Lakeview Pumping Station, Clarendon & Montrose Avenues, Chicago, Cook ...
Significance: The station supplied a large portion of Chicago's water needs throughout the first half of the 20th century. Equipment at the site included 3 Nordberg pumping engines and a Bethlehem Steel Co. pu... More
Lakeview Pumping Station, Clarendon & Montrose Avenues, Chicago, Cook ...
Significance: The station supplied a large portion of Chicago's water needs throughout the first half of the 20th century. Equipment at the site included 3 Nordberg pumping engines and a Bethlehem Steel Co. pu... More
Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel, Lock & Dam No. 9, Lynxville, C...
See HAER MN-20, Upper Mississippi River Nine-Foot Channel Project History, Locks and Dams 3-10, for additional information. Significance: The Upper Mississippi River Lock and Dam Project represents one of the l... More
Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel Project, Lock & Dam No. 7, Dres...
Significance: The Upper Mississippi River Lock and Dam Project represents one of the largest and most ambitious of such undertakings. With root in the Progressive Era, the project was adopted by New Deal propo... More
Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel Project, Lock & Dam No. 7, Dres...
Significance: The Upper Mississippi River Lock and Dam Project represents one of the largest and most ambitious of such undertakings. With root in the Progressive Era, the project was adopted by New Deal propo... More
Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel Project, Lock & Dam No. 7, Dres...
Significance: The Upper Mississippi River Lock and Dam Project represents one of the largest and most ambitious of such undertakings. With root in the Progressive Era, the project was adopted by New Deal propo... More
Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel Project, Lock & Dam No. 7, Dres...
Significance: The Upper Mississippi River Lock and Dam Project represents one of the largest and most ambitious of such undertakings. With root in the Progressive Era, the project was adopted by New Deal propo... More
Pawtucket Canal, Swamp Locks, Pawtucket & Merrimack Canals, Lowell, Mi...
Significance: The Swamp Locks complex consists of a flight of two navigation locks with a dam at the west end of the upper lock. The original locks opened in 1797, and were rebuilt in 1822-1823 when this confi... More
New Croton Dam & Reservoir, Croton River, Croton-on-Hudson, Westcheste...
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Coolidge Dam, Gila River, Peridot, Gila County, AZ - Bureau of Indian ...
Significance: Coolidge Dam remedied the water needs of the Pima and Maricopa Tribes on the Gila River Reservation, and also provided water for the neighboring Anglo community. Structurally, Coolidge Dam was th... More
Coolidge Dam, Gila River, Peridot, Gila County, AZ - Bureau of Indian ...
Significance: Coolidge Dam remedied the water needs of the Pima and Maricopa Tribes on the Gila River Reservation, and also provided water for the neighboring Anglo community. Structurally, Coolidge Dam was th... More
Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel Project, Lock & Dam No. 5A, Win...
Significance: The Upper Mississippi River Lock and Dam Project represents one of the largest and most ambitious of such undertakings. With root in the Progressive Era, the project was adopted by New Deal propo... 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
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
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
Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel Project, Lock & Dam No. 5, Minn...
Significance: The Upper Mississippi River Lock and Dam Project represents one of the largest and most ambitious of such undertakings. With root in the Progressive Era, the project was adopted by New Deal propo... More
Continental Gin Company, Prattville, Autauga County, AL
Significance: The site was acquired by Daniel Pratt in 1838, and he soon established grist and lumber and shingle mills there. By 1844, he had opened a cotton gin plant, the products of which were in great dem... More
Continental Gin Company, Prattville, Autauga County, AL
Significance: The site was acquired by Daniel Pratt in 1838, and he soon established grist and lumber and shingle mills there. By 1844, he had opened a cotton gin plant, the products of which were in great dem... More
Eads Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River at Washington Street, Saint Lo...
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Eads Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River at Washington Street, Saint Lo...
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Eads Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River at Washington Street, Saint Lo...
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Eads Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River at Washington Street, Saint Lo...
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Eads Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River at Washington Street, Saint Lo...
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Slater Mill, Pawtucket, Providence County, RI
For additional documentation, see also Slater Mill (HABS RI-82). Significance: The Slater Mill was the first successful cotton factory, and the first water powered spinning mill using the Arkwright system of ca... More
Slater Mill, Pawtucket, Providence County, RI
For additional documentation, see also Slater Mill (HABS RI-82). Significance: The Slater Mill was the first successful cotton factory, and the first water powered spinning mill using the Arkwright system of ca... More
Old Croton Aqueduct, Mill River Waste Weir, U.S. Route 9 at Sleepy Hol...
Significance: The Old Croton Aqueduct is an outstanding example of 19th century civil engineering and was New York City's first municipal water project. The waste weir formed an integral part of the aqueduct s... 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
Western Canal, Tremont Gatehouse, Western & Lawrence Canals, Lowell, M...
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Lawrence Canal, Lawrence Dam, Lawrence & Merrimack Canals, Lowell, Mid...
Significance: The existing dam was built in 1845 to replace the original one constructed in 1831. Its purpose was to maintain the water level in the Lawrence Canal, which is powered the Lawrence Mills. Survey... More
Lowell Canal System, Pawtucket Dam, Merrimack River,above Pawtucket Fa...
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Outlook Irrigation District, Pumping Plant & Woodstave Pipe, Hudson Ro...
Significance: The Outlook Irrigation District (OID) is part of one of the earliest, largest, and most successful federal reclamation projects, the Yakima Project. The OID is part of the Sunnyside Division of t... More
Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel, Lock & Dam No. 6, Trempealeau,...
Significance: The Upper Mississippi River Lock and Dam Project represents one of the largest and most ambitious of such undertakings. With roots in the Progressive Era, the project was adopted by New Deal prop... More
Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel, Lock & Dam No. 6, Trempealeau,...
Significance: The Upper Mississippi River Lock and Dam Project represents one of the largest and most ambitious of such undertakings. With roots in the Progressive Era, the project was adopted by New Deal prop... More
Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel, Lock & Dam No. 6, Trempealeau,...
Significance: The Upper Mississippi River Lock and Dam Project represents one of the largest and most ambitious of such undertakings. With roots in the Progressive Era, the project was adopted by New Deal prop... More
Blackstone Canal, Albion, Providence County, RI
Significance: The Blackstone canal was one of the regions first long distance transportation systems. It was one of the waterways that helped to spawn the industrial development that took place in the Blacksto... More
Bureau of Mines Metallurgical Research Laboratory, Original Building, ...
Significance: Building 200, as part of the Date Street Complex, was part of the Bureau of Mines Electrometallurgical Research Facility located in Boulder City. As such, it is within the designated Boulder City... 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
Boston Water Works, Chestnut Hill High-Service Pumping Station, 2450 B...
Significance: With the construction of the Roxbury Standpipe in 1870 and a small pumping station nearby, the Boston Water Board had introduced water to the higher elevations of Roxbury and other parts of Boston... More
Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel, Lock & Dam No. 8, On Mississip...
See HAER MN-20, Upper Mississippi River Nine-Foot Channel Project History, Locks and Dams 3-10, for additional information. Significance: The Upper Mississippi River Lock and Dam Project represents one of the l... More
Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel, Lock & Dam No. 8, On Mississip...
See HAER MN-20, Upper Mississippi River Nine-Foot Channel Project History, Locks and Dams 3-10, for additional information. Significance: The Upper Mississippi River Lock and Dam Project represents one of the l... More
Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel, Lock & Dam No. 8, On Mississip...
See HAER MN-20, Upper Mississippi River Nine-Foot Channel Project History, Locks and Dams 3-10, for additional information. Significance: The Upper Mississippi River Lock and Dam Project represents one of the l... More
Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel, Lock & Dam No. 8, On Mississip...
See HAER MN-20, Upper Mississippi River Nine-Foot Channel Project History, Locks and Dams 3-10, for additional information. Significance: The Upper Mississippi River Lock and Dam Project represents one of the l... More
Water Power Development at Falls of Chattahoochee, Chattahoochee River...
Significance: As the Chattahoochee crosses the fall line at Columbus, Georgia, it falls 125 feet within 2 1/2 miles producing a potential energy of between 66,000 and 99,000 horsepower. That water power made C... More
Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, P...
See also HABS PA-1654 for additional documentation. Significance: The Fairmount Water Works is perhaps the premier example of early nineteenth-century American industrial architecture. It was built to supply P... More
Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, P...
See also HABS PA-1654 for additional documentation. Significance: The Fairmount Water Works is perhaps the premier example of early nineteenth-century American industrial architecture. It was built to supply P... More
Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, P...
See also HABS PA-1654 for additional documentation. Significance: The Fairmount Water Works is perhaps the premier example of early nineteenth-century American industrial architecture. It was built to supply P... More
Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, P...
See also HABS PA-1654 for additional documentation. Significance: The Fairmount Water Works is perhaps the premier example of early nineteenth-century American industrial architecture. It was built to supply P... More
Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, P...
See also HABS PA-1654 for additional documentation. Significance: The Fairmount Water Works is perhaps the premier example of early nineteenth-century American industrial architecture. It was built to supply P... More
Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel, Lock & Dam No. 4, Alma, Buffal...
Significance: This lock and dam was the first constructed as part of the Upper Mississippi River Nine-Foot Channel Project. It contains the standard items on most of the lock and dam structures in this project... More
Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel, Lock & Dam No. 4, Alma, Buffal...
Significance: This lock and dam was the first constructed as part of the Upper Mississippi River Nine-Foot Channel Project. It contains the standard items on most of the lock and dam structures in this project... More
Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel, Lock & Dam No. 4, Alma, Buffal...
Significance: This lock and dam was the first constructed as part of the Upper Mississippi River Nine-Foot Channel Project. It contains the standard items on most of the lock and dam structures in this project... More
Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel, Lock & Dam No. 4, Alma, Buffal...
Significance: This lock and dam was the first constructed as part of the Upper Mississippi River Nine-Foot Channel Project. It contains the standard items on most of the lock and dam structures in this project... More
Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel, Lock & Dam No. 4, Alma, Buffal...
Significance: This lock and dam was the first constructed as part of the Upper Mississippi River Nine-Foot Channel Project. It contains the standard items on most of the lock and dam structures in this project... More
Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel Project, Lock & Dam No. 3, Red ...
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Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel Project, Lock & Dam No. 3, Red ...
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Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel, Lock & Dam No. 9, Lynxville, C...
See HAER MN-20, Upper Mississippi River Nine-Foot Channel Project History, Locks and Dams 3-10, for additional information. Significance: The Upper Mississippi River Lock and Dam Project represents one of the l... More
Pawtucket Canal, Swamp Locks, Pawtucket & Merrimack Canals, Lowell, Mi...
Significance: The Swamp Locks complex consists of a flight of two navigation locks with a dam at the west end of the upper lock. The original locks opened in 1797, and were rebuilt in 1822-1823 when this confi... More
Pawtucket Canal, Swamp Locks, Pawtucket & Merrimack Canals, Lowell, Mi...
Significance: The Swamp Locks complex consists of a flight of two navigation locks with a dam at the west end of the upper lock. The original locks opened in 1797, and were rebuilt in 1822-1823 when this confi... More
New Croton Dam & Reservoir, Croton River, Croton-on-Hudson, Westcheste...
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New Croton Dam & Reservoir, Croton River, Croton-on-Hudson, Westcheste...
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Coolidge Dam, Gila River, Peridot, Gila County, AZ - Bureau of Indian ...
Significance: Coolidge Dam remedied the water needs of the Pima and Maricopa Tribes on the Gila River Reservation, and also provided water for the neighboring Anglo community. Structurally, Coolidge Dam was th... More
Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel Project, Lock & Dam No. 5A, Win...
Significance: The Upper Mississippi River Lock and Dam Project represents one of the largest and most ambitious of such undertakings. With root in the Progressive Era, the project was adopted by New Deal propo... More
Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel Project, Lock & Dam No. 5A, Win...
Significance: The Upper Mississippi River Lock and Dam Project represents one of the largest and most ambitious of such undertakings. With root in the Progressive Era, the project was adopted by New Deal propo... More
Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel Project, Lock & Dam No. 5A, Win...
Significance: The Upper Mississippi River Lock and Dam Project represents one of the largest and most ambitious of such undertakings. With root in the Progressive Era, the project was adopted by New Deal propo... 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
Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel Project, Lock & Dam No. 5, Minn...
Significance: The Upper Mississippi River Lock and Dam Project represents one of the largest and most ambitious of such undertakings. With root in the Progressive Era, the project was adopted by New Deal propo... More
Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel Project, Lock & Dam No. 5, Minn...
Significance: The Upper Mississippi River Lock and Dam Project represents one of the largest and most ambitious of such undertakings. With root in the Progressive Era, the project was adopted by New Deal propo... More
Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel Project, Lock & Dam No. 5, Minn...
Significance: The Upper Mississippi River Lock and Dam Project represents one of the largest and most ambitious of such undertakings. With root in the Progressive Era, the project was adopted by New Deal propo... More
Continental Gin Company, Prattville, Autauga County, AL
Significance: The site was acquired by Daniel Pratt in 1838, and he soon established grist and lumber and shingle mills there. By 1844, he had opened a cotton gin plant, the products of which were in great dem... More
Continental Gin Company, Prattville, Autauga County, AL
Significance: The site was acquired by Daniel Pratt in 1838, and he soon established grist and lumber and shingle mills there. By 1844, he had opened a cotton gin plant, the products of which were in great dem... More
Eads Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River at Washington Street, Saint Lo...
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Eads Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River at Washington Street, Saint Lo...
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