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Lincoln Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Lincoln Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbia,...

Significance: One of Washington's largest and most well known monuments, it serves as an anchor to the western end of the Mall. Statue of Lincoln on interior is one of the most famous works by noted sculpture D... More

Lincoln Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Lincoln Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbia,...

Significance: One of Washington's largest and most well known monuments, it serves as an anchor to the western end of the Mall. Statue of Lincoln on interior is one of the most famous works by noted sculpture D... More

Lincoln Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Lincoln Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbia,...

Significance: One of Washington's largest and most well known monuments, it serves as an anchor to the western end of the Mall. Statue of Lincoln on interior is one of the most famous works by noted sculpture D... More

Lincoln Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Lincoln Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbia,...

Significance: One of Washington's largest and most well known monuments, it serves as an anchor to the western end of the Mall. Statue of Lincoln on interior is one of the most famous works by noted sculpture D... More

Lincoln Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Lincoln Memorial, West Potomac Park, Washington, District of Columbia,...

Significance: One of Washington's largest and most well known monuments, it serves as an anchor to the western end of the Mall. Statue of Lincoln on interior is one of the most famous works by noted sculpture D... More

Three Sisters Bridges, Sixth Street Bridge, Spanning Allegheny River at Sixth Street, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Three Sisters Bridges, Sixth Street Bridge, Spanning Allegheny River a...

Significance: The Three Sisters Bridges represent an adaptive engineering design response to political and technical concerns. County engineers successfully maneuvered around federally-mandated clearances, aest... More

Los Angeles Aqueduct, From Lee Vining Intake (Mammoth Lakes) to Van Norman Reservoir Complex (San Fernando Valley), Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Los Angeles Aqueduct, From Lee Vining Intake (Mammoth Lakes) to Van No...

Significance: The Los Angeles Aqueduct and its Mono Basin Extension delivers water to the City of Los Angeles from the Mono Basin in the Sierra Nevada Mountains through Owens Valley and across the Mojave Desert... More

Los Angeles Aqueduct, From Lee Vining Intake (Mammoth Lakes) to Van Norman Reservoir Complex (San Fernando Valley), Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Los Angeles Aqueduct, From Lee Vining Intake (Mammoth Lakes) to Van No...

Significance: The Los Angeles Aqueduct and its Mono Basin Extension delivers water to the City of Los Angeles from the Mono Basin in the Sierra Nevada Mountains through Owens Valley and across the Mojave Desert... More

Pittsburgh Steel Company, Monessen Works, Donner Avenue, Monessen, Westmoreland County, PA

Pittsburgh Steel Company, Monessen Works, Donner Avenue, Monessen, Wes...

Significance: One of several large steel making complexes in the Monongahela River Valley in southwestern Pennsylvania, the Pittsburgh Steel Company's Monessen Works grew from a rod and wire mill to a fully int... More

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter WHITE HOLLY, U.S. Coast Guard 8th District Base, 4640 Urquhart Street, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter WHITE HOLLY, U.S. Coast Guard 8th District Bas...

Significance: WHITE HOLLY was originally constructed as a yard lighter YF 341 for the U.S. Navy YF 257 class. This class of vessel provided logistical support to naval operations during World War II. Followin... More

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter WHITE HOLLY, U.S. Coast Guard 8th District Base, 4640 Urquhart Street, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter WHITE HOLLY, U.S. Coast Guard 8th District Bas...

Significance: WHITE HOLLY was originally constructed as a yard lighter YF 341 for the U.S. Navy YF 257 class. This class of vessel provided logistical support to naval operations during World War II. Followin... More

W. A. Young & Sons Foundry & Machine Shop, On Water Street along Monongahela River, Rices Landing, Greene County, PA

W. A. Young & Sons Foundry & Machine Shop, On Water Street along Monon...

Significance: W. A. Young and Sons Foundry and Machine Shop is a well-preserved example of a local machine shop that served the industrial and personal needs of its surrounding area. It represents a transition... More

Rosie the Riveter National Historical Park, 1401 Marina Way South, Richmond, Contra Costa County, CA

Rosie the Riveter National Historical Park, 1401 Marina Way South, Ric...

Survey number: HAER CA-326 Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

City of Saint Paul, Saint Paul, Aleutians West Census Area, AK

City of Saint Paul, Saint Paul, Aleutians West Census Area, AK

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N971 Survey number: HABS AK-62

Columbia Basin Project, Grand Coulee Dam & Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake, Across Columbia River, Southeast of Town of Grand Coulee, Grand Coulee, Grant County, WA

Columbia Basin Project, Grand Coulee Dam & Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake,...

The Columbia Basin Project is located in 5 counties: Ferry, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan, and Stevens Significance: At the time of construction, Grand Coulee Dam was the most massive structure ever built: construct... More

Muscogee Manufacturing Company, Front Avenue & Fourteenth Street, Columbus, Muscogee County, GA

Muscogee Manufacturing Company, Front Avenue & Fourteenth Street, Colu...

Significance: Each successive mill of the Muscogee complex has its own character and significance. All buildings erected at the site since 1868 remain standing, an unusual massing of industrial buildings which... More

Fisher-Fallgatter Mill, Waupaca, Waupaca County, WI

Fisher-Fallgatter Mill, Waupaca, Waupaca County, WI

Significance: The Fisher-Fallgatter Mill stands as one of the few surviving flour mills in Wisconsin. Less than a century ago, hundreds of flour and gristmills were scattered across the state as settlers found ... More

Fisher-Fallgatter Mill, Waupaca, Waupaca County, WI

Fisher-Fallgatter Mill, Waupaca, Waupaca County, WI

Significance: The Fisher-Fallgatter Mill stands as one of the few surviving flour mills in Wisconsin. Less than a century ago, hundreds of flour and gristmills were scattered across the state as settlers found ... More

Ship "Falls of Clyde", Hawaii Maritime Center,Pier 7, Honolulu, Honolulu County, HI

Ship "Falls of Clyde", Hawaii Maritime Center,Pier 7, Honolulu, Honolu...

Significance: Falls of Clyde, a National Historic Landmark vessel, is the world's only surviving four-masted, full-rigged ship and the only surviving sailing oil tanker left afloat in the world. Built as a bul... More

Potomac Power Plant, On West Virginia Shore of Potomac River, about 1 mile upriver from confluence with Shenandoah River, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, WV

Potomac Power Plant, On West Virginia Shore of Potomac River, about 1 ...

Significance: The Potomac Power Plant was an innovative small hydroelectric facility that operated from 1899 to 1991, originally as part of a wood pulp mill (built 1888), and solely as a power house after a fir... More

Potomac Power Plant, On West Virginia Shore of Potomac River, about 1 mile upriver from confluence with Shenandoah River, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, WV

Potomac Power Plant, On West Virginia Shore of Potomac River, about 1 ...

Significance: The Potomac Power Plant was an innovative small hydroelectric facility that operated from 1899 to 1991, originally as part of a wood pulp mill (built 1888), and solely as a power house after a fir... More

U.S. Steel Homestead Works, Auxiliary Buildings & Shops, Along Monongahela River, Homestead, Allegheny County, PA

U.S. Steel Homestead Works, Auxiliary Buildings & Shops, Along Mononga...

See also HAER PA-200 for additional documentation. Includes written data (pages 147 through 179). Significance: As a group, the structures and steel-making equipment from Homestead Works represented one of the ... More

San Mateo Ferry, South end of Lake Union, Seattle, King County, WA

San Mateo Ferry, South end of Lake Union, Seattle, King County, WA

Significance: Steam ferryboat employed on San Francisco Bay, and later on Puget Sound. Last remaining steam powered auto ferry of a once larger fleet on the West Coast. Also the last steam powered auto ferry l... More

D'Hanis Brick Works, D'Hanis, Medina County, TX

D'Hanis Brick Works, D'Hanis, Medina County, TX

Survey number: HAER TX-12 Building/structure dates: 1913 Initial Construction

Kalaupapa Water Supply System, Waikolu Valley to Kalaupapa Settlement, Island of Molokai, Kalaupapa, Kalawao County, HI

Kalaupapa Water Supply System, Waikolu Valley to Kalaupapa Settlement,...

The address used in title block for the measured drawings incorrectly identifies the location as Maui County. The Kalaupapa Water Supply System is located in Kalawao County. Significance: From 1866, Hawaiians ... More

B Building, 3001 Miller Road, Dearborn, Wayne County, MI

B Building, 3001 Miller Road, Dearborn, Wayne County, MI

Survey number: HAER MI-356 Public domain photograph of a car, history of automobile design, car model, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hook Windmill, North Main Street at Pantigo Road, East Hampton, Suffolk County, NY

Hook Windmill, North Main Street at Pantigo Road, East Hampton, Suffol...

Significance: The Hook Windmill is one of eleven surviving 18th and early 19th century wind-powered gristmills on Long Island. The mill is one of three extant windmills built by Nathaniel Dominy V, a prominent... More

Hook Windmill, North Main Street at Pantigo Road, East Hampton, Suffolk County, NY

Hook Windmill, North Main Street at Pantigo Road, East Hampton, Suffol...

Significance: The Hook Windmill is one of eleven surviving 18th and early 19th century wind-powered gristmills on Long Island. The mill is one of three extant windmills built by Nathaniel Dominy V, a prominent... More

Missouri Botanical Garden, Linnaean House, 2345 Tower Grove Avenue, Saint Louis, Independent City, MO

Missouri Botanical Garden, Linnaean House, 2345 Tower Grove Avenue, Sa...

Significance: A well-preserved example of the mid-19th century type of greenhouse and features unusual decorative brickwork. The only remaining one of Shaw's original greenhouses, it is probably the oldest stru... More

Tacoma Narrows Bridge, Spanning Narrows at State Route 16, Tacoma, Pierce County, WA

Tacoma Narrows Bridge, Spanning Narrows at State Route 16, Tacoma, Pie...

Significance: The Tacoma Narrows Bridge was the first suspension span constructed in the United States after its predecessor's failure in 1940 from wind-induced torsional oscillations. Research of design flaws... More

Womack's Mill, Yanceyville, Caswell County, NC

Womack's Mill, Yanceyville, Caswell County, NC

Significance: Womack's Mill, constructed in 1909, is the only flour mill still standing in Caswell County. The mill dam was constructed in 1826 and is intact. The mill was designed for one run of stones and f... More

Historic Columbia River Highway, Troutdale, Multnomah County, OR

Historic Columbia River Highway, Troutdale, Multnomah County, OR

Significance: The Historic Columbia River Highway is one of the oldest scenic highways in the United States. It was an early twentieth-century technical and civic achievement, successfully mixing sensitivity t... More

Historic Columbia River Highway, Troutdale, Multnomah County, OR

Historic Columbia River Highway, Troutdale, Multnomah County, OR

Significance: The Historic Columbia River Highway is one of the oldest scenic highways in the United States. It was an early twentieth-century technical and civic achievement, successfully mixing sensitivity t... More

Dry Dock Engine Works, 1801 Atwater Street, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Dry Dock Engine Works, 1801 Atwater Street, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Significance: The Dry Dock Engine Works is significance, first of all, because of its role in manufacturing and repairing marine steam engines and boilers for Great Lakes freighters and passenger vessels from 1... More

City Mills Company, Eighteenth Street & First Avenue, Columbus, Muscogee County, GA

City Mills Company, Eighteenth Street & First Avenue, Columbus, Muscog...

Significance: Grist milling has been continuous at the site since the City Mills were established in 1828. Some of the newer buildings house offices, equipment, and warehouses used in the production of feed. ... More

NASA Langley Research Center, Seaplane Towing Channel, 108 Andrews Street, Hampton, Hampton, Virginia

NASA Langley Research Center, Seaplane Towing Channel, 108 Andrews Str...

Significance: This facility performed an essential function in solving design problems that are unique to seaplanes. Several major principles of seaplane hull configuration were developed at this facility. The... More

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