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Great Falls, Montana. Anaconda Wire and Cable Company. Pouring copper wire bars

Great Falls, Montana. Anaconda Wire and Cable Company. Pouring copper ...

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

Conversion. Toy furniture to dies for incendiary bombs. Dies to destroy the Axis. The owner of this small Midwest factory inspects dies for making incendiary bombs. Note doll's furniture on the wall, the company's previous product. Complete conversion of all machines for this factory's production of war essentials is rapidly taking place. Sivon Machine Company, Painesville, Ohio

Conversion. Toy furniture to dies for incendiary bombs. Dies to destro...

Public domain photograph of a woman, female portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

One of North American Aviation's many women employees assembles a B-25 tank structure

One of North American Aviation's many women employees assembles a B-25...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Phillips refinery. Borger, Texas. Repairing a still

Phillips refinery. Borger, Texas. Repairing a still

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production of 20mm fuses is speeded by a multiple spindle automatic screw machine in a converted cash register factory. National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio

Production of 20mm fuses is speeded by a multiple spindle automatic sc...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a machine, industrial equipment, engine, generator, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. A-20 attack bombers. Women workers at the Long Beach, California plant of Douglas Aviation Company groom lines of transparent noses for deadly A-20 attack bombers. The A-20 is used by the American Air Force and RAF (Royal Air Force) for hedge hopping and strafing operations against ground troops and installations; also for reconnaissance work and night fighting. It is armed with light and heavy caliber guns in varying combinations

Production. A-20 attack bombers. Women workers at the Long Beach, Cali...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Bridgeton, New Jersey. Seabrook Farm. Processing string beans for packing

Bridgeton, New Jersey. Seabrook Farm. Processing string beans for pack...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory worker, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

Auto conversion to airplane engines. With one hundred percent conversion of this automobile factory to production of airplane engines, the gigantic task of remodelling old machinery, removal of old and installation of new equipment, and extensive rebuilding of the plant itself was formidable--but speedy. Under terms of its contract, production was not scheduled until October, but Herulean efforts of management and labor reduced this to early spring of this year. Carloads of scrap material torn out of the plant are shown here at a siding back of the factory. Chevrolet, Buffalo, New York

Auto conversion to airplane engines. With one hundred percent conversi...

Public domain photograph of car garage, repair shop, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Nashville, Tennessee. In the machine shop division. Vultee Aircraft Corporation plant

Nashville, Tennessee. In the machine shop division. Vultee Aircraft Co...

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

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. An armorer in a large Western aircraft plant tests machine gun controls in the partly-finished nose section of a new Lockheed P-38 pursuit plane. This section is now ready for the operation of "mating" it to the center section. The ship will travel down the main assembly line to receive engines, wings, landing gear and other essential equipment

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. An armorer in a large Wester...

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

Americans all. In the armed forces and on the production line, Americans of every race and creed fight shoulder to shoulder to defeat the forces which threaten to destroy our liberties. Here, George Knockel (bucking rivet) and Lewis Ward work on the fuselage of a P-47 pursuit ship in an Eastern aircraft factory. Republic Aircraft Corporation

Americans all. In the armed forces and on the production line, America...

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

Training. Work Projects Administration (WPA) vocational school. This young lady is training to work on the assembly line of one of our great war plants. In preparation for this task, she devotes six nights a week to a WPA vocational training school where experienced instructors show her the technique of modern welding

Training. Work Projects Administration (WPA) vocational school. This y...

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

Production. Milling machines and machine castings. We are inclined to compare all liquids with water. Iron trickles through little channels with a speed that makes water look sluggish -- a surprising thing until you realize that, molten or not, it's still heavy as iron. Location: a large Midwest machine tool factory

Production. Milling machines and machine castings. We are inclined to ...

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Conversion. Cash registers to gun magazines. Many detail operations in the making of Oerliken magazines for 20mm anti-aircraft guns are performed by regualar employees of a converted cash register factory now on war production. National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio

Conversion. Cash registers to gun magazines. Many detail operations in...

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De Soto bomber plant. Detroit, Michigan. General view showing assembly line of mid-section of B-26 bomber. Picture shows how bomber parts are suspended by overhead conveyor

De Soto bomber plant. Detroit, Michigan. General view showing assembly...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Victory Corps, tomorrow's defenders of liberty. Invaluable training in use of electrical equipment is given to these boys in the industrial shops at Polytechnic High School in Los Angeles, California. Members of the Victory Corps, their potential manpower will supply needed technical skill for war and post-war activities

Victory Corps, tomorrow's defenders of liberty. Invaluable training in...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Detroit, Michigan (vicinity). Chrysler Corporation Dodge truck plant. Many conferences over production schedules, blue prints, etc. are required to maintain the smooth, steady flow of Dodge Army trucks from the production lines

Detroit, Michigan (vicinity). Chrysler Corporation Dodge truck plant. ...

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

Production. B-24E (Liberator) bombers at Willow Run. Looking up one of the assembly lines at Ford's big Willow Run plant, where B-24E (Liberator) bombers are being made in great numbers. The Liberator is capable of operation at high altitudes and over great ranges on precision bombing missions. It has proved itself an excellent performer in the Pacific, in Northern Africa, Europe and the Aleutians. Ford's Willow Run Plant, Michigan

Production. B-24E (Liberator) bombers at Willow Run. Looking up one of...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Dodge truck plant, Detroit, Michigan. Dodge worker whose job it is to check shipping crates to see that nothing is omitted

Dodge truck plant, Detroit, Michigan. Dodge worker whose job it is to ...

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Refrigerators to bombers. The last electric refrigerator that rolled from the assembly lines of a large eastern manufacturer, meant a new job for Gertie Saurborn. Formerly, her work was silver-soldering tubes on float cases for refrigerators destined for American homes. Now transferred to war work, along with hundreds of other former refrigerator employees, she is doing her part toward protecting those home by testing regulators being produced for U.S. Army and Navy bombers

Refrigerators to bombers. The last electric refrigerator that rolled f...

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

Vultee Aircraft Corporation plant

Vultee Aircraft Corporation plant

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

Women aircraft workers. Women are doing men's jobs and beating their production records in a West Coast airplane factory. Feminine operators of tapping machines in this plant have made 400 more tapping operations in the seven and one half hour swingw shift than men employed on the eight hour day shift. A record in anybody's language

Women aircraft workers. Women are doing men's jobs and beating their p...

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

A man is welding on a piece of wood. Office of War Information Photograph

A man is welding on a piece of wood. Office of War Information Photogr...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

School in war. Los Angeles Polytechnic High. A corner of the tool room in the machine shop of the Los Angeles, Polytechnic High School. This shop is kept busy every day from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m. the next morning, training workers for war production jobs in the Los Angeles area

School in war. Los Angeles Polytechnic High. A corner of the tool room...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory worker, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

Anaconda smelter, Montana. Anaconda Copper Mining Company. Batteries of flotation machines where the ore is finally concentrated before smelting

Anaconda smelter, Montana. Anaconda Copper Mining Company. Batteries o...

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

Great Falls, Montana. Electrolytic copper refinery of Anaconda Copper Mining Company. Dipping copper cathodes after they have been removed from refining tanks; the cathodes will next go to the refining furnace

Great Falls, Montana. Electrolytic copper refinery of Anaconda Copper ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Women in industry. Gas mask production. Flower in hair, Betty Gumbetter adds glamour to the assembly line of a Midwest gas mask factory which formerly made vacuum cleaners. Operating a riveting press, which attaches cloth tabs to the face pieces of gas masks, this young worker is one of the many company employees who switched over from work on vacuums when the plant was converted. Betty likes her new job better than the old one. "It bears a lot more relationship to my American Women's Voluntary Services work," she says. Eureka Vacuum, Detroit, Michigan

Women in industry. Gas mask production. Flower in hair, Betty Gumbette...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory worker, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. A partly-finished Lockheed P-38 pursuit ship is lowered away into a rolling cradle in a large Western aircraft plant. Supported in this cradle, the ship has now taken its place in the main assembly line. The cradle or stand is moved from station to station where engines, wings, landing gear, controls and other essential equipment are installed

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. A partly-finished Lockheed P...

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

Girls eat lunch together at their work benches. Lunch carts (Travelunch) go through the factory and enable employees of North American Aviation to buy their lunches without leaving the plant

Girls eat lunch together at their work benches. Lunch carts (Travelunc...

Picryl description: Public domain image of girl workers, child labor, working children, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Conversion. Safe and lock company. Millimeter guns for America's armed forces are assembled in a factory once devoted to manufacture of safes and locks. York Safe and Lock Company, York, Pennsylvania

Conversion. Safe and lock company. Millimeter guns for America's armed...

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

Dodge truck plant, Detroit, Michigan. Lunch hour

Dodge truck plant, Detroit, Michigan. Lunch hour

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

Conversion. Automobile plant. New Alemite fitting is added to a toggle arm bearing of a big 90T96 Cleveland press before the machine is reassembled in another building of an important automobile factory. The building that formerly housed the press is entirely cleared for the manufacture of an entirely different war product. Chevrolet Motors, Detroit, Michigan

Conversion. Automobile plant. New Alemite fitting is added to a toggle...

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

Conversion. Automobile industry. An acetylene torch is rolled into place with a big job scheduled for it, the dismantling of auto production equipment in an automobile factory, so that conversion to war production can begin. The Plymouth Company, Chrysler Corporation, Detroit, Michigan

Conversion. Automobile industry. An acetylene torch is rolled into pla...

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Cooperation on a torpedo tube mount. Skilled workers in an eastern Navy yard arsenal putting the finishing touches on a torpedo tube mount. This arsenal is one of eleven working at top speed for the expanded war program of the Navy

Cooperation on a torpedo tube mount. Skilled workers in an eastern Nav...

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

Dodge truck plant, Detroit, Michigan. Workers playing checkers during their lunch hour

Dodge truck plant, Detroit, Michigan. Workers playing checkers during ...

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

Manpower. Negro arsenal workers. Workers of many races contribute their skills to help crush the Axis. Six months after he graduated from high school, Robert Mason was speeding war production in a large Eastern arsenal of democracy. This Negro worker is an apprentice machinist. Edgewood Arsenal. Edgewood, Maryland

Manpower. Negro arsenal workers. Workers of many races contribute thei...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory worker, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

Bridgeton, New Jersey. Seabrook Farm. Factory in the field

Bridgeton, New Jersey. Seabrook Farm. Factory in the field

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

Lititz, Pennsylvania. Raymond Runk, accountant at the Animal Trap Company, computing which employees are to receive war bonds this month. 96% of the employees at this factory subscribe 10% of their wages for war bonds

Lititz, Pennsylvania. Raymond Runk, accountant at the Animal Trap Comp...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, office meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Manpower. Negro aircraft propeller workers. Workers of many racial groups contribute their skills to war production. This Negro worker is checking the size and shape of a propeller blade in a large Eastern airplane propeller factory. Reading the blade with a template requires keen eyes and high precision. Curtiss-Wright Propeller Division. Caldwell, New Jersey

Manpower. Negro aircraft propeller workers. Workers of many racial gro...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War... More

Nashville, Tennessee. Vultee Aircraft Company. Riveting a fuselage on a sub-assembly line

Nashville, Tennessee. Vultee Aircraft Company. Riveting a fuselage on ...

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.

Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. Typical ride group: Don, a shopworker; Sheila, one of the factory girls who has taken over a man's job; Walt, production control; and Mary, stenographer. They are waiting for driver, Jerry, an engineering employee

Car pooling at Lockheed Vega. Typical ride group: Don, a shopworker; S...

Picryl description: Public domain image of girl workers, child labor, working children, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Airplanes. Atop the water tower of a huge Western airplane factory, a fireman surveys the hive of activity that is giving our armed forces some of their finest fighting and bombing planes

Production. Airplanes. Atop the water tower of a huge Western airplane...

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

Trechot Trading Company palm oil factory at Etoumbi, Moyen Congo bush, French Equatorial Africa. Seperated kernels are stored in these vats until ready for shipment. They go to England and America to make oleomargarine and other foodstuff

Trechot Trading Company palm oil factory at Etoumbi, Moyen Congo bush,...

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Oswego, New York. Workers in the Fitzgibbons tank factory listening to the speeches by the United Nations heroes during United Nations week

Oswego, New York. Workers in the Fitzgibbons tank factory listening to...

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

New York, New York. Italian-American cabinet maker

New York, New York. Italian-American cabinet maker

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory worker, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

Lufkin, Texas. Southland paper mill. Rolls of newsprint in the shipping room

Lufkin, Texas. Southland paper mill. Rolls of newsprint in the shippin...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Buffalo, New York. People waiting to be interviewed at the employment agency of the Bell Aircraft plant. This woman is sixty-five, and has never been anything but a housewife, she is told that she cannot be of use right now. It is feared that she wouldn't have the strength to stay on a factory job

Buffalo, New York. People waiting to be interviewed at the employment ...

Public domain photograph of meeting, discussion, group of people, political event, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Parke, Davis and Company, manufacturing chemists, Detroit, Michigan. Packaging filled ampoules

Parke, Davis and Company, manufacturing chemists, Detroit, Michigan. P...

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

Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. Using a pantograph to burn innerbottom floor plates

Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. Using a pantograph...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory worker, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

Theater of the Cheliabinsk Tractor Factory (Lenin Prospect #10), (1948), Cheliabinsk, Russia

Theater of the Cheliabinsk Tractor Factory (Lenin Prospect #10), (1948...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical building, landmark architecture, world heritage, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad, Illinois & Michigan Canal Bridge, Spanning I&M Canal, west of Manville Corporation factory, Rockdale, Will County, IL

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad, Illinois & Michigan Canal Bri...

Significance: Of the two surviving plate-girder swing bridges built across the I & M Canal, the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Canal Bridge is the only one which contains a center pivot pier. The others were b... More

Fieldworker David Taylor interviews Anne Murphy about c. 1918 photo of workers and managers at Newberger's Towel Factory, Paterson.

Fieldworker David Taylor interviews Anne Murphy about c. 1918 photo of...

Forms part of a group of images recorded on September 11, documenting retired towel factory worker Anne Murphy and her daughter Claire at their home in Totowa, New Jersey.

Close-up of Newberger's Towel Factory photo; Anne Murphy is on the left in the front row.

Close-up of Newberger's Towel Factory photo; Anne Murphy is on the lef...

Forms part of a group of images recorded on September 11, documenting retired towel factory worker Anne Murphy and her daughter Claire at their home in Totowa, New Jersey.

Close-up of Newberger's Towel Factory photo; Anne Murphy is on the left in the front row.

Close-up of Newberger's Towel Factory photo; Anne Murphy is on the lef...

Forms part of a group of images recorded on September 11, documenting retired towel factory worker Anne Murphy and her daughter Claire at their home in Totowa, New Jersey.

Former Packard Plant, E. Grand Blvd. at Concord, Detroit, 2000 (Water tower)

Former Packard Plant, E. Grand Blvd. at Concord, Detroit, 2000 (Water ...

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Central Glass Co., Wheeling, West Virginia. Blower and Mold Boy. Location: Wheeling, West Virginia

Central Glass Co., Wheeling, West Virginia. Blower and Mold Boy. Locat...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Glass factories. Hine no. 177. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

Midnight in a Glass Works. Grafton, West Virginia. (see photo 162). Location: Grafton, West Virginia

Midnight in a Glass Works. Grafton, West Virginia. (see photo 162). Lo...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Glass factories. Hine no. 154. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

Pullman Industrial Complex, 111th Street & Cottage Grove Avenue vicinity, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Pullman Industrial Complex, 111th Street & Cottage Grove Avenue vicini...

Significance: Between 1880 and 1883 the Pullman Palace Car Company built a complete factory and town on the shore of Lake Calumet for the purpose of building railroad rolling stock. It was among America's firs... More

United States Pipe & Foundry Company Plant, 2023 St. Louis Avenue at I-2059, Bessemer, Jefferson County, AL

United States Pipe & Foundry Company Plant, 2023 St. Louis Avenue at I...

Significance: The Bessemer plant of the U.S. Pipe Company was one of the first pipe factories established in Alabama, in a region that became synonymous with foundry production. U.S. Pipe owned and controlled ... More

Oldman Boiler Works, Boilershop, 32 Illinois Street, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

Oldman Boiler Works, Boilershop, 32 Illinois Street, Buffalo, Erie Cou...

Significance: The boiler shop is the oldest extant building on the site. It represents a common type of construction used in single-story plants. This class of industrial architecture followed general period ... More

NASA Industrial Plant, Materials Test Lab, 12214 Lakewood Boulevard, Downey, Los Angeles County, CA

NASA Industrial Plant, Materials Test Lab, 12214 Lakewood Boulevard, D...

Significance: Building 120 appears to have been used as a materials test lab and compatibility testing facility. The structure was believed to be built about 1960, as part of the Apollo missions. There is som... More

York Manufacturing Company, Bounded by West Philadelphia, North Hartley, & Roosevelt Streets, York, York County, PA

York Manufacturing Company, Bounded by West Philadelphia, North Hartle...

Significance: By the 1880s, the York Manufacturing Company was one of the nation's leading producers of refrigeration equipment. In the early 20th century it helped establish experimental and verifiable industr... More

York Manufacturing Company, Bounded by West Philadelphia, North Hartley, & Roosevelt Streets, York, York County, PA

York Manufacturing Company, Bounded by West Philadelphia, North Hartle...

Significance: By the 1880s, the York Manufacturing Company was one of the nation's leading producers of refrigeration equipment. In the early 20th century it helped establish experimental and verifiable industr... More

York Manufacturing Company, Bounded by West Philadelphia, North Hartley, & Roosevelt Streets, York, York County, PA

York Manufacturing Company, Bounded by West Philadelphia, North Hartle...

Significance: By the 1880s, the York Manufacturing Company was one of the nation's leading producers of refrigeration equipment. In the early 20th century it helped establish experimental and verifiable industr... More

Dolphin Manufacturing Company, Spruce & Barbour Streets, Paterson, Passaic County, NJ

Dolphin Manufacturing Company, Spruce & Barbour Streets, Paterson, Pas...

Significance: The Dolphin Mill building was constructed in the mid 1840's to house the American Hemp Co., a firm which spun hemp into rope. Following a reorganization in 1851, the Dolphin Manufacturing Co., wh... More

Duesenberg Automobile Company Factory, Building No. 1, 1501 West Washington Street, Indianapolis, Marion County, IN

Duesenberg Automobile Company Factory, Building No. 1, 1501 West Washi...

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

Duesenberg Automobile Company Factory, Building No. 1, 1501 West Washington Street, Indianapolis, Marion County, IN

Duesenberg Automobile Company Factory, Building No. 1, 1501 West Washi...

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Starr Piano Factory & Richmond Gas Company, G Street Bridge & Main Street Bridge, Richmond, Wayne County, IN

Starr Piano Factory & Richmond Gas Company, G Street Bridge & Main Str...

Significance: The area serves as a reminder and benchmark to the early industrial development of the City with the Whitewater River as a source of power. The buildings' architectural elements represent early i... More

Navy Yard, Building No. 197, Tingey Street, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Navy Yard, Building No. 197, Tingey Street, Washington, District of Co...

Significance: Building 197 is a contributing property in the Washington Navy Yard National Historic Landmark. The Washington Navy Yard once served as the center for naval ordnance research and production and i... More

Caneel Bay Plantation, Sugar Factory, Cruz Bay, St. John, VI

Caneel Bay Plantation, Sugar Factory, Cruz Bay, St. John, VI

Picryl description: Public domain image of ruins, historic place, landmark, classical architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

General View of Wheaton Glass Company. Location: Millville, New Jersey.

General View of Wheaton Glass Company. Location: Millville, New Jerse...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, warehouse, depot, train station, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Excelsior Shoe Factory, 1015-1017 Gallia Street, Portsmouth, Scioto County, OH

Excelsior Shoe Factory, 1015-1017 Gallia Street, Portsmouth, Scioto Co...

Significance: Combining elements of Victorian Gothic architecture with contemporary influence of innovative Chicago school architecture, the Excelsior Shoe Factory is one of the finest industrial buildings in P... More

Talcottville Bridge, Spanning Sugar Creek at Cheese Factory Road, Talcottville, Lewis County, NY

Talcottville Bridge, Spanning Sugar Creek at Cheese Factory Road, Talc...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, railroad structure, train viaduct, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Rocky Flats Plant, Plutonium Manufacturing Facility, North-central section of Plant, just south of Building 776/777, Golden, Jefferson County, CO

Rocky Flats Plant, Plutonium Manufacturing Facility, North-central sec...

Significance: This building is a primary contributor of the Rocky Flats Plant historic district, and is associated with the U.S. strategy of nuclear military deterrence during the Cold War, a strategy considere... More

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Settlement of sardine workers, Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #2. Many of them come from neighboring towns, such as Perry. Location: Eastport, Maine.

Settlement of sardine workers, Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #2. Many ...

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Estate Clifton Hill, Sugar Factory & Rum Distillery, South Central Street, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Estate Clifton Hill, Sugar Factory & Rum Distillery, South Central Str...

Significance: Estate Clifton Hill produced cane sugar and rum from its initial settlement in the early 1750s to about 1900. An animal mill was in use to crush sugar cane by 1754 and was replaced a few years lat... More

Estate Clifton Hill, Sugar Factory & Rum Distillery, South Central Street, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Estate Clifton Hill, Sugar Factory & Rum Distillery, South Central Str...

Significance: Estate Clifton Hill produced cane sugar and rum from its initial settlement in the early 1750s to about 1900. An animal mill was in use to crush sugar cane by 1754 and was replaced a few years lat... More

Estate Clifton Hill, Sugar Factory & Rum Distillery, South Central Street, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Estate Clifton Hill, Sugar Factory & Rum Distillery, South Central Str...

Significance: Estate Clifton Hill produced cane sugar and rum from its initial settlement in the early 1750s to about 1900. An animal mill was in use to crush sugar cane by 1754 and was replaced a few years lat... More

Estate Clifton Hill, Sugar Factory & Rum Distillery, South Central Street, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Estate Clifton Hill, Sugar Factory & Rum Distillery, South Central Str...

Significance: Estate Clifton Hill produced cane sugar and rum from its initial settlement in the early 1750s to about 1900. An animal mill was in use to crush sugar cane by 1754 and was replaced a few years lat... More

Estate Clifton Hill, Sugar Factory & Rum Distillery, South Central Street, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Estate Clifton Hill, Sugar Factory & Rum Distillery, South Central Str...

Significance: Estate Clifton Hill produced cane sugar and rum from its initial settlement in the early 1750s to about 1900. An animal mill was in use to crush sugar cane by 1754 and was replaced a few years lat... More

Estate Clifton Hill, Sugar Factory & Rum Distillery, South Central Street, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Estate Clifton Hill, Sugar Factory & Rum Distillery, South Central Str...

Significance: Estate Clifton Hill produced cane sugar and rum from its initial settlement in the early 1750s to about 1900. An animal mill was in use to crush sugar cane by 1754 and was replaced a few years lat... More

Commercial & Industrial Buildings, Herancourt Furniture Company Factory, 1100 Elm Street, Dubuque, Dubuque County, IA

Commercial & Industrial Buildings, Herancourt Furniture Company Factor...

Significance: Reportedly the first furniture manufacturing plant opened in Dubuque, the Herancourt Furniture Company Factory is an important early representative of the burgeoning woodworking industry in the ci... More

NASA Industrial Plant, Pyrotechnic Test Lab, 12214 Lakewood Boulevard, Downey, Los Angeles County, CA

NASA Industrial Plant, Pyrotechnic Test Lab, 12214 Lakewood Boulevard,...

Significance: Building 123 was constructed during World War II and at one time was used as a Pyrotechnic Test Lab to test and store missiles and bombs in World War II. Survey number: HAER CA-310-K Building/st... More

Raritan Arsenal, Artillery Shop S-3-A, 2890 Woodbridge Avenue, Bonhamtown, Middlesex County, NJ

Raritan Arsenal, Artillery Shop S-3-A, 2890 Woodbridge Avenue, Bonhamt...

Significance: Artillery Shop S-3-A is significant for its contribution to World War II tank and artillery production. The poured concrete structure is an unusual construction type amid the brick and frame struc... More

NASA Industrial Plant, Maintenance Facility, 12214 Lakewood Boulevard, Downey, Los Angeles County, CA

NASA Industrial Plant, Maintenance Facility, 12214 Lakewood Boulevard,...

Significance: Building 10 appears to have been primarily used as a maintenance facility in all but its original function. The core structure was built in 1929 as part of the EMSCO aircraft manufacturing plant.... More

NASA Industrial Plant, Maintenance Facility, 12214 Lakewood Boulevard, Downey, Los Angeles County, CA

NASA Industrial Plant, Maintenance Facility, 12214 Lakewood Boulevard,...

Significance: Building 10 appears to have been primarily used as a maintenance facility in all but its original function. The core structure was built in 1929 as part of the EMSCO aircraft manufacturing plant.... More

Commercial & Industrial Buildings, Carr, Ryder & Adams Company, Powerhouse, Tenth & Jackson Streets, Dubuque, Dubuque County, IA

Commercial & Industrial Buildings, Carr, Ryder & Adams Company, Powerh...

Significance: An integral part of the Carr, Ryder and Adams factory complex, built at a time of tremendous expansion for the firm, this two-story powerhouse is historically significant for its association with ... More

Rouge Steel Company, 3001 Miller Road, Dearborn, Wayne County, MI

Rouge Steel Company, 3001 Miller Road, Dearborn, Wayne County, MI

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N773 Survey number: HAER MI-325 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 78001516

Union Iron Works Turbine Machine Shop, 2200 Webster Street, Alameda, Alameda County, CA

Union Iron Works Turbine Machine Shop, 2200 Webster Street, Alameda, A...

Significance: The Union Iron Works Turbine Machine Shop building is both historically and architecturally significant. As the nucleus of a major West Coast shipyard which made important contributions to ship b... More

Union Iron Works Turbine Machine Shop, 2200 Webster Street, Alameda, Alameda County, CA

Union Iron Works Turbine Machine Shop, 2200 Webster Street, Alameda, A...

Significance: The Union Iron Works Turbine Machine Shop building is both historically and architecturally significant. As the nucleus of a major West Coast shipyard which made important contributions to ship b... More

Michoud Assembly Facility, 13800 Old Gentilly Road, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA

Michoud Assembly Facility, 13800 Old Gentilly Road, New Orleans, Orlea...

Significance: The significance of the Michoud Assembly Complex lies in its architectural heritage, as a structure designed by Albert Kahn, Architects and Engineers, Inc., the foremost factory architectural firm... More

Orange Factory Village, House No. 9, Old Orange Factory Road (State Route 1628), Durham, Durham County, NC

Orange Factory Village, House No. 9, Old Orange Factory Road (State Ro...

Significance: The Orange Factory houses, dating from the 1860s were built to accommodate employees of one of the earliest cotton mills in North Carolina. They assume historical significance as components of the... More

Commercial & Industrial Buildings, Midland Laboratories, Factory & Warehouse, 210 Jones Street, Dubuque, Dubuque County, IA

Commercial & Industrial Buildings, Midland Laboratories, Factory & War...

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

E. & T. Fairbanks & Company, Two-Story Covered Bridge, Saint Johnsbury, Caledonia County, VT

E. & T. Fairbanks & Company, Two-Story Covered Bridge, Saint Johnsbury...

Significance: This wooden lattice truss bridge with auxiliary arches was originally built in about 1876, but the second story added at a later date. The bridge, which spans Sleepers River, connects factory bui... More

Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Chlorine Production Cell Building, 405 feet South of December Seventh Avenue; 330 feet West of D Street, Commerce City, Adams County, CO

Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Chlorine Production Cell Building, 405 feet So...

Survey number: HAER CO-21-AJ Public domain photograph - historical image of Colorado, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

William B. Mumford Printing Company Factory, 17-23 West Pearl Street, Indianapolis, Marion County, IN

William B. Mumford Printing Company Factory, 17-23 West Pearl Street, ...

Significance: One of the premier printers, stationers, and publishers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, Willian B. Burford, built this building in which to operate his printing and stationery ... More

Anderson Carriage Manufacturing Company, Twenty-fifth & Walton Streets, Anderson, Madison County, IN

Anderson Carriage Manufacturing Company, Twenty-fifth & Walton Streets...

Significance: The Anderson Carriage Manufacturing Company, an established manufacturer of buggies and carriages, attempted to enter the auto manufacturing field and failed. Its history is typical of the fierce... More

Anderson Carriage Manufacturing Company, Twenty-fifth & Walton Streets, Anderson, Madison County, IN

Anderson Carriage Manufacturing Company, Twenty-fifth & Walton Streets...

Significance: The Anderson Carriage Manufacturing Company, an established manufacturer of buggies and carriages, attempted to enter the auto manufacturing field and failed. Its history is typical of the fierce... More

Frederick Jones & Co's. shoe factory, Plymouth, Massachusetts.

Frederick Jones & Co's. shoe factory, Plymouth, Massachusetts.

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

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