer with silly questions

Passengers were swarming out and bothering the conductor and engineer ...

(DLC/PP-1934:0009). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Semaphore" by Herbert D. Ward, Scribner's magazine, 14:769 (Dec. 1893).

[U.S.S. Brooklyn, engineer's office]

[U.S.S. Brooklyn, engineer's office]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bureau, office furniture, desk, chair, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

U.S.S. Oregon, Chief Engineer Milligan, Battle of Santiago

U.S.S. Oregon, Chief Engineer Milligan, Battle of Santiago

Public domain image of an American navy warship, 19th-century ship, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Air Safety Conference. Washington, D.C. More than 200 representatives of the nation's airlines and technical experts from the U.S. Bureau of Air Commerce met at conference today to study recent air crashes with a view to preventing such accidents in the future. Gene Vidal, Director of the Bureau of Air, presided at the meeting which was held at the Department of Commerce. In the photograph, left to right: (seated) O.A. Patterson, President of United Airlines; E.E. Jett, Chief Engineer of Federal Communications; Sidney Shannon, Operations Manager Eastern Airlines; Eugene Vidal, Director of Bureau of Air Commerce; and Harland Hull, Chief Pilot of TWA

Air Safety Conference. Washington, D.C. More than 200 representatives ...

A group of men sitting around a table with a map. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[ENGINEER CORPS] - Public domain portrait photograph

[ENGINEER CORPS] - Public domain portrait photograph

An old black and white photo of a soldier. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

RECLAMATION, BUREAU OF. BIG MEN IN U.S. RECLAMATION SERVICE: A. P. DAVIS, CHIEF ENGINEER; F. H. NEWELL, DIRECTOR; H. N. SAVAGE, SUPERVISING ENGINEER, NORTHERN DIVISION; L.C. HILL, SUPERVISING ENGINEER, BUILDER OF ROOSEVELT DAM

RECLAMATION, BUREAU OF. BIG MEN IN U.S. RECLAMATION SERVICE: A. P. DAV...

A group of men standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

RUSSIAN MISSION TO U.S. ORONOVSKY, COL., RUSSIAN ARMY; BORODINE, PROF., MEMBER OF AGRICULTURE; BACHMETEFF, BORIS, SPECIAL AMBASSADOR TO U.S. AND HEAD OF RUSSIAN WAR MISSION; CHUTT, CAPT., RUSSIAN ARMY; GUNSBURG, BARON, SPECIAL ATTACHE; LOMONOSOFF, PROF.; ROOP, LT. GENERAL, CHIEF OF GENERAL STAFF, RUSSIAN ARMY; SAK, ENGINEER ATTACHE; SERGIEVSKY; KARPOVITCH, MILITARY ATTACHE; SERGIEVSKY; PERTZOFF, D.P.

RUSSIAN MISSION TO U.S. ORONOVSKY, COL., RUSSIAN ARMY; BORODINE, PROF....

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

Col. Clifford and committee to determine cause of mysterious fire which broke out on a roof of Treasury the night of May 3. Left to right: H. Marks, Acting Chief Clerk; Col. Edward Clifford, Asst. Secy.; Jos. E. Murphy, Asst. Chief Secret Service; H.S. McAllister, inspector of bldgs.; and Capt. Q.B. Newman, Engineer in Chief, U.S. Coast Guard

Col. Clifford and committee to determine cause of mysterious fire whic...

A group of men sitting around a table. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chief engineer of the El Rito, a native of the lower Mississippi River, Louisiana

Chief engineer of the El Rito, a native of the lower Mississippi River...

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

Locomotive engineer, Saint Louis, Missouri

Locomotive engineer, Saint Louis, Missouri

Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, train car, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Engineer and brakeman in railroad yards, Elkins, West Virginia

Engineer and brakeman in railroad yards, Elkins, West Virginia

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial equipment, workshop, assembly line, factory, power engine, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Engineer at controls of high-speed hoist which reaches depth of 3800 feet. Copper mine, Butte, Montana

Engineer at controls of high-speed hoist which reaches depth of 3800 f...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial equipment, workshop, assembly line, factory, power engine, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

U.S. Negro troops on way to Liberia. The Naval armed guard on a Liberia bound transport stages a gun drill with a 4 inch deck gun and a heavy anti-aircraft machine gun. The Negro troops, members of a highly trained engineer unit of the U.S. Army, made the trip to Africa without incident

U.S. Negro troops on way to Liberia. The Naval armed guard on a Liberi...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a ship, docks, navy, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Building a new army camp at top speed. Now camps are being built with great rapidity all over the country to house not only Britain's rapidly expanding Army, but the many thousands of American and Canadian troops now arriving. The work is done by civilian contractors, but the army garrison engineer is in constant supervision to see that the work is as specified and that it is completed on time. Bricking the ends of a Nissen Hut. In the foreground men are mixing mortar for bricking

Building a new army camp at top speed. Now camps are being built with ...

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

Fred B. Williams from Savannah, Georgia, a safety engineer at the powder plant, leaving his home at 803 9th Street. Sunset Village, Radford, Virginia. FSA (Farm Security Administration) project for defense workers

Fred B. Williams from Savannah, Georgia, a safety engineer at the powd...

Public domain photograph of village home, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort Belvoir, Virginia. United States Army Engineer Corps soldiers in training carrying some heavy equipment for the construction of a bridge or pier

Fort Belvoir, Virginia. United States Army Engineer Corps soldiers in ...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s US industrial development, Second World War, US war production, indusry, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Production. Aircraft. A test engineer in the laboratories of a large Western aircraft plant. This hydraulic test equipment, with a capacity of 80,000 pounds, is used to squeeze, bend, stretch, or break every type of part used in aircraft construction. These tests assure that the part will stand the terrific strain of aerial combat conditions

Production. Aircraft. A test engineer in the laboratories of a large W...

Public domain photograph of laboratory, science, research, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Negro infantry. This Negro infantryman in training at Fort Belvoir, Virginia represents a good type of soldier. When the Engineer Corps regiment to which he belongs is graduated from Fort Belvoir he will be well prepared for military duty

Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Negro infantry. This Negro infantryman in trai...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military training, armed forces fort, camp, exercise activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Citation winners. Edwin Curtiss Tracy, citation winner, at a luncheon tendered by Donald M. Nelson, Chairman of the War Production Board (WPB), following the White House ceremony. Mr. Tracy is field engineer for RCA Manufacturing Company, Camden, New Jersy

Citation winners. Edwin Curtiss Tracy, citation winner, at a luncheon ...

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

Tennessee Valley Authority. Railroad crews at Watts Bar Dam. A combination of long mechanical experience, practical railroad training and common sense is required for the job of running one of the big "hogs," or locomotives. This engineer handles a train which hauls materials for the building of TVA's Watts Bar Dam

Tennessee Valley Authority. Railroad crews at Watts Bar Dam. A combina...

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

Tulsa, Oklahoma. Pumping station engineer with an apparatus known variously as "pig", "go-devil", and "scraper". It is sent through the eight inch pipeline at intervals for cleaning, to remove obstructions and to detect leaks

Tulsa, Oklahoma. Pumping station engineer with an apparatus known vari...

Public domain photograph of the United States military and military-industrial complex before World War Two, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Gibson, Indiana. Mr. Rusine, manager of the railroad YMCA (Young Men's Christian Association) for twenty-seven years, paying a call on Mr. Hiram Gilman, engineer on the Michigan Central railroad, in the railroad YMCA

Gibson, Indiana. Mr. Rusine, manager of the railroad YMCA (Young Men's...

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

Wellington, Kansas. Atchinson, Topeka and Santa Fe engineer going off to work stops in the locker room for his tool kit

Wellington, Kansas. Atchinson, Topeka and Santa Fe engineer going off ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial equipment, workshop, assembly line, factory, power engine, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Gibson, Indiana. Mr. Russell Guess, engineer on the Indiana Harbor Belt and New York Central Railroads, has been coming to the railroads' YMCA (Young Men's Christian Association) for the last twenty years

Gibson, Indiana. Mr. Russell Guess, engineer on the Indiana Harbor Bel...

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

Jimmy Cobianci stands beside boiler he operates; in addition to being the color mixer in the dye house, he also works as an engineer for the facility.

Jimmy Cobianci stands beside boiler he operates; in addition to being ...

Forms part of a group of images taken in the dye house adjacent to the main Joseph Teshon, Inc. building on September 12, 1994.

Electrical engineer Ernest Milov installing a laptop computer into the take-up panel to evaluate the circuits.

Electrical engineer Ernest Milov installing a laptop computer into the...

Forms part of a group of images documenting the daily work activities of people at Watson Machine International, a machine tool manufacturing company located at 74 Railroad Avenue, Paterson, NJ, on August 8, 1994.

Atlas of the battlefield of Antietam, prepared under the direction of the Antietam Battlefield Board, lieut. col. Geo. W. Davis, U.S.A., president, gen. E.A. Carman, U.S.V., gen. H Heth, C.S.A. Surveyed by lieut. col. E.B. Cope, engineer, H.W. Mattern, assistant engineer, of the Gettysburg National Park. Drawn by Charles H. Ourand, 1899. Position of troops by gen. E. A. Carman. Published by authority of the Secretary of War, under the direction of the Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army, 1908.

Atlas of the battlefield of Antietam, prepared under the direction of ...

Relief shown by contour lines. Indicates roads and streets, houses, names of residents, fences, vegetation, drainage, bridges, and fords. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster imag... More

Presidio of San Francisco, Post Engineer's Headquarters Office, Crissy Field North cantonment, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Presidio of San Francisco, Post Engineer's Headquarters Office, Crissy...

Survey number: HABS CA-2627 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000232

[United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.). Extension. Exterior order] / Capt. M.C. Meigs, U.S. engineer in charge ; Tho. U. Walter, architect, Washington, D.C., 1854.

[United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.). Extension. Exterior order] ...

Elevation rendering, column of U.S. Capitol. Scaled. Reference copy in album: Engineering projects directed by Montgomery Meigs, Washington, D.C. ca. 1852-1860, p. 52, no. 99, Lot 12332.

Petersburg, Virginia. Company D, U.S. Engineer Battalion

Petersburg, Virginia. Company D, U.S. Engineer Battalion

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

[Unidentified sailor in Union engineer lieutenant's uniform] / Henry Ulke, 278 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C.

[Unidentified sailor in Union engineer lieutenant's uniform] / Henry U...

Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:144) Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). pp/liljpaper

[Dupuy de Lôme, marine engineer who built a dirigible for the French government in 1872, head-and-shoulders portrait]

[Dupuy de Lôme, marine engineer who built a dirigible for the French g...

Tissandier collection. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Denies TVA flood control plan did not work. Washington, D.C., Dec. 2. Appearing before the Joint Congressional Committee Investigating TVA, Theodore B. Parker, Chief TVA Engineer, denied charges of republican members of the Committee that the TVA flood control did not work. Frequent squabbles between House and Senate members of the Committee occurred as Parker was questioned

Denies TVA flood control plan did not work. Washington, D.C., Dec. 2. ...

A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Funeral of the noted Russian engineer Sakharoff -- looking w. across harbor -- Port Arthur]

[Funeral of the noted Russian engineer Sakharoff -- looking w. across ...

Photograph shows a crowd of Russians surrounding a priest; in background rail cars and the harbor. H63726 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, July 24, 1905. Title from published stereogra... More

Sinking last tubular section, Detroit River tunnel, W.S. Kinnear, chief engineer, Butler Bros. Construction Co., contractors

Sinking last tubular section, Detroit River tunnel, W.S. Kinnear, chie...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial equipment, workshop, assembly line, factory, power engine, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fireman Jus. G. Cooper, Ohio, Engineer, WM J. Carss, Minn.

Fireman Jus. G. Cooper, Ohio, Engineer, WM J. Carss, Minn.

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

White Sulphur Springs, W.VA, June 9. Walter T. Fishleigh, consulting engineer of Detroit, and Walter C. Keys, of U.S. Rubber Co., of Detroit, discuss safety driving, 6/9/36

White Sulphur Springs, W.VA, June 9. Walter T. Fishleigh, consulting e...

Public domain photograph, 1910s-1920s portrait, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The latest in cotton planting. Washington, DC, July 15. John Randolph, engineer of the U.S. Bureau of Agriculture Engineering demonstrates a model of a variable depth cotton planter which he invented. The small white dots at which he is pointing mark the wavy line of seed as planted by this new machine which makes it possible to get a strand of cotton no matter what the moisture conditions in the soil. This planter is now manufactured by several farm machinery companies and thousands are in use in the cotton belt, The essential part of the machine is a cam which causes the planting shoe to rise and fall as the planter moves forward, 7/15/38

The latest in cotton planting. Washington, DC, July 15. John Randolph,...

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

A black and white photo of a man with a mustache, Mississippi. Farmers during Great Depression.

A black and white photo of a man with a mustache, Mississippi. Farmers...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a worker, construction, carpenter, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a train. Great Depression FFSA / OWI Negatives

A black and white photo of a train. Great Depression FFSA / OWI Negati...

Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, train car, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Opening of augmented water source in Jaamri Country at Ain Hamda, S.E. of Bethlehem. Group at spring, left to right, Fias Bey ed Driezy, Mr. Kyles, Mr. Sommerville, Mr. McGeagh, engineer, and Mr. Faraj., etc.

Opening of augmented water source in Jaamri Country at Ain Hamda, S.E....

Public domain photograph - Bethlehem, historical image of Palestine, Israel, Middle East, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

U.S. Negro troops on way to Liberia. As a U.S. Army transport plows through the Atlantic on its way to Liberia, Africa, the Negro crew of a 37mm anti-aircraft gun holds a shipboard practice session. The soldiers, members of a U.S. Army Engineer's unit, were especially interested in Liberia, a Negro Republic founded by their ancestors whose governmental system is patterned on that of the U.S.

U.S. Negro troops on way to Liberia. As a U.S. Army transport plows th...

Public domain photograph of the 1930s-1940s World War Two, armed forces, military production, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

At the testing chamber for motors at the Pratt and Whitney Aircraft Corporation. After the engine is set up inside the chamber the door is sealed tight and the engine run at full blast for hours on end as an engineer watches it thru the window, records its performance as indicated by the instruments on the panel. East Hartford, Connecticut

At the testing chamber for motors at the Pratt and Whitney Aircraft Co...

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

Well worker adjusts washer around pump under supervision of Mr. Slater, engineer. Ridge well project, Saint Mary's County, Maryland

Well worker adjusts washer around pump under supervision of Mr. Slater...

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

Fred B. Williams from Savannah, Georgia, a safety engineer at the powder plant, leaving his home at 803 9th Steet. Sunset Village, Radford, Virginia. FSA (Farm Security Administration) project for defense workers

Fred B. Williams from Savannah, Georgia, a safety engineer at the powd...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Tennessee Valley Authority. Watts Bar Dam hydroelectric plant. A TVA engineer establishes a line during the construction of the Watts Bar steam plant. This plant will supplement the big hydroelectric installation at Watts Bar Dam, which has an authorized output of 90,000 kilowatts, and a possible ultimate of 150,000 kilowatts. Each of the four big turbo-generators in the steam plant is rated at 60,000 kilowatts

Tennessee Valley Authority. Watts Bar Dam hydroelectric plant. A TVA e...

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

Science and research. Studies of non-coking coals. Research workers at the Golden, Colorado field station of the U.S. Bureau of Mines at a fifty-pound coke oven, which is used to determine if an unknown coal has coking properties. Coal is tested at various temperature levels to determine its adaptability to coking. Left to right: Ralph Maugham, labor foreman; William Landers, assistant chemical engineer; V.F. Parry, supervising engineer. Mr. Landers is shown using an instrument which measures temperature by the color of the heated mass. The bureau is carrying on a project to determine the suitability of western coal for coke operations with the view to supplying war needs of the expanding iron and steel industry of the Western states

Science and research. Studies of non-coking coals. Research workers at...

Picryl description: Public domain image of people, meeting, eating, drinking, food, beverage, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Tennessee Valley Authority. Watts Bar Dam hydroelectric plant. The Tennessee Valley Authority engineer establishes a line during the construction of the Watts Bar steam plant. This plant will supplement the big hydroelectric installations at Watts Bar Dam, which has an authorized output of 90,000 kilowatts, and a possible ultimate of 150,000 kilowatts. Each of the four big turbo-generators in the steam plant is rated at 60,000 kilowatts

Tennessee Valley Authority. Watts Bar Dam hydroelectric plant. The Ten...

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

Engineer of a New York Central locomotive at an Indiana Harbor Belt Line railroad yard

Engineer of a New York Central locomotive at an Indiana Harbor Belt Li...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a steam locomotive, train cars, railroad tracks, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

On board the fishing boat Alden out of Gloucester, Massachusetts. Pasquale Maniscaleo, engineer

On board the fishing boat Alden out of Gloucester, Massachusetts. Pasq...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a fishing boat, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Alva, Oklahoma. Engineer picking up a message along the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad between Wellington, Kansas and Waynoka, Oklahoma

Alva, Oklahoma. Engineer picking up a message along the Atchison, Tope...

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

Winslow, Arizona. An engineer climbing into the cab of a diesel freight engine in the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad yard

Winslow, Arizona. An engineer climbing into the cab of a diesel freigh...

Public domain photograph of diesel or electric train engine, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The engineer of the towboat Ernest T. Weir, going down the Ohio River to Cincinnati

The engineer of the towboat Ernest T. Weir, going down the Ohio River ...

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

Chicago, Illinois. Conductor handling engineer copy of train orders before a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad freight train pulls out for Clinton, Iowa. Since the track between those points is under automatic train control, the engineer, in turn, hands the conductor the key to the automatic train control lock of the engine. The conductor will keep the key in the caboose until the train arrives at its destination

Chicago, Illinois. Conductor handling engineer copy of train orders be...

Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, train car, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rear brakeman gets on the caboose and signals engineer that all's well at the rear end of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad freight train

Rear brakeman gets on the caboose and signals engineer that all's well...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a locomotive, train tracks, rail transportation, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Engineer David Lu and Richie Takach putting the finishing touches on the rotary take-up.

Engineer David Lu and Richie Takach putting the finishing touches on t...

Forms part of a group of images documenting the daily work activities of people at Watson Machine International, a machine tool manufacturing company located at 74 Railroad Avenue, Paterson, NJ, on August 11, 1994.

Jimmy Cobianci stands beside boiler he operates; in addition to being the color mixer in the dye house, he also works as an engineer for the facility.

Jimmy Cobianci stands beside boiler he operates; in addition to being ...

Forms part of a group of images taken in the dye house adjacent to the main Joseph Teshon, Inc. building on September 12, 1994.

[Portrait photographs of soldiers and servants from various Union headquarters; also shows photographer's tent, topographical engineer corps, and portraits of George A. Custer]

[Portrait photographs of soldiers and servants from various Union head...

Civil War Photograph Collection. No. 359, no. 444, no. 349, no. 428, no. 366, and no. 387. Exhibit loan 4116-L.

[Falmouth, Virginia Men and wagons of the Engineer Corps ambulance train; another view]

[Falmouth, Virginia Men and wagons of the Engineer Corps ambulance tra...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, Burnside and Hooker, November 1862-April 1863.

[Petersburg, Virginia Group of Company D, U.S. Engineer Battalion]

[Petersburg, Virginia Group of Company D, U.S. Engineer Battalion]

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the siege of Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865.

Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Base Engineer Covered Storage Building, Perimeter Road, Plattsburgh, Clinton County, NY

Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Base Engineer Covered Storage Building, Pe...

Significance: Building 3400 was a liquid oxygen generating facility that supported a squadron of first-generation intercontinental ballistic missiles located around Plattsburgh AFB from 1961-1965. The 556th Str... More

U.S.S. Oregon, engineer force - Public domain portrait photograph

U.S.S. Oregon, engineer force - Public domain portrait photograph

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

Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Base Engineer Pavement & Grounds Facility, Off Colorado Street, Plattsburgh, Clinton County, NY

Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Base Engineer Pavement & Grounds Facility,...

Significance: Building 2827 provided space for operator maintenance of the various pieces of heavy equipment assigned to the pavement and grounds section of the base civil engineer organization. The building pr... More

The contractors book ... / H. Gerlach ; J.S. Vernam, mechanical engineer & draughtsman.

The contractors book ... / H. Gerlach ; J.S. Vernam, mechanical engine...

Print shows construction of a railroad and a canal in a wilderness area. Illus. in: The contractors book of working drawings of tools and machines used in constructing canals, rail roads and other works, with b... More

A map of the internal improvements of Virginia; prepared by C. Crozet, late principal engineer of Va. under a resolution of the General Assembly adopted March 15th 1848.

A map of the internal improvements of Virginia; prepared by C. Crozet,...

The map indicates drainage, county boundaries, mines, cities and towns, roads, canals, and railroads. Scale 1:950,000. LC Railroad maps, 307 Description derived from published bibliography. Available also throu... More

Poplar Grove, Virginia. Log church built by the 50th New York Engineers, with the engineer insignia above the door

Poplar Grove, Virginia. Log church built by the 50th New York Engineer...

Public domain photograph of building, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

[Baltimore fire, 1904] Chief Engineer Belt, D.C. Fire Dept.

[Baltimore fire, 1904] Chief Engineer Belt, D.C. Fire Dept.

A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Robert Guggenheim and the Engineer Division in Taft parade, New York

Robert Guggenheim and the Engineer Division in Taft parade, New York

A group of men walking down a street. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[The Architect and Engineer, May, 1930. Decorative arts number. Cover]

[The Architect and Engineer, May, 1930. Decorative arts number. Cover]

Gift ; American Institute of Architects / American Architectural Foundation ; 2010 ; (DLC/PP-2010:100) Forms part of: The AIA/AAF Collection (Library of Congress) Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 2010:100.

Inauguration of the Palestine Broadcasting Service. March 30 -1[936]. Engineer controlling broadcasting [Ramallah]

Inauguration of the Palestine Broadcasting Service. March 30 -1[936]. ...

Photograph shows radio engineer Moshe Rubin transmitting the special broadcast during the opening of the Palestine Broadcasting Service, Ramallah, March 30, 1936. (Source: T. Rubin-Vadislavsky, 2013)

Production. Aircraft. An engineer in the laboratory of a large Western aircraft plant tests a standard Army weld sample. At irregular intervals every welder working on Army contract material must make the "tee" weld shown here. This sample has failed, as part of the break has occurred in the weld rather than in the parent material. The welder must now produce a satisfactory weld sample before he can again work on Army aircraft material

Production. Aircraft. An engineer in the laboratory of a large Western...

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Manpower. Southern shipyard workers. A keen eye and a steady hand guide Olie R. Cawethon in hobbing gears for ships of the United Nations. Cawethon, a former diesel engineer, answered the Navy's call for skilled workers, and is today operating a milling machine in a Southern Navy yard

Manpower. Southern shipyard workers. A keen eye and a steady hand guid...

Public domain photograph - working class people, the 1930s United States, work, labor, worker, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Conversion. Automobile industry. Automobile plant layout engineer studies scale model of a tank assembly plant. Note cars and trucks on model. The Plymouth Company, Chrylser Corporation, Detroit, Michigan

Conversion. Automobile industry. Automobile plant layout engineer stud...

Public domain photograph of 1930s industry, war production in the United States free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Citation winners. Donald M. Nelson, Chairman of the War Production Board (WPB), and Under Secretary of War Robert Patterson, examining the Citation of Individual Production merit pins. Left to right; Stanley Crawford, certificate winner, RCA Manufacturing Company, Camden, New Jersey, Mr. Nelson: Edwin Curtiss Tracy, Field Engineer for RCA Manufacturing Company, Camden, New Jersey, and Mr. Patterson

Citation winners. Donald M. Nelson, Chairman of the War Production Boa...

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

Dr. Bair aiding the war production drive by sawing steel billets is engineer, philosopher, psychologist, poet, inventor and sub-contractor! He lives with his son's family near the shop where he reduces steel billets to sizes required by a large forging plant

Dr. Bair aiding the war production drive by sawing steel billets is en...

Public domain photograph of United States agriculture in the 1930s, country, farmer, farm, great depression, migration, dust bowl refugees, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bantam, Connecticut. Here is the elected governing body of Bantam, including both Democrats and Republicans. This council meets the first Monday of every month in a little room just above the post office. From left to right: Burgess George Perrett of the Perrett Lumber Company; Burgess Harold Cox, owner of Cox's Garage; Clerk Arthur Morey, who has an insurance office in Litchfield(Morey's is an appointive job); Burgess Leonard Doyle, an unemployed engineer; Burgess Willis Bennett, engineer in charge of the Bantam powerhouse, and Warden James L. Doyle, brother of Leonard, whose position corresponds to that of first selectman in small incorporated towns

Bantam, Connecticut. Here is the elected governing body of Bantam, inc...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a group of people, meeting, conference table, gathering, club, restaurant interior, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Isleta, New Mexico. Engineer of a passenger train on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad picking up a message passed to him by the agent, by hand. This diesel train called the "Doodle Bug" makes all local stops

Isleta, New Mexico. Engineer of a passenger train on the Atchison, Top...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a locomotive, train cars, railroad tracks, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Gibson, Indiana. Engineer and fireman who stay at the YMCA (Young Men's Christian Association), discussing the map of the Indian Harbor Belt Railroad in the lobby of the "Y"

Gibson, Indiana. Engineer and fireman who stay at the YMCA (Young Men'...

Public domain photograph of 1930s industry, war production in the United States free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chicago, Illinois. Engineer and trainman chatting on a train platform at the Union Station

Chicago, Illinois. Engineer and trainman chatting on a train platform ...

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Willliams, Arizona. The engineer, on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad between Winslow and Seligman, Arizona, with his hand on the "air" as the train slows down

Willliams, Arizona. The engineer, on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe...

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

Japanese-American volunteers. From surveyor and civil engineer to buck private in Uncle Sam's army--that's Shuichi "Pete" Sakamoto's idea of success in life. Member of the Engineers' Association of Hawaii and of the University of Hawaii Alumni Association, Sakamoto, thirty-four, married and the father of a two-year-old son undergoes a close examination of his teeth by Captain J.B. Daudelin, who was one of the panel of Army physicians who passed on Kauai's first AJA [Americans of Japanese ancestry] volunteers

Japanese-American volunteers. From surveyor and civil engineer to buck...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

Bruce Tully (right) explains the planetarium and science center he is proposing for the World's Fair to Theodore J. Kauffeld, the consulting engineer

Bruce Tully (right) explains the planetarium and science center he is ...

Photo by Al Ravenna. newspaper clipping. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). The 1964-1965 New York World's Fair was themed "Peace Through... More

Engineer (white shirt) and machinist work on machine used for fiber-optics applications.

Engineer (white shirt) and machinist work on machine used for fiber-op...

Forms part of a group of images recorded on August 17, documenting scenes at Watson Machine International, 74 Railroad Avenue, Paterson, New Jersey.

Engineer (white shirt) and machinist work on machine used for fiber-optics applications.

Engineer (white shirt) and machinist work on machine used for fiber-op...

Forms part of a group of images recorded on August 17, documenting scenes at Watson Machine International, 74 Railroad Avenue, Paterson, New Jersey.

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