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Morony Hydroelectric Facility, Morony-to-Rainbow 100 kV Transmission Line, West bank of the Missouri River, Great Falls, Cascade County, MT

Morony Hydroelectric Facility, Morony-to-Rainbow 100 kV Transmission L...

Significance: The transmission line played an integral role in the growth of Montana's electrical and mining industries in the first half of the twentieth century. Its construction enabled the transmission of h... More

Great Falls/S. U. M. Power Canal System, Paterson, Passaic County, NJ

Great Falls/S. U. M. Power Canal System, Paterson, Passaic County, NJ

Significance: Begun by the Society for the Establishment of Useful Manufacturers under the supervision of Pierre L'Enfant, the Canal System was first completed in 1794. Later alterations and improvements were ... More

Great Falls/S. U. M. Power Canal System, Paterson, Passaic County, NJ

Great Falls/S. U. M. Power Canal System, Paterson, Passaic County, NJ

Significance: Begun by the Society for the Establishment of Useful Manufacturers under the supervision of Pierre L'Enfant, the Canal System was first completed in 1794. Later alterations and improvements were ... More

Roosevelt Drive Bridge, Spanning Menomonee River at Roosevelt Road, Menomonee Falls, Waukesha County, WI

Roosevelt Drive Bridge, Spanning Menomonee River at Roosevelt Road, Me...

Significance: The Roosevelt Drive Bridge is a two-arch, limestone structure that was completed in 1899. It is significant as the only example of a late nineteenth century, stone-arch bridge in the historic por... More

Kiewel Brewery, 508 Northeast Seventh Street, Little Falls, Morrison County, MN

Kiewel Brewery, 508 Northeast Seventh Street, Little Falls, Morrison C...

Significance: The Kiewel Brewery is the only example of a brewery in Little Falls or the surrounding areas. It was economically important for many years. It was constructed with a distinctive locally manufact... More

Joshua Falls Bridge, Spanning James River at CSX Railroad, Lynchburg, Lynchburg, Virginia

Joshua Falls Bridge, Spanning James River at CSX Railroad, Lynchburg, ...

Significance: The Joshua Falls Bridge is associated with a nationally significant transportation corridor, the James River of Virginia. The 1901 five-span Pratt Through Pin Truss bridge constitutes the only cr... More

Washington Water Power Spokane River Upper Falls Hydroelectric Development, Gate House, Spokane River, approximately 0.5 mile northeast of intersection of Spokane Falls Boulevard & Post Street, Spokane, Spokane County, WA

Washington Water Power Spokane River Upper Falls Hydroelectric Develop...

Significance: Washington Water Power's south channel dam, gate house, gates, and associated lifting mechanisms are the elements which control the flow of water from the south channel of the Spokane River into t... More

St. Mary's Falls Canal, Soo Locks, Military Defense Subcomplex, Building No. 1, St. Mary's River at Falls, Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa County, MI

St. Mary's Falls Canal, Soo Locks, Military Defense Subcomplex, Buildi...

Significance: Building No. 1 of the Military Defense subcomplex is significant as an element that contributes to the overall integrity of the Soo Lock complex. The facility also demonstrates the strategic impo... More

Snoqualmie Falls Hydroelectric Project, Cottage No. 4, .5 mile north of Snoqualmie, Snoqualmie, King County, WA

Snoqualmie Falls Hydroelectric Project, Cottage No. 4, .5 mile north o...

Significance: Construction of the Snoqualmie Falls Hydroelectric Project began in 1898 near the falls of the falls of the Snoqualmie River. It was the first power plant successfully constructed completely under... More

Heber Creeper Railroad Line, Section from Bridal Veil Falls to Vivian Park, Between Provo & Heber City, Provo, Utah County, UT

Heber Creeper Railroad Line, Section from Bridal Veil Falls to Vivian ...

Significance: The Bridal Veil Falls to Vivian Park section of the Heber Creeper Railroad grade is a portion of the larger Bridal Veil to Deer Creek Dam segment of the grade that has been determined eligible for... More

Heber Creeper Railroad Line, Section from Bridal Veil Falls to Vivian Park, Between Provo & Heber City, Provo, Utah County, UT

Heber Creeper Railroad Line, Section from Bridal Veil Falls to Vivian ...

Significance: The Bridal Veil Falls to Vivian Park section of the Heber Creeper Railroad grade is a portion of the larger Bridal Veil to Deer Creek Dam segment of the grade that has been determined eligible for... More

Heber Creeper Railroad Line, Section from Bridal Veil Falls to Vivian Park, Between Provo & Heber City, Provo, Utah County, UT

Heber Creeper Railroad Line, Section from Bridal Veil Falls to Vivian ...

Significance: The Bridal Veil Falls to Vivian Park section of the Heber Creeper Railroad grade is a portion of the larger Bridal Veil to Deer Creek Dam segment of the grade that has been determined eligible for... More

Heber Creeper Railroad Line, Section from Bridal Veil Falls to Vivian Park, Between Provo & Heber City, Provo, Utah County, UT

Heber Creeper Railroad Line, Section from Bridal Veil Falls to Vivian ...

Significance: The Bridal Veil Falls to Vivian Park section of the Heber Creeper Railroad grade is a portion of the larger Bridal Veil to Deer Creek Dam segment of the grade that has been determined eligible for... More

Ryan Hydroelectric Facility, Powerhouse, On Missouri River, northeast of Great Falls, Great Falls, Cascade County, MT

Ryan Hydroelectric Facility, Powerhouse, On Missouri River, northeast ...

Significance: The Great Falls Hydroelectric Facilities Historic District is significant for its association with the industrial development of Montana and the consolidation of most of Montana's electric industr... More

Tallulah Falls Dam, Spanning Tallulah Falls River on U.S. Highway 23/State Route 15, Tallulah Falls, Habersham County, GA

Tallulah Falls Dam, Spanning Tallulah Falls River on U.S. Highway 23/S...

Survey number: HAER GA-152 Public domain photograph of architecture design drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cabot Station Electric Generating Plant, Gantry Crane, Montague City Road, Turners Falls vicinity, Montague, Franklin County, MA

Cabot Station Electric Generating Plant, Gantry Crane, Montague City R...

Significance: The gantry crane is an integral part of Cabot Station, an early and substantial example of American hydroelectric engineering. When built, the plant as the largest hydroelectric facility in New E... More

Snoqualmie Falls Hydroelectric Project, .5 mile north of Snoqualmie, Snoqualmie, King County, WA

Snoqualmie Falls Hydroelectric Project, .5 mile north of Snoqualmie, S...

Significance: The Snoqualmie Falls Hydroelectric Project was completed in 1898 and includes a cavity generating station, constructed some 250 feet below the surface of the river and about 300 feet from the edge... More

Snoqualmie Falls Hydroelectric Project, Transformer House, .5 mile north of Snoqualmie, Snoqualmie, King County, WA

Snoqualmie Falls Hydroelectric Project, Transformer House, .5 mile nor...

Significance: Construction of the Snoqualmie Falls Hydroelectric Project began in 1898 near the falls of the falls of the Snoqualmie River. It was the first power plant successfully constructed completely under... More

Snoqualmie Falls Hydroelectric Project, Intake Two, Tunnel Portals, Forebay, Gatehouse and Penstocks, .5 mile north of Snoqualmie, Snoqualmie, King County, WA

Snoqualmie Falls Hydroelectric Project, Intake Two, Tunnel Portals, Fo...

Significance: Construction of the Snoqualmie Falls Hydroelectric Project began in 1898 near the falls of the falls of the Snoqualmie River. It was the first power plant successfully constructed completely under... More

Gilpin's Falls Covered Bridge, Spanning North East Creek at Former (Bypassed) Section of North East Road (SR 272), North East, Cecil County, MD

Gilpin's Falls Covered Bridge, Spanning North East Creek at Former (By...

Report includes engineering analysis of Burr arch truss. Significance: For almost two centuries, from 1735 until 1926, this site was used for water-powered industries. Erected in 1860 by local bridge builder J... More

Gilpin's Falls Covered Bridge, Spanning North East Creek at Former (Bypassed) Section of North East Road (SR 272), North East, Cecil County, MD

Gilpin's Falls Covered Bridge, Spanning North East Creek at Former (By...

Report includes engineering analysis of Burr arch truss. Significance: For almost two centuries, from 1735 until 1926, this site was used for water-powered industries. Erected in 1860 by local bridge builder J... More

Falls Bridge, Spanning Schuylkill River, connecting East & West River Drives, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Falls Bridge, Spanning Schuylkill River, connecting East & West River ...

Significance: The Falls Bridge is a unique and well-preserved example of the Petit through truss design, capable of carrying a roadway on both its upper and lower chords. The upper deck remains incomplete, but... More

Spring Street Bridge, Spanning Duncan Creek, Chippewa Falls, Chippewa County, WI

Spring Street Bridge, Spanning Duncan Creek, Chippewa Falls, Chippewa ...

Significance: The Spring Street Bridge is Wisconsin's only remaining example of the patented Marsh Rainbow Arch bridge design. James Barney Marsh, a native of North Lake, Wisconsin, developed designs for the c... More

Potowmack Company: Great Falls Canal, Lock No. 1, Great Falls, Fairfax County, Virginia

Potowmack Company: Great Falls Canal, Lock No. 1, Great Falls, Fairfax...

Survey number: HAER VA-13-A Public domain images of ruins, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Potowmack Company: Great Falls Canal, Lock No. 1, Great Falls, Fairfax County, Virginia

Potowmack Company: Great Falls Canal, Lock No. 1, Great Falls, Fairfax...

Survey number: HAER VA-13-A Public domain photograph - historical image of Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Twin Falls-Jerome Bridge, U.S. Highway 93 Spanning Snake River, Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, ID

Twin Falls-Jerome Bridge, U.S. Highway 93 Spanning Snake River, Twin F...

Significance: The bridge was built by The Union Bridge Company of Portland, Oregon. It is a cantilever deck truss that rises 550 feet above the height of the River. At the time of construction it was reported... More

Twin Falls-Jerome Bridge, U.S. Highway 93 Spanning Snake River, Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, ID

Twin Falls-Jerome Bridge, U.S. Highway 93 Spanning Snake River, Twin F...

Significance: The bridge was built by The Union Bridge Company of Portland, Oregon. It is a cantilever deck truss that rises 550 feet above the height of the River. At the time of construction it was reported... More

Twin Falls-Jerome Bridge, U.S. Highway 93 Spanning Snake River, Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, ID

Twin Falls-Jerome Bridge, U.S. Highway 93 Spanning Snake River, Twin F...

Significance: The bridge was built by The Union Bridge Company of Portland, Oregon. It is a cantilever deck truss that rises 550 feet above the height of the River. At the time of construction it was reported... More

Klamath Basin Project, Lost River Diversion Dam House, Lost River near intersection of State Highway 140 & Hill Road, Klamath Falls, Klamath County, OR

Klamath Basin Project, Lost River Diversion Dam House, Lost River near...

Significance: The dam serves as another important feature of the irrigation and economic development of Klamath Basin. This dam was necessary to help drain and reclaim Tule Lake and make it available for agricu... More

Pawtucket Canal, Pawtucket Falls vicinity, Lowell, Middlesex County, MA

Pawtucket Canal, Pawtucket Falls vicinity, Lowell, Middlesex County, M...

Significance: Originally constructed to facilitate the transporting of goods from inland New England to the sea at Newburyport, the Pawtucket Canal was later used as the basis for the extensive power canal syst... More

Christine Falls Bridge, Spanning Van Trump Creek on Nisqually Road, Longmire, Pierce County, WA

Christine Falls Bridge, Spanning Van Trump Creek on Nisqually Road, Lo...

Significance: The "rustic style" Christine Falls Bridge carries the Nisqually Road over the narrow box canyon of Van Trump Creek at Christine Falls. The graceful stone-faced reinforced concrete spandrel arch b... More

Sandy Hill Bridge, Bridge Street, spanning Hudson River, Hudson Falls, Washington County, NY

Sandy Hill Bridge, Bridge Street, spanning Hudson River, Hudson Falls,...

Significance: From 1907 to 1908, the Sandy Hill Bridge was the longest multiple span, reinforced-concrete arch bridge in the world. Its design was also the first to employ the use of separately molded concrete... More

Half-Mound Bridge, Spanning Delaware River on Federal Aid Secondary Route 1325, Valley Falls, Jefferson County, KS

Half-Mound Bridge, Spanning Delaware River on Federal Aid Secondary Ro...

Significance: The Half Mound Bridge is a rare surviving example of a Baltimore truss. Survey number: HAER KS-1 Building/structure dates: after. 1875- before. 1900 Initial Construction Building/structure date... More

Half-Mound Bridge, Spanning Delaware River on Federal Aid Secondary Route 1325, Valley Falls, Jefferson County, KS

Half-Mound Bridge, Spanning Delaware River on Federal Aid Secondary Ro...

Significance: The Half Mound Bridge is a rare surviving example of a Baltimore truss. Survey number: HAER KS-1 Building/structure dates: after. 1875- before. 1900 Initial Construction Building/structure date... More

St. Mary's Falls Canal, Soo Locks, St. Mary's River at Falls, Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa County, MI

St. Mary's Falls Canal, Soo Locks, St. Mary's River at Falls, Sault St...

Significance: The locks of the St. Mary's Falls Canal reflect a national level of significance in settlement, transportation, industrial, and engineering history. The completion of the State Locks in 1855 effe... More

Snoqualmie Falls Hydroelectric Project, Machine Shop, .5 mile north of Snoqualmie, Snoqualmie, King County, WA

Snoqualmie Falls Hydroelectric Project, Machine Shop, .5 mile north of...

Significance: Construction of the Snoqualmie Falls Hydroelectric Project began in 1898 near the falls of the falls of the Snoqualmie River. It was the first power plant successfully constructed completely under... More

Nine Mile Hydroelectric Development, Cottage No. 8, State Highway 291 along Spokane River, Nine Mile Falls, Spokane County, WA

Nine Mile Hydroelectric Development, Cottage No. 8, State Highway 291 ...

Survey number: HAER WA-84-J Public domain photograph of cabinet interior, office, living or dining room, furniture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Shoshone Falls Hydroelectric Project, Canyon Road, North Bank of Snake River below Shoshone Falls, Tipperary Corner, Jerome County, ID

Shoshone Falls Hydroelectric Project, Canyon Road, North Bank of Snake...

Significance: It encompasses a unique tunnel and penstock system that was constructed with great effort in a remote landscape; was adapted to the severe environmental constraints created by the deep and narrow ... More

Shoshone Falls Hydroelectric Project, Canyon Road, North Bank of Snake River below Shoshone Falls, Tipperary Corner, Jerome County, ID

Shoshone Falls Hydroelectric Project, Canyon Road, North Bank of Snake...

Significance: It encompasses a unique tunnel and penstock system that was constructed with great effort in a remote landscape; was adapted to the severe environmental constraints created by the deep and narrow ... More

Nine Mile Hydroelectric Development, Cottage No. 4, State Highway 291 along Spokane River, Nine Mile Falls, Spokane County, WA

Nine Mile Hydroelectric Development, Cottage No. 4, State Highway 291 ...

Survey number: HAER WA-84-F Public domain scan of settlement or building architecture plan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Swan Falls Dam, Blacksmith Shop & Annex, Snake River, Kuna, Ada County, ID

Swan Falls Dam, Blacksmith Shop & Annex, Snake River, Kuna, Ada County...

For written descriptive information, see narrative report on Swan Falls Dam, HAER ID-20. Significance: Swan Falls Dam was the first hydroelectric dam on Snake River in Idaho, and one of the earliest built in th... More

Swan Falls Dam, Blacksmith Shop & Annex, Snake River, Kuna, Ada County, ID

Swan Falls Dam, Blacksmith Shop & Annex, Snake River, Kuna, Ada County...

For written descriptive information, see narrative report on Swan Falls Dam, HAER ID-20. Significance: Swan Falls Dam was the first hydroelectric dam on Snake River in Idaho, and one of the earliest built in th... More

Outlet Creek Bridge, Sullivan Lake Ranger Administrative Site, Metaline Falls, Pend Oreille County, WA

Outlet Creek Bridge, Sullivan Lake Ranger Administrative Site, Metalin...

Significance: The Outlet Creek Bridge is the longest of three CCC-constructed bridges remaining on the Colville National Forest. Built by CCC enrollees at the nearby Camp Sullivan Lake, with assistance from Fo... More

Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 miles West of city of Burley, Idaho, Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, ID

Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 ...

Significance: Milner Dam and its canal system have national significance in agricultural history as a rare successful example of state-supervised private irrigation development provided for in Senator Joseph M.... More

Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 miles West of city of Burley, Idaho, Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, ID

Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 ...

Significance: Milner Dam and its canal system have national significance in agricultural history as a rare successful example of state-supervised private irrigation development provided for in Senator Joseph M.... More

Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 miles West of city of Burley, Idaho, Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, ID

Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 ...

Significance: Milner Dam and its canal system have national significance in agricultural history as a rare successful example of state-supervised private irrigation development provided for in Senator Joseph M.... More

Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 miles West of city of Burley, Idaho, Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, ID

Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 ...

Significance: Milner Dam and its canal system have national significance in agricultural history as a rare successful example of state-supervised private irrigation development provided for in Senator Joseph M.... More

Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 miles West of city of Burley, Idaho, Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, ID

Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 ...

Significance: Milner Dam and its canal system have national significance in agricultural history as a rare successful example of state-supervised private irrigation development provided for in Senator Joseph M.... More

Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 miles West of city of Burley, Idaho, Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, ID

Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 ...

Significance: Milner Dam and its canal system have national significance in agricultural history as a rare successful example of state-supervised private irrigation development provided for in Senator Joseph M.... More

Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 miles West of city of Burley, Idaho, Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, ID

Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 ...

Significance: Milner Dam and its canal system have national significance in agricultural history as a rare successful example of state-supervised private irrigation development provided for in Senator Joseph M.... More

Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 miles West of city of Burley, Idaho, Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, ID

Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 ...

Significance: Milner Dam and its canal system have national significance in agricultural history as a rare successful example of state-supervised private irrigation development provided for in Senator Joseph M.... More

Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 miles West of city of Burley, Idaho, Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, ID

Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 ...

Significance: Milner Dam and its canal system have national significance in agricultural history as a rare successful example of state-supervised private irrigation development provided for in Senator Joseph M.... More

Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 miles West of city of Burley, Idaho, Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, ID

Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 ...

Significance: Milner Dam and its canal system have national significance in agricultural history as a rare successful example of state-supervised private irrigation development provided for in Senator Joseph M.... More

Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 miles West of city of Burley, Idaho, Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, ID

Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 ...

Significance: Milner Dam and its canal system have national significance in agricultural history as a rare successful example of state-supervised private irrigation development provided for in Senator Joseph M.... More

Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 miles West of city of Burley, Idaho, Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, ID

Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 ...

Significance: Milner Dam and its canal system have national significance in agricultural history as a rare successful example of state-supervised private irrigation development provided for in Senator Joseph M.... More

Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 miles West of city of Burley, Idaho, Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, ID

Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 ...

Significance: Milner Dam and its canal system have national significance in agricultural history as a rare successful example of state-supervised private irrigation development provided for in Senator Joseph M.... More

Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 miles West of city of Burley, Idaho, Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, ID

Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 ...

Significance: Milner Dam and its canal system have national significance in agricultural history as a rare successful example of state-supervised private irrigation development provided for in Senator Joseph M.... More

Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 miles West of city of Burley, Idaho, Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, ID

Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 ...

Significance: Milner Dam and its canal system have national significance in agricultural history as a rare successful example of state-supervised private irrigation development provided for in Senator Joseph M.... More

Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 miles West of city of Burley, Idaho, Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, ID

Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 ...

Significance: Milner Dam and its canal system have national significance in agricultural history as a rare successful example of state-supervised private irrigation development provided for in Senator Joseph M.... More

Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 miles West of city of Burley, Idaho, Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, ID

Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 ...

Significance: Milner Dam and its canal system have national significance in agricultural history as a rare successful example of state-supervised private irrigation development provided for in Senator Joseph M.... More

Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 miles West of city of Burley, Idaho, Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, ID

Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 ...

Significance: Milner Dam and its canal system have national significance in agricultural history as a rare successful example of state-supervised private irrigation development provided for in Senator Joseph M.... More

Shelburne Falls Bridge, Spanning Deerfield River on Bridge Street, Shelburne, Franklin County, MA

Shelburne Falls Bridge, Spanning Deerfield River on Bridge Street, She...

Significance: The Shelburne Falls Bridge is the second oldest of seven double-intersection Warren through trusses identified in the Massachusetts Department of Public Works database. The bridge was designed by... More

Thompson Falls Hydroelectric Project, Power Foreman's Bungalow, On island between Forebay Channel & ClarkFord River, Thompson Falls, Sanders County, MT

Thompson Falls Hydroelectric Project, Power Foreman's Bungalow, On isl...

Significance: The building is representative of turn-of-the-century hydroelectric companies' custom of providing employee housing to ensure the efficient operation and maintenance of their facilities. The bunga... More

Thompson Falls Hydroelectric Project, Power Foreman's Bungalow, On island between Forebay Channel & ClarkFord River, Thompson Falls, Sanders County, MT

Thompson Falls Hydroelectric Project, Power Foreman's Bungalow, On isl...

Significance: The building is representative of turn-of-the-century hydroelectric companies' custom of providing employee housing to ensure the efficient operation and maintenance of their facilities. The bunga... More

Thompson Falls Hydroelectric Project, Power Foreman's Bungalow, On island between Forebay Channel & ClarkFord River, Thompson Falls, Sanders County, MT

Thompson Falls Hydroelectric Project, Power Foreman's Bungalow, On isl...

Significance: The building is representative of turn-of-the-century hydroelectric companies' custom of providing employee housing to ensure the efficient operation and maintenance of their facilities. The bunga... More

Nooksack Falls Hydroelectric Plant, Route 542, Glacier, Whatcom County, WA

Nooksack Falls Hydroelectric Plant, Route 542, Glacier, Whatcom County...

Significance: With a generating capacity of 1,500 kilowatts, the Nooksack plant is the second oldest operating hydroelectric facility in western Washington (only the Snoqualmie Falls plant (1899) is earlier t... More

Nooksack Falls Hydroelectric Plant, Route 542, Glacier, Whatcom County, WA

Nooksack Falls Hydroelectric Plant, Route 542, Glacier, Whatcom County...

Significance: With a generating capacity of 1,500 kilowatts, the Nooksack plant is the second oldest operating hydroelectric facility in western Washington (only the Snoqualmie Falls plant (1899) is earlier t... More

Nooksack Falls Hydroelectric Plant, Route 542, Glacier, Whatcom County, WA

Nooksack Falls Hydroelectric Plant, Route 542, Glacier, Whatcom County...

Significance: With a generating capacity of 1,500 kilowatts, the Nooksack plant is the second oldest operating hydroelectric facility in western Washington (only the Snoqualmie Falls plant (1899) is earlier t... More

Nooksack Falls Hydroelectric Plant, Route 542, Glacier, Whatcom County, WA

Nooksack Falls Hydroelectric Plant, Route 542, Glacier, Whatcom County...

Significance: With a generating capacity of 1,500 kilowatts, the Nooksack plant is the second oldest operating hydroelectric facility in western Washington (only the Snoqualmie Falls plant (1899) is earlier t... More

Nooksack Falls Hydroelectric Plant, Route 542, Glacier, Whatcom County, WA

Nooksack Falls Hydroelectric Plant, Route 542, Glacier, Whatcom County...

Significance: With a generating capacity of 1,500 kilowatts, the Nooksack plant is the second oldest operating hydroelectric facility in western Washington (only the Snoqualmie Falls plant (1899) is earlier t... More

Cedar Falls Road Bridge, Spanning Flat River, East of U.S. Highway 67, Desloge, St. Francois County, MO

Cedar Falls Road Bridge, Spanning Flat River, East of U.S. Highway 67,...

Significance: The bridge is one of the few remaining examples of multiple-span Pratt through truss bridges in Missouri. Constructed by the still existing Stupp Brothers Bridge & Iron Co. of St. Louis, it is on... More

Potowmack Company: Great Falls Canal, Lock No. 2, Great Falls, Fairfax County, Virginia

Potowmack Company: Great Falls Canal, Lock No. 2, Great Falls, Fairfax...

Survey number: HAER VA-13-B Public domain photograph - historical image of Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Potowmack Company: Great Falls Canal, Lock No. 2, Great Falls, Fairfax County, Virginia

Potowmack Company: Great Falls Canal, Lock No. 2, Great Falls, Fairfax...

Survey number: HAER VA-13-B Public domain photograph of a tunnel, arch structure, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Turners Falls Power & Electric Company, Hampden Station, East bank of Connecticut River, Chicopee, Hampden County, MA

Turners Falls Power & Electric Company, Hampden Station, East bank of ...

Significance: Turners Falls Power and Electric Company built only hydroelectric facilities until World War I, when it constructed the coal-fired, steam-powered Hampden Station to meet increased industrial deman... More

Turners Falls Power & Electric Company, Hampden Station, East bank of Connecticut River, Chicopee, Hampden County, MA

Turners Falls Power & Electric Company, Hampden Station, East bank of ...

Significance: Turners Falls Power and Electric Company built only hydroelectric facilities until World War I, when it constructed the coal-fired, steam-powered Hampden Station to meet increased industrial deman... More

Morony Hydroelectric Facility, Dam and Powerhouse, Morony Dam Road, Great Falls, Cascade County, MT

Morony Hydroelectric Facility, Dam and Powerhouse, Morony Dam Road, Gr...

Significance: It is significant as a very-well preserved example of design concepts common to the era standardization in US history of hydroelectric development (ca. 1929-1930). Design concepts reflected by the... More

Trenton Falls Hydroelectric Station, Dam & Headworks, On west bank of West Canada Creek, along Trenton Falls Road, 2 miles north of New York Route 28, Trenton Falls, Oneida County, NY

Trenton Falls Hydroelectric Station, Dam & Headworks, On west bank of ...

Significance: Strongly influenced by the earliest Niagara hydroelectric project, the 1901 Trenton Falls Station was installed in a spectacular gorge and was probably the highest-head contemporary plant in the e... More

Nine Mile Hydroelectric Development, Powerhouse, State Highway 291 along Spokane River, Nine Mile Falls, Spokane County, WA

Nine Mile Hydroelectric Development, Powerhouse, State Highway 291 alo...

Survey number: HAER WA-84-B Public domain photograph of hydroelectric power station, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Nine Mile Hydroelectric Development, Powerhouse, State Highway 291 along Spokane River, Nine Mile Falls, Spokane County, WA

Nine Mile Hydroelectric Development, Powerhouse, State Highway 291 alo...

Survey number: HAER WA-84-B Public domain photograph of hydroelectric power station, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Nine Mile Hydroelectric Development, Powerhouse, State Highway 291 along Spokane River, Nine Mile Falls, Spokane County, WA

Nine Mile Hydroelectric Development, Powerhouse, State Highway 291 alo...

Survey number: HAER WA-84-B Public domain scan of settlement or building architecture plan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lake Wissota Bridge, Spanning Lake Wissota at County Trunk Highway "S", Chippewa Falls, Chippewa County, WI

Lake Wissota Bridge, Spanning Lake Wissota at County Trunk Highway "S"...

Significance: The four-span Lake Wissota Bridge, built in 1916, was the oldest of the seventeen Parker overhead trusses with riveted connections and built-up members identified in a 1982 survey. Of these Parke... More

Paradise River First Crossing Bridge, Spanning Paradise River at Narada Falls on Service Road, Longmire, Pierce County, WA

Paradise River First Crossing Bridge, Spanning Paradise River at Narad...

Significance: The gently-arched Paradise River First Crossing Bridge above Narada Falls is a characteristic "rustic style" bridge of the type commonly employed by the National Park Service and the Bureau of Pub... More

Sewall's Falls Hydroelectric Facility, East end of Second Street spanning Merrimack River, Concord, Merrimack County, NH

Sewall's Falls Hydroelectric Facility, East end of Second Street spann...

Significance: The dam in Concord, New Hampshire, was one of the longest timber crib dams in the eastern U.S. On September 29, 1893, this became the second commercial supplier of three-phase electric current in ... More

Historic Columbia River Highway, East Multnomah Falls Viaduct, East of Multnomah Falls, Troutdale, Multnomah County, OR

Historic Columbia River Highway, East Multnomah Falls Viaduct, East of...

Significance: This 860' half-viaduct was an engineer's solution to aligning the Historic Columbia River Highway between a steep unstable slope and the Oregon Washington Railroad and Navigation Company main line... More

St. Mary's Falls Canal, Soo Locks, Sabin Lock Subcomplex, Sabin Lock, St. Mary's River at Falls, Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa County, MI

St. Mary's Falls Canal, Soo Locks, Sabin Lock Subcomplex, Sabin Lock, ...

Significance: The Sabin Lock is significant as an element that contributes to the overall integrity of the Soo Lock complex in general, and the Sabin Lock subcomplex in particular. It is a unique facility that... More

Snoqualmie Falls Hydroelectric Project, Cottage No. 1, .5 mile north of Snoqualmie, Snoqualmie, King County, WA

Snoqualmie Falls Hydroelectric Project, Cottage No. 1, .5 mile north o...

Significance: Construction of the Snoqualmie Falls Hydroelectric Project began in 1898 near the falls of the falls of the Snoqualmie River. It was the first power plant successfully constructed completely under... More

St. Mary's Falls Canal, Soo Locks, Davis Lock Subcomplex, Northwest Operating Shelter, St. Mary's River at Falls, Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa County, MI

St. Mary's Falls Canal, Soo Locks, Davis Lock Subcomplex, Northwest Op...

Significance: The Davis Lock's Northwest Operating Shelter is significant as an element that contributes to the overall integrity of the Soo Lock complex in general. The building is also significant as a uniqu... More

Taylor Bridge, Spanning Middle River at Bayfield Road, Amnicon Falls, Douglas County, WI

Taylor Bridge, Spanning Middle River at Bayfield Road, Amnicon Falls, ...

Significance: Crossing the Middle River in rural Douglas County in northwest Wisconsin, the Taylor Bridge is a timber, bolt-connected, pony truss of queen-post design. Constructed in 1929-30, it is the last rem... More

Swan Falls Dam, Garage, Snake River, Kuna, Ada County, ID

Swan Falls Dam, Garage, Snake River, Kuna, Ada County, ID

For written descriptive information, see narrative report on Swan Falls Dam, HAER ID-20. Significance: Swan Falls Dam was the first hydroelectric dam on Snake River in Idaho, and one of the earliest built in th... More

St. Mary's Falls Canal, Soo Locks, Davis Lock Subcomplex, Davis Lock, St. Mary's River at Falls, Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa County, MI

St. Mary's Falls Canal, Soo Locks, Davis Lock Subcomplex, Davis Lock, ...

Significance: The Davis Lock is significant as an element that contributes to the overall integrity of the Soo Lock complex in general, and the Davis Lock subcomplex in particular. It is a unique facility that... More

St. Mary's Falls Canal, Soo Locks, Davis Lock Subcomplex, Davis Lock, St. Mary's River at Falls, Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa County, MI

St. Mary's Falls Canal, Soo Locks, Davis Lock Subcomplex, Davis Lock, ...

Significance: The Davis Lock is significant as an element that contributes to the overall integrity of the Soo Lock complex in general, and the Davis Lock subcomplex in particular. It is a unique facility that... More

Lamsom-Goodnow Manufacturing Company, 45 Conway Street, Shelburne Falls, Franklin County, MA

Lamsom-Goodnow Manufacturing Company, 45 Conway Street, Shelburne Fall...

STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: In 1851 the new cutlery factory of Lamson & Goodnow introduced the "American system" of interchangeable parts. By the mid-1850s, with 340 workers they became the ... More

Glens Falls Feeder, Sluice, Along south side of Glens Falls Feeder between locks 10 & 20, Hudson Falls, Washington County, NY

Glens Falls Feeder, Sluice, Along south side of Glens Falls Feeder bet...

Significance: The Glens Falls Feeder: Sluice is considered significant for two reasons. The central, stone arch component of this resource represents a unique engineering structure, relative to other lock bypa... More

Glens Falls Feeder, Sluice, Along south side of Glens Falls Feeder between locks 10 & 20, Hudson Falls, Washington County, NY

Glens Falls Feeder, Sluice, Along south side of Glens Falls Feeder bet...

Significance: The Glens Falls Feeder: Sluice is considered significant for two reasons. The central, stone arch component of this resource represents a unique engineering structure, relative to other lock bypa... More

Round Lake Logging Dam, Flambeau River, South Fork, Park Falls, Price County, WI

Round Lake Logging Dam, Flambeau River, South Fork, Park Falls, Price ...

Significance: The Round Lake Logging Dam is one of the few remaining early artifacts of Wisconsin's logging industry. It was built during the industry's log driving and log booming stages when cut timber was c... More

Round Lake Logging Dam, Flambeau River, South Fork, Park Falls, Price County, WI

Round Lake Logging Dam, Flambeau River, South Fork, Park Falls, Price ...

Significance: The Round Lake Logging Dam is one of the few remaining early artifacts of Wisconsin's logging industry. It was built during the industry's log driving and log booming stages when cut timber was c... More

Tallulah Falls Bridge, Spanning Tallulah Falls River on U.S. Highway 23/State Route 15, Tallulah Falls, Habersham County, GA

Tallulah Falls Bridge, Spanning Tallulah Falls River on U.S. Highway 2...

Significance: The Tallulah Falls Bridge was constructed in 1938-1939 to eliminate traffic congestion on narrow roadway on top of the adjacent Tallulah Falls Dam. At the time it was constructed, the 505' bridge ... More

Tallulah Falls Bridge, Spanning Tallulah Falls River on U.S. Highway 23/State Route 15, Tallulah Falls, Habersham County, GA

Tallulah Falls Bridge, Spanning Tallulah Falls River on U.S. Highway 2...

Significance: The Tallulah Falls Bridge was constructed in 1938-1939 to eliminate traffic congestion on narrow roadway on top of the adjacent Tallulah Falls Dam. At the time it was constructed, the 505' bridge ... More

Havre Rainbow Transmission Line, Havre City to Great Falls vicinity, Montana, Great Falls, Cascade County, MT

Havre Rainbow Transmission Line, Havre City to Great Falls vicinity, M...

Significance: The Transmission Line is significant as a contributing element of the Fort Peck Town Site and Dam Multiple Resource Property. It maintains its integrity and is directly associated with the constru... More

Havre Rainbow Transmission Line, Havre City to Great Falls vicinity, Montana, Great Falls, Cascade County, MT

Havre Rainbow Transmission Line, Havre City to Great Falls vicinity, M...

Significance: The Transmission Line is significant as a contributing element of the Fort Peck Town Site and Dam Multiple Resource Property. It maintains its integrity and is directly associated with the constru... More

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