Continental Gin Company, Prattville, Autauga County, AL
Significance: The site was acquired by Daniel Pratt in 1838, and he soon established grist and lumber and shingle mills there. By 1844, he had opened a cotton gin plant, the products of which were in great dem... More
Boxley Grist Mill, Boxley vicinity on State Route 43, Buffalo National...
Significance: The Boxley Grist Mill is an example of a once common industry which provided custom milling services in rural areas. The mill, though deteriorated, still retains the millpond, raceways, machinery... More
Hurricane Irrigation Canal, State Route 15 Vicinity, Hurricane, Washin...
Significance: When an expanding population created a demand for more farmland, the residents of the narrow Virgin River valley turned to the Hurricane Bench, a broad expanse of fertile land requiring only water... More
Hacienda Azurarera Santa Elena, Sugar Mill Ruins, 1.44 miles North of ...
Significance: The ruins are the only extant remains pertaining to an industrial building in Puerto Rico dating back to the late 18th century. They illustrate the transition from a cattle-driven vertical wooden... More
Estate Rust-Op-Twist, Steam Engine & Cane Mill, Christiansted, St. Cro...
Significance: Rust-op-Twist's long and troubled history as a sugar producing estate is typical of many other St. Croix plantations. An animal mill, and windmill, and a steam mill - representative of the evoluti... More
Wawona Covered Bridge, Spanning South Fork Merced River on service roa...
part of Yosemite National Park Roads and Bridges Recording Project, 1991; see HAER No. CA-117 for overview Significance: The Wawona Covered Bridge is the oldest bridge in Yosemite National Park and a rare examp... More
Mormon Tabernacle, Temple Square, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, UT
See also HABS UT-36-2 for additional documentation. Significance: The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints started construction of its Salt Lake City Tabernacle on 26 July 1864, and held its first co... More
Atherton Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Bolton Road, Lancaster, Worc...
Significance: The Atherton Bridge is an example of a hybrid pony-truss that bears a similarity to the Post truss. The bridge is 72 feet long, 18 1/2 feet wide, and is comprised of eight panels. It rests on gr... More
Atherton Bridge, Spanning Nashua River on Bolton Road, Lancaster, Worc...
Significance: The Atherton Bridge is an example of a hybrid pony-truss that bears a similarity to the Post truss. The bridge is 72 feet long, 18 1/2 feet wide, and is comprised of eight panels. It rests on gr... More
Lincoln Highway, Running from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh, Fallsington,...
Significance: The Lincoln Highway was the first transcontinental automobile route linking the east and west coasts of the United States. As designated by the Lincoln Highway Association in 1913, the highway wa... More
Zane Grey House, West side of Scenic Drive, Lackawaxen, Pike County, P...
Significance: Zane Grey (1872-1939), a noted fisherman and author of novels about the American West, began his professional writing career in Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania where he lived from 1906 until 1918. The ho... More
Potowmack Company: Great Falls Canal & Locks, Great Falls, Fairfax Cou...
Significance: The Great Falls Canal was a pioneer effort in the comprehensive development of a river navigation system. Constructed in the years (1786-1802) following the American Revolution, George Washington... More
North Village Bridge, Spanning French River on North Main Street, Webs...
Significance: The North Village Bridge is one of only five known surviving Parker patent trusses in the United States, and the second oldest of the three located in Massachusetts. The bridge was built by the N... More
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Lackawanna Av...
Significance: The Scranton yards of the D,L & W Railroad are representative of twentieth-century steam-era facilities. Many structures remain from the administration of D,L & W President William H. Truesdale, ... More
Southern Pacific Railroad, Ogden-Lucin Cutoff Trestle, Spanning Great ...
Significance: The Ogden-Lucin Cut-Off, built 1902-1904 by the Southern Pacific Railroad across the Great Salt Lake, is possibly the most noteworthy achievement of bridge and fill work in the United States. Will... More
Southern Pacific Railroad, Ogden-Lucin Cutoff Trestle, Spanning Great ...
Significance: The Ogden-Lucin Cut-Off, built 1902-1904 by the Southern Pacific Railroad across the Great Salt Lake, is possibly the most noteworthy achievement of bridge and fill work in the United States. Will... More
Continental Gin Company, Prattville, Autauga County, AL
Significance: The site was acquired by Daniel Pratt in 1838, and he soon established grist and lumber and shingle mills there. By 1844, he had opened a cotton gin plant, the products of which were in great dem... More