Augusta Canal, Augusta, Richmond County, GA
Significance: The Augusta power and navigation canal was projected in order to make Augusta a manufacturing center. By the 1880's, the canal was a success. It supplied water power for eight textile mills, thr... More
Augusta Canal, Augusta, Richmond County, GA
Significance: The Augusta power and navigation canal was projected in order to make Augusta a manufacturing center. By the 1880's, the canal was a success. It supplied water power for eight textile mills, thr... More
Augusta Canal, Augusta, Richmond County, GA
Significance: The Augusta power and navigation canal was projected in order to make Augusta a manufacturing center. By the 1880's, the canal was a success. It supplied water power for eight textile mills, thr... More
Augusta Canal, Augusta, Richmond County, GA
Significance: The Augusta power and navigation canal was projected in order to make Augusta a manufacturing center. By the 1880's, the canal was a success. It supplied water power for eight textile mills, thr... More
Augusta Canal, Augusta, Richmond County, GA
Significance: The Augusta power and navigation canal was projected in order to make Augusta a manufacturing center. By the 1880's, the canal was a success. It supplied water power for eight textile mills, thr... More
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 ...
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 ...
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
Diary in photos, vol. II, 1936-1937
Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1936 and 1937. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer and photographer. Phot... More
Diary in photos, vol. II, 1936-1937
Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1936 and 1937. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer and photographer. Phot... More
Diary in photos, vol. II, 1936-1937
Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1936 and 1937. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer and photographer. Phot... More
Diary in photos, vol. II, 1936-1937
Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1936 and 1937. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer and photographer. Phot... More
Diary in photos, vol. II, 1936-1937
Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1936 and 1937. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer and photographer. Phot... More
Diary in photos, vol. II, 1936-1937
Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1936 and 1937. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer and photographer. Phot... More
Diary in photos, vol. II, 1936-1937
Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1936 and 1937. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer and photographer. Phot... More
Diary in photos, vol. II, 1936-1937
Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1936 and 1937. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer and photographer. Phot... More
Diary in photos, vol. II, 1936-1937
Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1936 and 1937. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer and photographer. Phot... More
Diary in photos, vol. II, 1936-1937
Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1936 and 1937. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer and photographer. Phot... More
Diary in photos, vol. II, 1936-1937
Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1936 and 1937. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer and photographer. Phot... More
Diary in photos, vol. II, 1936-1937
Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1936 and 1937. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer and photographer. Phot... More
Diary in photos, vol. II, 1936-1937
Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1936 and 1937. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer and photographer. Phot... More
Diary in photos, vol. II, 1936-1937
Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1936 and 1937. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer and photographer. Phot... More
Diary in photos, vol. II, 1936-1937
Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1936 and 1937. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer and photographer. Phot... More
Diary in photos, vol. II, 1936-1937
Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1936 and 1937. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer and photographer. Phot... More
Diary in photos, vol. II, 1936-1937
Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1936 and 1937. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer and photographer. Phot... More
Diary in photos, vol. II, 1936-1937
Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1936 and 1937. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer and photographer. Phot... More
Diary in photos, vol. II, 1936-1937
Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1936 and 1937. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer and photographer. Phot... More
Diary in photos, vol. II, 1936-1937
Photographs show John D. Whiting's trips around the Middle East region in 1936 and 1937. Whiting, a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer and photographer. Phot... More
Abbeville Hydroelectric Power Plant, State Highway 284 & County Road 7...
Significance: J. Roy Pennell acquired property and began construction of the multiple arch reinforced concrete dam in 1933. Pennell abandoned the project in 1935 and it was completed by the City of Abbeville w... More
Abbeville Hydroelectric Power Plant, State Highway 284 & County Road 7...
Significance: J. Roy Pennell acquired property and began construction of the multiple arch reinforced concrete dam in 1933. Pennell abandoned the project in 1935 and it was completed by the City of Abbeville w... More
Abbeville Hydroelectric Power Plant, State Highway 284 & County Road 7...
Significance: J. Roy Pennell acquired property and began construction of the multiple arch reinforced concrete dam in 1933. Pennell abandoned the project in 1935 and it was completed by the City of Abbeville w... More
Abbeville Hydroelectric Power Plant, State Highway 284 & County Road 7...
Significance: J. Roy Pennell acquired property and began construction of the multiple arch reinforced concrete dam in 1933. Pennell abandoned the project in 1935 and it was completed by the City of Abbeville w... More
Abbeville Hydroelectric Power Plant, State Highway 284 & County Road 7...
Significance: J. Roy Pennell acquired property and began construction of the multiple arch reinforced concrete dam in 1933. Pennell abandoned the project in 1935 and it was completed by the City of Abbeville w... More
Abbeville Hydroelectric Power Plant, State Highway 284 & County Road 7...
Significance: J. Roy Pennell acquired property and began construction of the multiple arch reinforced concrete dam in 1933. Pennell abandoned the project in 1935 and it was completed by the City of Abbeville w... More
Pawtucket Canal, Guard Locks, Lowell, Middlesex County, MA
Significance: The Guard Locks were the first set of locks constructed in the Lowell System which are still in existence. They have, however, been altered and added to since first put into use. The Guard Locks... More
Holyoke Bridge, Spanning Connecticut River, between Holyoke & South Ha...
Significance: The Holyoke Bridge is significant as one of Massachusetts' few known examples of the riveted lattice truss bridge, a type most commonly associated with railroad construction in the latter half of ... More
A representation of the great storm at Providence, Sept. 23d 1815 / pa...
Print shows flooding in Providence, Rhode Island from Narragansett Bay after a hurricane that struck on September 23, 1815. Sailing ships, fishing boats, and small buildings are awash in the tidal waves. People... More
Galveston disaster, people leaving city after flood
Large double-decked boat filled to capacity with people leaving Galveston, Texas following the hurricane of 1900. D19932 U.S. Copyright Office. Sold only by Griffith & Griffith.
Trinity River at its height, Dallas, Tex.
H113204 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; H. Clogenson; July 8, 1908.
John Huggins. Said he is fourteen years old and has been doffing for e...
Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
[Bird's-eye view of boathouses, along the Potomac River, Georgetown, d...
National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington DC, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Vermont. Montpelier. Flood of 1927
Photograph shows piles of debris on street; people walking through area where several buildings have been damaged by flood; man working atop leaning utility pole. No. 1707.
Flood of August 23, 1933. Speedboat concession at Hains Point
Public domain photograph of 19th-century vintage card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Destruction caused by disease-infected waters of the Connecticut River...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Connecticut, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United... More
Farms completely isolated by the Shenandoah River during spring floods...
Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Syrian floods, Nov. 2, 1937. American colony in Jerusalem public domai...
Public domain photograph, 1930s-1940s Jerusalem, Palestine, History of Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Houses overturned by the 1937 flood near Shawneetown, Illinois
Public domain photograph of life in the United States in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
An organ deposited by the flood on a farm near Mount Vernon, Indiana
Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s Virginia, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The kitchen in the camp for white flood refugees at Forrest City, Arka...
Public domain photograph - United States during 1930s Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Negroes in the lineup for food at meal time in the camp for flood refu...
Picryl description: Public domain image of ethnic group, people gathering, anthropology, colonies, exotic, indigenous people, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
A street of tents in the camp for flood refugees of Forrest City, Arka...
Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of camp, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Damage to state highway and soil by flood. Near Hazleton, Indiana
Public domain photograph of life in the United States in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Cornbread. Food for flood refugees at the Forrest City concentration c...
Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Furniture brought by colored flood refugees to the camp at Forrest Cit...
Public domain photograph of cabinet, furniture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Syrian floods, Nov. 2, 1937. American colony in Jerusalem public domai...
Public domain photograph, 1930s-1940s Jerusalem, Palestine, History of Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Man at work in the camp for white flood refugees, Forrest City, Arkans...
Public domain photograph - United States during 1930s Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Negroes in the lineup for food at the flood refugee camp, Forrest City...
Public domain photograph of military personnel, army, militia, infantry, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Negroes at mealtime in the flood refugee camp, Forrest City, Arkansas
Public domain photograph - United States during 1930s Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
A privy overturned by the flood. Posey County, Indiana
Public domain photograph - historical image of Indiana, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Group of children being cared for by an old lady; all of them flood re...
Picryl description: Public domain image of children in poverty, child labor, Great Depression, 1930s, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Preparing dinner for the six hundred fifty flood refugees encamped at ...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Illinois, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
101 Ranch, State Highway 156 between Ponca City & Marlin, Ponca City, ...
The address has been corrected to read "State Highway 156 between Ponca City & Marland," rather than "State Highway 156 between Ponca City & Marlin." 1995 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Located ... More
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
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
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
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
Abraham Maurer House, Route 664, approximately 1400 feet East of Jay S...
Photo caption pages & written data include site & floor plans. Significance: The Abraham Maurer House is an example of the 19th century vernacular canal-era housing of Lower Lockport. As collection, the canal-... 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
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
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
Nepesta Bridge, Spanning Arkansas River on County Road 613, Boone, Pue...
Significance: The only roadway truss left in Pueblo County over the Arkansas River after the 1921 flood, the bridge has served as a regionally important crossing on the major east-west artery in southeast Color... More
Gregory Tailings (Ruins), State Highways 269 & 119, Black Hawk, Gilpin...
Significance: Remnants of the first gold lode vein discovered in Colorado. The wood cribbing retaining the tailings is laminated in some places, a previously unused cribbing construction unique at the time to t... More
John Everett Millais - A flood - Print, Library of Congress collection
Print showing a baby and a kitten in a cradle floating on flood waters. F9602 U.S. Copyright Office. Engraved by E. Gilbert Hester after painting by Sir John Everett Millais. Signed on plate with monogram of M... More
Lyons Mussina House, 123 North Jay Street, Lock Haven, Clinton County,...
Significance: Lyons Mussina was a leading merchant and businessman of the Lock Haven area. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-205 Survey number: HABS PA-1306 Building/structure da... More
Lyons Mussina House, 123 North Jay Street, Lock Haven, Clinton County,...
Significance: Lyons Mussina was a leading merchant and businessman of the Lock Haven area. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-205 Survey number: HABS PA-1306 Building/structure da... More
Samuel Probst Farm, Farrandsville Road, approximately 2.1 miles Northw...
Photo caption pages & written data include site plans. Significance: The Samuel Probst Farm, in the ownership of the Probst family since 1906, is a significant and distinguishable entity as an early 20th centur... More
Samuel Probst Farm, Farrandsville Road, approximately 2.1 miles Northw...
Photo caption pages & written data include site plans. Significance: The Samuel Probst Farm, in the ownership of the Probst family since 1906, is a significant and distinguishable entity as an early 20th centur... More
Vermont Bridge No. 48, Spanning Winooski River at U.S. Route 2, Waterb...
Significance: The bridge is significant as a representative example of bridges constructed in the early 20th Century. During this time, the use of trusses dominated the bridge industry, replacing the variety o... More
Augusta Water Works, Goodrich Street extension, Augusta Canal, Augusta...
Significance: When completed in 1899, the Augusta Water Supply system was one of the best in the South and one of the cheapest in the United States. The Raw Water Pumping Stations have always pumped canal wate... More
Vieley Bridge, Spanning North Fork Vermillion River at Township Road 2...
Significance: The Vieley Bridge is one of two iron and steel bowstring arch truss bridges of the Phoenix Ring upper chord design remaining in Livingston County. The bridge possesses significance as an example ... More
Vieley Bridge, Spanning North Fork Vermillion River at Township Road 2...
Significance: The Vieley Bridge is one of two iron and steel bowstring arch truss bridges of the Phoenix Ring upper chord design remaining in Livingston County. The bridge possesses significance as an example ... More
Bacon Bridge, Spanning Moniteau Creek, Bacon, Moniteau County, MO
Significance: Bacon Bridge (Moniteau Bridge #2) is one of the earliest surviving Pratt through truss bridges in central Missouri. Preserved in the evolution of this structure is the record of the struggle betw... More
Central of Georgia Railway, Savannah Repair Shops & Terminal Facilitie...
Significance: The Central of Georgia Railway, Savannah Repair Shops are significant because they represent the major site component of one of the earliest attempts in the United States to plan and develop a who... More
Central of Georgia Railway, Savannah Repair Shops & Terminal Facilitie...
Significance: The Central of Georgia Railway, Savannah Repair Shops are significant because they represent the major site component of one of the earliest attempts in the United States to plan and develop a who... More
Central of Georgia Railway, Savannah Repair Shops & Terminal Facilitie...
Significance: The Central of Georgia Railway, Savannah Repair Shops are significant because they represent the major site component of one of the earliest attempts in the United States to plan and develop a who... More
Moody Bridge, Spanning South Fork Eel River, Garberville, Humboldt Cou...
Significance: Moody Bridge is one of four remaining Parker, pin-connected through truss steel bridges in California. It embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, and method of construction. ... More
Moody Bridge, Spanning South Fork Eel River, Garberville, Humboldt Cou...
Significance: Moody Bridge is one of four remaining Parker, pin-connected through truss steel bridges in California. It embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, and method of construction. ... More
Moody Bridge, Spanning South Fork Eel River, Garberville, Humboldt Cou...
Significance: Moody Bridge is one of four remaining Parker, pin-connected through truss steel bridges in California. It embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, and method of construction. ... More
Moody Bridge, Spanning South Fork Eel River, Garberville, Humboldt Cou...
Significance: Moody Bridge is one of four remaining Parker, pin-connected through truss steel bridges in California. It embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, and method of construction. ... More
Fort Benton Bridge, Spanning Missouri River, Fort Benton, Chouteau Cou...
Significance: Fort Benton has a long history in Montana. It was s fur trading post before the formation of Montana territory. In order to hold the town's trade with the Judith Basin to the east from other compe... More
Fort Benton Bridge, Spanning Missouri River, Fort Benton, Chouteau Cou...
Significance: Fort Benton has a long history in Montana. It was s fur trading post before the formation of Montana territory. In order to hold the town's trade with the Judith Basin to the east from other compe... More
Havemeyer-Willcox Canal System, Rifle, Garfield County, CO
Significance: The canal system is an example of a turn-of-the-century irrigation project linked with a period of intensive development of the Colorado Western Slope. The system is a distinctive example of turn-... More
Havemeyer-Willcox Canal System, Rifle, Garfield County, CO
Significance: The canal system is an example of a turn-of-the-century irrigation project linked with a period of intensive development of the Colorado Western Slope. The system is a distinctive example of turn-... More
Havemeyer-Willcox Canal System, Rifle, Garfield County, CO
Significance: The canal system is an example of a turn-of-the-century irrigation project linked with a period of intensive development of the Colorado Western Slope. The system is a distinctive example of turn-... More
Havemeyer-Willcox Canal System, Rifle, Garfield County, CO
Significance: The canal system is an example of a turn-of-the-century irrigation project linked with a period of intensive development of the Colorado Western Slope. The system is a distinctive example of turn-... More
Havemeyer-Willcox Canal System, Rifle, Garfield County, CO
Significance: The canal system is an example of a turn-of-the-century irrigation project linked with a period of intensive development of the Colorado Western Slope. The system is a distinctive example of turn-... More
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, Charles Mill, 106.0 miles above tidewater (ab...
Significance: Charles' Mill, located on the berm side of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal 108 miles above tidewater, is one of the few remaining examples of an economic reason for the canal's existence. The flour... More
La inundación de Guanajuato y su causa verdadera
Broadside, on recto, has image of people struggling in flood waters, with town and mountainside in background. The text refers to the flood in Guanajuato, which occurred on Friday, June 30, 1905, and killed mor... More
Gibson Bridge, Spanning Watauga River on Herb Hodge Road, Watauga Flat...
Significance: The bridge is significant as a somewhat rare surviving example of a once common truss type, the Pennsylvania (Petit) truss. It derives secondary significance from its association with the Nashvill... More
Peak House, 322 South Second Street, Manhattan, Riley County, KS
Significance: The Peak House was determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places in 1990 because of the building's architectural characteristics reflecting distinctive type, period, and method ... More