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Richmond Field Hospital, 1330 Cutting Boulevard, Richmond, Contra Costa County, CA

Richmond Field Hospital, 1330 Cutting Boulevard, Richmond, Contra Cost...

Significance: The Richmond Field Hospital for the Kaiser Shipyards was financed by the United States Maritime Commission, and opened on August 10, 1942. Sponsored by Henry J. Kaiser's Permanente Foundation, it ... More

Richmond Field Hospital, 1330 Cutting Boulevard, Richmond, Contra Costa County, CA

Richmond Field Hospital, 1330 Cutting Boulevard, Richmond, Contra Cost...

Significance: The Richmond Field Hospital for the Kaiser Shipyards was financed by the United States Maritime Commission, and opened on August 10, 1942. Sponsored by Henry J. Kaiser's Permanente Foundation, it ... More

New York State Barge Canal, Lockport Locks, Richmond Avenue, Lockport, Niagara County, NY

New York State Barge Canal, Lockport Locks, Richmond Avenue, Lockport,...

Locks E34 and E35 were surveyed as part of the 2009 New York State Barge Canal survey; see HAER Nos. NY-515 (Lock E34) and NY-516 (Lock E35). Significance: Locks 67-71 (north flight) comprise a rare 19th-centur... More

New York State Barge Canal, Lockport Locks, Richmond Avenue, Lockport, Niagara County, NY

New York State Barge Canal, Lockport Locks, Richmond Avenue, Lockport,...

Locks E34 and E35 were surveyed as part of the 2009 New York State Barge Canal survey; see HAER Nos. NY-515 (Lock E34) and NY-516 (Lock E35). Significance: Locks 67-71 (north flight) comprise a rare 19th-centur... More

New York State Barge Canal, Lockport Locks, Richmond Avenue, Lockport, Niagara County, NY

New York State Barge Canal, Lockport Locks, Richmond Avenue, Lockport,...

Locks E34 and E35 were surveyed as part of the 2009 New York State Barge Canal survey; see HAER Nos. NY-515 (Lock E34) and NY-516 (Lock E35). Significance: Locks 67-71 (north flight) comprise a rare 19th-centur... More

New York State Barge Canal, Lockport Locks, Richmond Avenue, Lockport, Niagara County, NY

New York State Barge Canal, Lockport Locks, Richmond Avenue, Lockport,...

Locks E34 and E35 were surveyed as part of the 2009 New York State Barge Canal survey; see HAER Nos. NY-515 (Lock E34) and NY-516 (Lock E35). Significance: Locks 67-71 (north flight) comprise a rare 19th-centur... More

New York State Barge Canal, Lockport Locks, Richmond Avenue, Lockport, Niagara County, NY

New York State Barge Canal, Lockport Locks, Richmond Avenue, Lockport,...

Locks E34 and E35 were surveyed as part of the 2009 New York State Barge Canal survey; see HAER Nos. NY-515 (Lock E34) and NY-516 (Lock E35). Significance: Locks 67-71 (north flight) comprise a rare 19th-centur... More

New York State Barge Canal, Lockport Locks, Richmond Avenue, Lockport, Niagara County, NY

New York State Barge Canal, Lockport Locks, Richmond Avenue, Lockport,...

Locks E34 and E35 were surveyed as part of the 2009 New York State Barge Canal survey; see HAER Nos. NY-515 (Lock E34) and NY-516 (Lock E35). Significance: Locks 67-71 (north flight) comprise a rare 19th-centur... More

Colonial Parkway, C&O Railroad Underpass, Milepost 12.54 of Colonial Parkway, Yorktown, York County, Virginia

Colonial Parkway, C&O Railroad Underpass, Milepost 12.54 of Colonial P...

Significance: The C&O Railroad Underpass represents a typical 1930s brick-faced arch reinforced concrete bridge constructed on the Colonial Parkway. Charles Peterson based his design of this bridge on the 1860... More

Colonial Parkway, C&O Railroad Underpass, Milepost 12.54 of Colonial Parkway, Yorktown, York County, Virginia

Colonial Parkway, C&O Railroad Underpass, Milepost 12.54 of Colonial P...

Significance: The C&O Railroad Underpass represents a typical 1930s brick-faced arch reinforced concrete bridge constructed on the Colonial Parkway. Charles Peterson based his design of this bridge on the 1860... More

South Branch Quantico Creek Bridge, NPS Route 11 spanning south branch of Quantico Creek, Dumfries, Prince William County, Virginia

South Branch Quantico Creek Bridge, NPS Route 11 spanning south branch...

Significance: The design and construction of this structure represent a renewal of interest in rustic forms of architecture that also influenced the construction of this bridge. This style highlighted the use ... More

Murray Body Company Complex, 7590 Russell, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Murray Body Company Complex, 7590 Russell, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

See HAER MI-416, Detroit's Milwaukee Junction Survey, for additional information, and HAER MI-343 for additional photographs. Significance: This 1920s complex of buildings is associated with the early automobil... More

Robert B. Morse Water Filtration Plant, 10700 and 10701 Columbia Pike, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

Robert B. Morse Water Filtration Plant, 10700 and 10701 Columbia Pike,...

Significance: Constructed by the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission and opened in 1936, the Robert B. Morse Water Filtration Plant is significant for its unique filter assembly designed by Chief Engineer R... More

Robert B. Morse Water Filtration Plant, 10700 and 10701 Columbia Pike, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

Robert B. Morse Water Filtration Plant, 10700 and 10701 Columbia Pike,...

Significance: Constructed by the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission and opened in 1936, the Robert B. Morse Water Filtration Plant is significant for its unique filter assembly designed by Chief Engineer R... More

Robert B. Morse Water Filtration Plant, 10700 and 10701 Columbia Pike, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

Robert B. Morse Water Filtration Plant, 10700 and 10701 Columbia Pike,...

Significance: Constructed by the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission and opened in 1936, the Robert B. Morse Water Filtration Plant is significant for its unique filter assembly designed by Chief Engineer R... More

Robert B. Morse Water Filtration Plant, 10700 and 10701 Columbia Pike, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

Robert B. Morse Water Filtration Plant, 10700 and 10701 Columbia Pike,...

Significance: Constructed by the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission and opened in 1936, the Robert B. Morse Water Filtration Plant is significant for its unique filter assembly designed by Chief Engineer R... More

Larimer Avenue Bridge, Spanning Washington Boulevard at Larimer Avenue (State Route 8), Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Larimer Avenue Bridge, Spanning Washington Boulevard at Larimer Avenue...

Significance: At the time of its construction, the bridge was the world's longest reinforced concrete arch span. The bridge was part of a large public works program in Pittsburgh responding to several reports c... More

U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, Heat Treatment Plant, Along Monongahela River, Duquesne, Allegheny County, PA

U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, Heat Treatment Plant, Along Monongahela Riv...

See also HAER PA-115 for additional documentation. Includes written data (pages 182 through 189). Significance: The construction of the Duquesne Steel Works marked an important event in the movement toward inte... More

U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, Heat Treatment Plant, Along Monongahela River, Duquesne, Allegheny County, PA

U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, Heat Treatment Plant, Along Monongahela Riv...

See also HAER PA-115 for additional documentation. Includes written data (pages 182 through 189). Significance: The construction of the Duquesne Steel Works marked an important event in the movement toward inte... More

Spout Run Arch Bridge, Eastbound, spanning Spout Run, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia

Spout Run Arch Bridge, Eastbound, spanning Spout Run, Arlington, Arlin...

Significance: The best example of the use of pure structural form for aesthetic expression on the parkway and possibly in the district. Survey number: HAER VA-79 Building/structure dates: 1958-1959 Initial Co... More

Semiahmoo Cannery, On Boundary Bay near Canadian border, Blaine, Whatcom County, WA

Semiahmoo Cannery, On Boundary Bay near Canadian border, Blaine, Whatc...

Significance: A representative example of an early 20th-century fish packing and canning facility. The Semiahmoo Cannery survives with most of its buildings and machinery intact. Survey number: HAER WA-11

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Mount Clare Shops, South side of Pratt Street between Carey & Poppleton Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Mount Clare Shops, South side of Pratt Stre...

Significance: Mount Clare Shops were the earliest railroad shops in the western hemisphere, if not the world. The B & O had a facility at this site since 1829. At its height, it was the most comprehensive, se... More

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Mount Clare Shops, South side of Pratt Street between Carey & Poppleton Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Mount Clare Shops, South side of Pratt Stre...

Significance: Mount Clare Shops were the earliest railroad shops in the western hemisphere, if not the world. The B & O had a facility at this site since 1829. At its height, it was the most comprehensive, se... More

City of Skagway, Skagway, Skagway, AK

City of Skagway, Skagway, Skagway, AK

This survey was originally located in the Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon Census Area. The name of the borough was changed to Skagway. Survey number: HABS AK-15 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000943

City of Skagway, Skagway, Skagway, AK

City of Skagway, Skagway, Skagway, AK

This survey was originally located in the Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon Census Area. The name of the borough was changed to Skagway. Survey number: HABS AK-15 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000943

City of Skagway, Skagway, Skagway, AK

City of Skagway, Skagway, Skagway, AK

This survey was originally located in the Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon Census Area. The name of the borough was changed to Skagway. Survey number: HABS AK-15 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000943

City of Skagway, Skagway, Skagway, AK

City of Skagway, Skagway, Skagway, AK

This survey was originally located in the Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon Census Area. The name of the borough was changed to Skagway. Survey number: HABS AK-15 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000943

City of Skagway, Skagway, Skagway, AK

City of Skagway, Skagway, Skagway, AK

This survey was originally located in the Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon Census Area. The name of the borough was changed to Skagway. Survey number: HABS AK-15 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000943

Green Butte Copper Company, Stables, McCarthy Creek 12 miles Northeast of McCarthy, McCarthy, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Green Butte Copper Company, Stables, McCarthy Creek 12 miles Northeast...

Significance: Used by the Green Butte Copper Company from 1921 to 1926, this 21'1" x 39'10" structure with saddle-notched corners, was constructed of logs and fabric chink with a corrugated metal roof. It has ... More

Green Butte Copper Company, Stables, McCarthy Creek 12 miles Northeast of McCarthy, McCarthy, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Green Butte Copper Company, Stables, McCarthy Creek 12 miles Northeast...

Significance: Used by the Green Butte Copper Company from 1921 to 1926, this 21'1" x 39'10" structure with saddle-notched corners, was constructed of logs and fabric chink with a corrugated metal roof. It has ... More

Western Maryland Railway, Cumberland Extension, Pearre to North Branch, from WM milepost 125 to 160, Pearre, Washington County, MD

Western Maryland Railway, Cumberland Extension, Pearre to North Branch...

Significance: The westward expansion of the Western Maryland Railway, beginning with the Cumberland Extension, was one of the last new mainlines constructed during the U.S. railroads' period of extensive growth... More

Western Maryland Railway, Cumberland Extension, Pearre to North Branch, from WM milepost 125 to 160, Pearre, Washington County, MD

Western Maryland Railway, Cumberland Extension, Pearre to North Branch...

Significance: The westward expansion of the Western Maryland Railway, beginning with the Cumberland Extension, was one of the last new mainlines constructed during the U.S. railroads' period of extensive growth... More

Western Maryland Railway, Cumberland Extension, Pearre to North Branch, from WM milepost 125 to 160, Pearre, Washington County, MD

Western Maryland Railway, Cumberland Extension, Pearre to North Branch...

Significance: The westward expansion of the Western Maryland Railway, beginning with the Cumberland Extension, was one of the last new mainlines constructed during the U.S. railroads' period of extensive growth... More

Western Maryland Railway, Cumberland Extension, Pearre to North Branch, from WM milepost 125 to 160, Pearre, Washington County, MD

Western Maryland Railway, Cumberland Extension, Pearre to North Branch...

Significance: The westward expansion of the Western Maryland Railway, beginning with the Cumberland Extension, was one of the last new mainlines constructed during the U.S. railroads' period of extensive growth... More

Western Maryland Railway, Cumberland Extension, Pearre to North Branch, from WM milepost 125 to 160, Pearre, Washington County, MD

Western Maryland Railway, Cumberland Extension, Pearre to North Branch...

Significance: The westward expansion of the Western Maryland Railway, beginning with the Cumberland Extension, was one of the last new mainlines constructed during the U.S. railroads' period of extensive growth... More

Western Maryland Railway, Cumberland Extension, Pearre to North Branch, from WM milepost 125 to 160, Pearre, Washington County, MD

Western Maryland Railway, Cumberland Extension, Pearre to North Branch...

Significance: The westward expansion of the Western Maryland Railway, beginning with the Cumberland Extension, was one of the last new mainlines constructed during the U.S. railroads' period of extensive growth... More

Western Maryland Railway, Cumberland Extension, Pearre to North Branch, from WM milepost 125 to 160, Pearre, Washington County, MD

Western Maryland Railway, Cumberland Extension, Pearre to North Branch...

Significance: The westward expansion of the Western Maryland Railway, beginning with the Cumberland Extension, was one of the last new mainlines constructed during the U.S. railroads' period of extensive growth... More

Emerson Sawmill, Scroon River, River Street, Warrensburg, Warren County, NY

Emerson Sawmill, Scroon River, River Street, Warrensburg, Warren Count...

Significance: The Emerson Sawmill was an integral part of the Warrensburg Historic District, an early 19th century industrial community based on the abundance of wood in the Adirondack wilderness. The communit... More

Emerson Sawmill, Scroon River, River Street, Warrensburg, Warren County, NY

Emerson Sawmill, Scroon River, River Street, Warrensburg, Warren Count...

Significance: The Emerson Sawmill was an integral part of the Warrensburg Historic District, an early 19th century industrial community based on the abundance of wood in the Adirondack wilderness. The communit... More

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, between Independence & Constitution Avenues, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, ...

See also HAER DC-5 for additional documentation. Significance: Built to commemorate the first president of the United States, the monument has also become a hallowed symbol of the nation's government and the ci... More

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, between Independence & Constitution Avenues, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, ...

See also HAER DC-5 for additional documentation. Significance: Built to commemorate the first president of the United States, the monument has also become a hallowed symbol of the nation's government and the ci... More

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, between Independence & Constitution Avenues, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, ...

See also HAER DC-5 for additional documentation. Significance: Built to commemorate the first president of the United States, the monument has also become a hallowed symbol of the nation's government and the ci... More

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, between Independence & Constitution Avenues, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, ...

See also HAER DC-5 for additional documentation. Significance: Built to commemorate the first president of the United States, the monument has also become a hallowed symbol of the nation's government and the ci... More

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, between Independence & Constitution Avenues, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, ...

See also HAER DC-5 for additional documentation. Significance: Built to commemorate the first president of the United States, the monument has also become a hallowed symbol of the nation's government and the ci... More

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, between Independence & Constitution Avenues, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, ...

See also HAER DC-5 for additional documentation. Significance: Built to commemorate the first president of the United States, the monument has also become a hallowed symbol of the nation's government and the ci... More

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, between Independence & Constitution Avenues, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, ...

See also HAER DC-5 for additional documentation. Significance: Built to commemorate the first president of the United States, the monument has also become a hallowed symbol of the nation's government and the ci... More

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, between Independence & Constitution Avenues, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, ...

See also HAER DC-5 for additional documentation. Significance: Built to commemorate the first president of the United States, the monument has also become a hallowed symbol of the nation's government and the ci... More

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, between Independence & Constitution Avenues, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, ...

See also HAER DC-5 for additional documentation. Significance: Built to commemorate the first president of the United States, the monument has also become a hallowed symbol of the nation's government and the ci... More

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, between Independence & Constitution Avenues, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, ...

See also HAER DC-5 for additional documentation. Significance: Built to commemorate the first president of the United States, the monument has also become a hallowed symbol of the nation's government and the ci... More

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, between Independence & Constitution Avenues, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, ...

See also HAER DC-5 for additional documentation. Significance: Built to commemorate the first president of the United States, the monument has also become a hallowed symbol of the nation's government and the ci... More

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, between Independence & Constitution Avenues, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Washington Monument, High ground West of Fifteenth Street, Northwest, ...

See also HAER DC-5 for additional documentation. Significance: Built to commemorate the first president of the United States, the monument has also become a hallowed symbol of the nation's government and the ci... More

Coram Bridge, Spanning Flathead River, Coram, Flathead County, MT

Coram Bridge, Spanning Flathead River, Coram, Flathead County, MT

Significance: This two-span, pin-connected, Baltimore dock truss bridge across the Flat River is approached from either direction by plate girder spans between trestles. The two Baltimore spans are 230' in leng... More

Coram Bridge, Spanning Flathead River, Coram, Flathead County, MT

Coram Bridge, Spanning Flathead River, Coram, Flathead County, MT

Significance: This two-span, pin-connected, Baltimore dock truss bridge across the Flat River is approached from either direction by plate girder spans between trestles. The two Baltimore spans are 230' in leng... More

Langdale Cotton Mill, Powerhouse & Dam, 5910 Nineteenth Avenue, Valley, Chambers County, AL

Langdale Cotton Mill, Powerhouse & Dam, 5910 Nineteenth Avenue, Valley...

Significance: The Langdale Cotton Mill is part of the Langdale Historic District. According to the National Register nomination, the mill consists of an "excellent group of mill buildings from the late-nineteet... More

Langdale Cotton Mill, Powerhouse & Dam, 5910 Nineteenth Avenue, Valley, Chambers County, AL

Langdale Cotton Mill, Powerhouse & Dam, 5910 Nineteenth Avenue, Valley...

Significance: The Langdale Cotton Mill is part of the Langdale Historic District. According to the National Register nomination, the mill consists of an "excellent group of mill buildings from the late-nineteet... More

Los Angeles Aqueduct, Tinemeha Dam, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Los Angeles Aqueduct, Tinemeha Dam, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, C...

Survey number: HAER CA-298-O Public domain photograph of water reservoir, lake, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Selma Cotton Mill, 218 Morgan Avenue, Selma, Dallas County, AL

Selma Cotton Mill, 218 Morgan Avenue, Selma, Dallas County, AL

Significance: The Selma Cotton Mill remains as one of the best surviving examples of a cotton mill using the Charles A.M. Praray building method, which was patented in 1894. The mill was constructed in two phas... More

Selma Cotton Mill, 218 Morgan Avenue, Selma, Dallas County, AL

Selma Cotton Mill, 218 Morgan Avenue, Selma, Dallas County, AL

Significance: The Selma Cotton Mill remains as one of the best surviving examples of a cotton mill using the Charles A.M. Praray building method, which was patented in 1894. The mill was constructed in two phas... More

Selma Cotton Mill, 218 Morgan Avenue, Selma, Dallas County, AL

Selma Cotton Mill, 218 Morgan Avenue, Selma, Dallas County, AL

Significance: The Selma Cotton Mill remains as one of the best surviving examples of a cotton mill using the Charles A.M. Praray building method, which was patented in 1894. The mill was constructed in two phas... More

Gene Wash Reservoir & Dam, 2 miles west of Parker Dam, Parker Dam, San Bernardino County, CA

Gene Wash Reservoir & Dam, 2 miles west of Parker Dam, Parker Dam, San...

Survey number: HAER CA-241 Public domain photograph of water reservoir, lake, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, Skew Arch Bridge, North Sixth Street at Woodward Street, Reading, Berks County, PA

Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, Skew Arch Bridge, North Sixth Street ...

See also HABS PA-1025 for additional documentation. Includes photographs. See also HAER PA-117 for additional documentation. Significance: This structure's three spans are extremely rare examples of true skew a... More

National Can Company, 2566 East Grand Boulevard, Detroit, Wayne County, MI

National Can Company, 2566 East Grand Boulevard, Detroit, Wayne County...

See HAER MI-416, Detroit's Milwaukee Junction Survey, for additional information. Significance: The factory was built for the National Can Company in 1916 for manufacturing aluminum cans. After the company vaca... More

Great Northern Elevator "S", Saint Louis Bay, Superior, Douglas County, WI

Great Northern Elevator "S", Saint Louis Bay, Superior, Douglas County...

Significance: The Great Northern Elevator is part of collection of Grain Elevators on Lake Superior. Dating to 1901, it was built for the Great Northern Railway. Survey number: HAER WI-109 Building/structure ... More

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Corn Crib, 2 miles South of Thibodaux on State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Corn Crib, 2 miles South of Thibodaux ...

Significance: This is the most interesting livestock-agricultural building to survive at Laurel Valley due to the hoisting assembly in the structure which facilitated the storage of feed corn. The Y-shaped tra... More

Summer Street Retractile Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel at Summer Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Summer Street Retractile Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel at Summer...

Significance: The Summer St. bridge is a rare movable type of bridge known as a retractile draw, in which the moving span is pulled diagonally away from the navigable channel on several sets of rails. Only fou... More

Equipment Garage & Machine Shop, Haul Road, Saint Paul, Aleutians West Census Area, AK

Equipment Garage & Machine Shop, Haul Road, Saint Paul, Aleutians West...

Survey number: HABS AK-214 Public domain photograph - historical image of Minnesota, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Guyn's Mill, Saw Mill, Mundy's Landing & Pauls Mill Roads, Troy, Woodford County, KY

Guyn's Mill, Saw Mill, Mundy's Landing & Pauls Mill Roads, Troy, Woodf...

Survey number: HAER KY-1-B Building/structure dates: 1850 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1920

411 Piquette Avenue (Industrial), Detroit, Wayne County, MI

411 Piquette Avenue (Industrial), Detroit, Wayne County, MI

Survey number: HAER MI-349 Public domain photograph of a city streets, cityscape, urban environment, buildings, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Savannah & Ogeechee Barge Canal, Between Ogeechee & Savannah Rivers, Savannah, Chatham County, GA

Savannah & Ogeechee Barge Canal, Between Ogeechee & Savannah Rivers, S...

For additional documentation, see also HALS GA-5 (Savannah-Ogeechee Canal) Significance: The Savannah and Ogeechee Canal was the first barge canal built in Georgia. Built during the 'canal building' era of Ame... More

Pennsylvania Railroad, Safe Harbor Bridge, Spanning mouth of Conestoga River, Safe Harbor, Lancaster County, PA

Pennsylvania Railroad, Safe Harbor Bridge, Spanning mouth of Conestoga...

Significance: The bridge is unusual two-level structure built to carry two different Pennsylvania Railroad branches. The low-grade freight line on the upper level was chief engineer William H. Brown's last majo... More

Copper Basin Reservoir & Dam, 2.5 miles west of Gene Pump Plant, Parker Dam, San Bernardino County, CA

Copper Basin Reservoir & Dam, 2.5 miles west of Gene Pump Plant, Parke...

Survey number: HAER CA-243 Public domain photograph of a lake, water, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Butte Mineyards, Badger State Mine, Butte, Silver Bow County, MT

Butte Mineyards, Badger State Mine, Butte, Silver Bow County, MT

Survey number: HAER MT-36-I Public domain photograph - Montana Folklife collection, ethnography, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Butte Mineyards, Badger State Mine, Butte, Silver Bow County, MT

Butte Mineyards, Badger State Mine, Butte, Silver Bow County, MT

Survey number: HAER MT-36-I Public domain photograph of quarry, mining industry, miners, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Kreiner Malting Grain Elevator, 50 Elk Street, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

Kreiner Malting Grain Elevator, 50 Elk Street, Buffalo, Erie County, N...

Significance: The grain elevators of Buffalo comprise the most outstanding collection of extant grain elevators in the United States, and collectively represent the variety of construction materials, building f... More

Kreiner Malting Grain Elevator, 50 Elk Street, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

Kreiner Malting Grain Elevator, 50 Elk Street, Buffalo, Erie County, N...

Significance: The grain elevators of Buffalo comprise the most outstanding collection of extant grain elevators in the United States, and collectively represent the variety of construction materials, building f... More

Pennsylvania Railroad, West Brownsville Junction Bridge, Spanning Monongahela River, north of U.S. Route 40 Bridge, West Brownsville, Washington County, PA

Pennsylvania Railroad, West Brownsville Junction Bridge, Spanning Mono...

Significance: This bridge's 401'-long Petit through truss is typical of long spans required on Monongahela River navigation. Its approaches feature an early installation of a reinforced concrete slab floor. Un... More

Blue Spring Cotton Mill, Route 20, Oxford, Calhoun County, AL

Blue Spring Cotton Mill, Route 20, Oxford, Calhoun County, AL

Significance: Blue Spring Cotton Mill was constructed in 1885 and produced 4 x 4 cotton sheeting, along with other products. Survey number: HAER AL-189 Building/structure dates: 1999 Demolished Building/stru... 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

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter WHITE PINE, U.S. Coast Guard 8th District Base, South Broad Street, Mobile, Mobile County, AL

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter WHITE PINE, U.S. Coast Guard 8th District Base...

See HAER DC-56, U.S. Coast Guard Buoy Tenders, 133' Class for overview. Significance: WHITE PINE was originally constructed as a yard lighter YF 448 for the U.S. Navy YF 257 class. This class of vessel provide... More

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter WHITE PINE, U.S. Coast Guard 8th District Base, South Broad Street, Mobile, Mobile County, AL

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter WHITE PINE, U.S. Coast Guard 8th District Base...

See HAER DC-56, U.S. Coast Guard Buoy Tenders, 133' Class for overview. Significance: WHITE PINE was originally constructed as a yard lighter YF 448 for the U.S. Navy YF 257 class. This class of vessel provide... More

Los Angeles Aqueduct, Cottonwood Power Plant, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

Los Angeles Aqueduct, Cottonwood Power Plant, Los Angeles, Los Angeles...

Survey number: HAER CA-298-S Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Merritt Parkway, White Oak Shade Road Bridge, Spanning Merritt Parkway, New Canaan, Fairfield County, CT

Merritt Parkway, White Oak Shade Road Bridge, Spanning Merritt Parkway...

Significance: The bridges of the Merritt Parkway were predominately inspired by the Art Deco and Art Moderne architectural style of the 1930s. Experimental forming techniques were employed to create the orname... More

Lehigh Valley Railroad, Easton Car Shops, Canal Street, Easton, Northampton County, PA

Lehigh Valley Railroad, Easton Car Shops, Canal Street, Easton, Northa...

Significance: Two-story brick rectangular building, 256 feet long by 65 feet wide. The second floor, 20 feet above the first, is suspended on four rows of forty 2 inch diameter iron rods that connect the floor... More

Bath-Haverhill Bridge, Spanning Ammonoosuc River, bypassed section of Ammanoosuc Street (SR 135), Woodsville, Grafton County, NH

Bath-Haverhill Bridge, Spanning Ammonoosuc River, bypassed section of ...

Significance: Bath-Haverhill Bridge is the oldest existing Town lattice truss, and one of the oldest covered bridges in the country. The Town lattice truss was one of the most widely used wooden truss forms. ... More

Munhall Homesteads, Type "W", Longfellow Drive, Munhall, Allegheny County, PA

Munhall Homesteads, Type "W", Longfellow Drive, Munhall, Allegheny Cou...

Survey number: HAER PA-303-B Building/structure dates: 1941 Initial Construction

Standard Gold Mill, East of Bodie Creek, Northeast of Bodie, Bodie, Mono County, CA

Standard Gold Mill, East of Bodie Creek, Northeast of Bodie, Bodie, Mo...

Significance: The Standard mill is significant as an intact example of the "model California stamp mill" that developed from the flowering of nineteenth-century developments in mining and milling technologies i... More

Standard Gold Mill, East of Bodie Creek, Northeast of Bodie, Bodie, Mono County, CA

Standard Gold Mill, East of Bodie Creek, Northeast of Bodie, Bodie, Mo...

Significance: The Standard mill is significant as an intact example of the "model California stamp mill" that developed from the flowering of nineteenth-century developments in mining and milling technologies i... More

Standard Gold Mill, East of Bodie Creek, Northeast of Bodie, Bodie, Mono County, CA

Standard Gold Mill, East of Bodie Creek, Northeast of Bodie, Bodie, Mo...

Significance: The Standard mill is significant as an intact example of the "model California stamp mill" that developed from the flowering of nineteenth-century developments in mining and milling technologies i... More

Standard Gold Mill, East of Bodie Creek, Northeast of Bodie, Bodie, Mono County, CA

Standard Gold Mill, East of Bodie Creek, Northeast of Bodie, Bodie, Mo...

Significance: The Standard mill is significant as an intact example of the "model California stamp mill" that developed from the flowering of nineteenth-century developments in mining and milling technologies i... More

Wolf Creek Bridge, Spanning Missouri River, Craig, Lewis and Clark County, MT

Wolf Creek Bridge, Spanning Missouri River, Craig, Lewis and Clark Cou...

Significance: Located on the Recreation Road south of Craig, it was erected in 1933 by W.P. Roscoe Co. of Billings. The bridge was the first continuous steel truss bridge built in Montana. Following its constru... More

Fore River Bridge, Route 3A, spanning Fore River, Weymouth, Norfolk County, MA

Fore River Bridge, Route 3A, spanning Fore River, Weymouth, Norfolk Co...

Significance: Route 3A has been the main route to the South Shore, ever since the Hingham and Quincy Bridge and Turnpike Corporation was formed in 1808. A swing bridge was built here in 1901-1902, but proved a... More

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

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

Significance: This 400' 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

Lake Mathews, East of Route 15, Riverside, Riverside County, CA

Lake Mathews, East of Route 15, Riverside, Riverside County, CA

Survey number: HAER CA-247 Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Judith River Bridge, Spanning Judith River, Moore, Fergus County, MT

Judith River Bridge, Spanning Judith River, Moore, Fergus County, MT

Significance: Fergus County, around the turn of the 20th century, was a rapidly growing agricultural area, especially for wheat production. The Judith Basin was the most bountiful section of the county, if not ... More

Isaac Meason House, U.S. Route 119, Dunbar, Fayette County, PA

Isaac Meason House, U.S. Route 119, Dunbar, Fayette County, PA

Significance: The house served as the primary residence for Isaac Meason, an early entrepreneur and iron master in western Pennsylvania. This structure is the most sophisticated building in the region from the ... More

Merritt Parkway, Lapham Avenue Bridge, Spanning Merritt Parkway at State Route 165, New Canaan, Fairfield County, CT

Merritt Parkway, Lapham Avenue Bridge, Spanning Merritt Parkway at Sta...

Significance: This bridge is one of 25 different style bridges located along a 38-mile stretch of the Merritt Parkway that includes bridges of French, Italian, English, or Classic Art Deco styles. These bridge... More

Arlington Memorial Bridge, Spanning Potomac River between Lincoln Memorial & Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Arlington Memorial Bridge, Spanning Potomac River between Lincoln Memo...

Significance: As the final link in the chain of monuments which start at the Capitol building, the Arlington Memorial Bridge connects the Mall in Washington, DC with Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. De... More

Arlington Memorial Bridge, Spanning Potomac River between Lincoln Memorial & Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Arlington Memorial Bridge, Spanning Potomac River between Lincoln Memo...

Significance: As the final link in the chain of monuments which start at the Capitol building, the Arlington Memorial Bridge connects the Mall in Washington, DC with Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. De... More

Merritt Parkway, West Rocks Road Bridge, Spanning Merritt Parkway, Norwalk, Fairfield County, CT

Merritt Parkway, West Rocks Road Bridge, Spanning Merritt Parkway, Nor...

Significance: The bridges of the Merritt Parkway were predominately inspired by the Art Deco and Art Moderne architectural styles of the 1930s. Experimental forming techniques were employed to create the ornam... More

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter BRAMBLE, Waterfront at Lincoln Avenue, Port Huron, St. Clair County, MI

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter BRAMBLE, Waterfront at Lincoln Avenue, Port Hu...

Significance: This vessel was built to serve as a 180' U.S. Coast Guard cutter. The federal government purchased or built thirty-nine of these vessels, built in three sub-classes, from 1942-1944. The United S... More

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