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Giant crane "Hercules", Newport News

Giant crane "Hercules", Newport News

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Steel mill, Massillon, Ohio. Magnetic crane

Steel mill, Massillon, Ohio. Magnetic crane

Public domain photograph - American industrial history, 1930s-1940s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Decatur, Alabama. Ingalls Shipbuilding Company. Crane operator in the yard

Decatur, Alabama. Ingalls Shipbuilding Company. Crane operator in the ...

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Decatur, Alabama. Ingalls Shipbuilding Company. Crane operator in the yard

Decatur, Alabama. Ingalls Shipbuilding Company. Crane operator in the ...

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Hanna furnaces of the Great Lakes Steel Corporation. Detroit, Michigan. Giant crane for transporting ore and coal

Hanna furnaces of the Great Lakes Steel Corporation. Detroit, Michigan...

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General Dynamics Corporation Shipyard, Wellman-Seaver Crane, 97 Howard Street, Quincy, Norfolk County, MA

General Dynamics Corporation Shipyard, Wellman-Seaver Crane, 97 Howard...

Significance: Erected in 1901, Structure No. 30S, the Wellman-Seaver Folding Gantry Crane, or Crane S-1, is significant as the oldest and longest-operating crane in the Quincy-Fore River Shipyard. Located on P... More

General Dynamics Corporation Shipyard, XYZ Crane & Towers, 97 East Howard Street, Quincy, Norfolk County, MA

General Dynamics Corporation Shipyard, XYZ Crane & Towers, 97 East How...

Significance: The XYZ Crane & Towers is significant for its association with nearly 70 years of shipbuilding at the Quincy-Fore River shipyard, functioning as an assembly crane for early submarine construction ... More

General Dynamics Corporation Shipyard, XYZ Crane & Towers, 97 East Howard Street, Quincy, Norfolk County, MA

General Dynamics Corporation Shipyard, XYZ Crane & Towers, 97 East How...

Significance: The XYZ Crane & Towers is significant for its association with nearly 70 years of shipbuilding at the Quincy-Fore River shipyard, functioning as an assembly crane for early submarine construction ... More

Cherokee Dam, Tennessee (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Riveter atop 250 ton crane

Cherokee Dam, Tennessee (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Riveter at...

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General Dynamics Corporation Shipyard, American Revolver Crane, 97 East Howard Street, Quincy, Norfolk County, MA

General Dynamics Corporation Shipyard, American Revolver Crane, 97 Eas...

Significance: Located on Pier 2, the oldest and primary outfitting pier in the shipyard, Structure 25S, a 37.5-ton American Revolver Crane, is significant for its association with the upgrading of the Quincy-Fo... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Exterior Cranes, Waterfront Crane Track System, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Exterior Cranes, Waterfront Crane Track...

Significance: Crane use at Pearl Harbor is intrinsically tied to the construction of the dry docks and the daily functions of the dry docks and wharfs. The procurement of cranes throughout the history of Pearl ... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Exterior Cranes, Waterfront Crane Track System, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Exterior Cranes, Waterfront Crane Track...

Significance: Crane use at Pearl Harbor is intrinsically tied to the construction of the dry docks and the daily functions of the dry docks and wharfs. The procurement of cranes throughout the history of Pearl ... More

Gantry crane, Great Lakes Engineering Works

Gantry crane, Great Lakes Engineering Works

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial equipment, workshop, assembly line, factory, power engine, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The Great crane, Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia

The Great crane, Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a ship, docks, navy, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. Ship crane boom making a lift from the deck

Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. Ship crane boom ma...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Gloucester, Massachusetts. Unloading redfish by motored crane on a dock

Gloucester, Massachusetts. Unloading redfish by motored crane on a doc...

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Naval Base Philadelphia-Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, 350-Ton Hammerhead Crane, League Island, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Naval Base Philadelphia-Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, 350-Ton Hammerhea...

Significance: The crane was the largest in the world when it was completed and is a landmark in American engineering. Roller bearings support a large circular gear mechanism located on top of the portal and all... More

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

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

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

General Dynamics Corporation Shipyard, Wellman-Seaver Crane, 97 Howard Street, Quincy, Norfolk County, MA

General Dynamics Corporation Shipyard, Wellman-Seaver Crane, 97 Howard...

Significance: Erected in 1901, Structure No. 30S, the Wellman-Seaver Folding Gantry Crane, or Crane S-1, is significant as the oldest and longest-operating crane in the Quincy-Fore River Shipyard. Located on P... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Exterior Cranes, Waterfront Crane Track System, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Exterior Cranes, Waterfront Crane Track...

Significance: Crane use at Pearl Harbor is intrinsically tied to the construction of the dry docks and the daily functions of the dry docks and wharfs. The procurement of cranes throughout the history of Pearl ... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Exterior Cranes, Waterfront Crane Track System, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Exterior Cranes, Waterfront Crane Track...

Significance: Crane use at Pearl Harbor is intrinsically tied to the construction of the dry docks and the daily functions of the dry docks and wharfs. The procurement of cranes throughout the history of Pearl ... More

United Engineering Company Shipyard, Crane, 2900 Main Street, Alameda, Alameda County, CA

United Engineering Company Shipyard, Crane, 2900 Main Street, Alameda,...

Significance: The crane is a contributing structure in the United Engineering Company Shipyard historic district that has been determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. The United Engin... More

Removal of Lincoln's body, Springfield Illinois

Removal of Lincoln's body, Springfield Illinois

People gathered around crate containing coffin of President Abraham Lincoln, in background, empty grave and crane & pulley.

Shipbuilding (Newport News). A section for a new U.S. Navy cruiser is being delivered by overhead crane to the building ways. Four cruisers and a battleship are under construction here

Shipbuilding (Newport News). A section for a new U.S. Navy cruiser is ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a construction site, industrial or commercial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Tennessee Valley Authority. Construction of Douglas Dam. A concrete mixer and the crane that serve it, at TVA's new Douglas Dam on the French Broad River. This dam will be 161 feet high and 1,682 feet long, with a 31,600 acre reservoir area extending forty-three miles upstream. With a useful storage capacity of approximately 1,330,000 acre-feet this reservoir will make possible the addition of nearly 100,000 kilowatts of continuous power to the TVA system dry years and almost 170,000 kilowatts in the average year

Tennessee Valley Authority. Construction of Douglas Dam. A concrete mi...

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. Safety man at the base of a crane

Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. Safety man at the ...

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Lufkin, Texas. Southland paper mill. Crane unloading pulp logs from a flat car

Lufkin, Texas. Southland paper mill. Crane unloading pulp logs from a ...

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General Dynamics Corporation Shipyard, McMyler Crane, 97 East Howard Street, Quincy, Norfolk County, MA

General Dynamics Corporation Shipyard, McMyler Crane, 97 East Howard S...

Significance: The McMyler Hammerhead Crane of 1916; 1929 is among the oldest and is the largest of the Quincy-Fore River Shipyard's outfitting cranes. It is significant as an excellent example of an extensivel... More

Naval Base Philadelphia-Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, 350-Ton Hammerhead Crane, League Island, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Naval Base Philadelphia-Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, 350-Ton Hammerhea...

Significance: The crane was the largest in the world when it was completed and is a landmark in American engineering. Roller bearings support a large circular gear mechanism located on top of the portal and all... More

Ford Motor Company Long Beach Assembly Plant, Crane, 700 Henry Ford Avenue, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, CA

Ford Motor Company Long Beach Assembly Plant, Crane, 700 Henry Ford Av...

Significance: Ford Motor Company built the Long Beach Assembly Plant during 1929-1930 as one of six contemporaneous assembly plants constructed in the United States. The overall purpose of these plants was to ... More

General Dynamics Corporation Shipyard, American Revolver Crane, 97 East Howard Street, Quincy, Norfolk County, MA

General Dynamics Corporation Shipyard, American Revolver Crane, 97 Eas...

Significance: Located on Pier 2, the oldest and primary outfitting pier in the shipyard, Structure 25S, a 37.5-ton American Revolver Crane, is significant for its association with the upgrading of the Quincy-Fo... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Exterior Cranes, 25-Ton Portal Crane Type, Waterfront Crane Track System, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Exterior Cranes, 25-Ton Portal Crane Ty...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a ship, docks, navy, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

United Engineering Company Shipyard, Crane, 2900 Main Street, Alameda, Alameda County, CA

United Engineering Company Shipyard, Crane, 2900 Main Street, Alameda,...

Significance: The crane is a contributing structure in the United Engineering Company Shipyard historic district that has been determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. The United Engin... More

Derrick. Crane silhoutted against evening sky

Derrick. Crane silhoutted against evening sky

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. In the foreground is the track of a two-direction overhead crane, while in the background may be seen more flexible modern cranes. Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards Inc., Baltimore, Maryland

Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. In the foreground is the track of a two...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a construction site, industrial or commercial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Tank armor production. Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation. Farrell, Pennsylvania. Moving tank armor for our fighting forces. A small overhead crane in an Eastern mill moves a section of protective plate

Tank armor production. Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation. Farrell, P...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s US industrial development, Second World War, US war production, indusry, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Phelps Dodge refining company, El Paso, Texas. Crane lifting a sling of copper sheets

Phelps Dodge refining company, El Paso, Texas. Crane lifting a sling o...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a locomotive, train tracks, rail transportation, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. Fabricated cables and crane

Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. Fabricated cables ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a construction site, industrial or commercial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Oriental Masonic Gardens, Wilmot Road, New Haven, Connecticut. Construction progress view, crane lowering unit into place]

[Oriental Masonic Gardens, Wilmot Road, New Haven, Connecticut. Constr...

Forms part of: The Paul Rudolph Archive. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 2001:126.

Naval Base Philadelphia-Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, 350-Ton Hammerhead Crane, League Island, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Naval Base Philadelphia-Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, 350-Ton Hammerhea...

Significance: The crane was the largest in the world when it was completed and is a landmark in American engineering. Roller bearings support a large circular gear mechanism located on top of the portal and all... More

[Large crowd watching crane lift box containing Abraham Lincoln's body above grave in front of Lincoln Memorial at Springfield, Ill.]

[Large crowd watching crane lift box containing Abraham Lincoln's body...

This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Death Tombs...; Cranes,...; Ill. S-; Pres. I.; Geogr.; Shelf.

American "steam chickens" arrive in Africa. Arriving at an African airport, a crate containing a P-40 fighter plane is backed up into place alongside other crates lined up on the field. American tractor crane equipment is employed to hoist the load from the truck

American "steam chickens" arrive in Africa. Arriving at an African air...

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Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. Safety bar at the base of a crane

Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. Safety bar at the ...

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U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Exterior Cranes, Bridge Gantry Crane No. 1, Welding slab along Third Street, near intersection with Avenue G, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Exterior Cranes, Bridge Gantry Crane No...

Significance: Bridge Gantry Crane BG-1, along with a similar crane BG-2, were key tools that facilitated the successful construction of Dry Dock Nos. 2,3, and 4 at the Pearl Harbor Naval Base. BG-1 and BG-2 wer... More

Naval Base Philadelphia-Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, 350-Ton Hammerhead Crane, League Island, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Naval Base Philadelphia-Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, 350-Ton Hammerhea...

Significance: The crane was the largest in the world when it was completed and is a landmark in American engineering. Roller bearings support a large circular gear mechanism located on top of the portal and all... More

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

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

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

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

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

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

Swan Falls Dam, A-Frame Crane Gantry, Snake River, Kuna, Ada County, ID

Swan Falls Dam, A-Frame Crane Gantry, Snake River, Kuna, Ada County, I...

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

Swan Falls Dam, A-Frame Crane Gantry, Snake River, Kuna, Ada County, ID

Swan Falls Dam, A-Frame Crane Gantry, Snake River, Kuna, Ada County, I...

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

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Marine Railway No. 2, Crane Wharf, Near intersection of Avenue G & Third Street , Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Marine Railway No. 2, Crane Wharf, Near...

Significance: It is located within the Pearl Harbor National Historic Landmark. Completed during WWII, after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, it is significant as one of the important components of the Navy... More

Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Portal Gantry Crane No. 42, Pier 5, Farragut Avenue, Bremerton, Kitsap County, WA

Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Portal Gantry Crane No. 42, Pier 5, Farrag...

Significance: Is it a contributing member of the industrial yard designated as a National Historic Landmark District. As 1 of 15 original portal gantry cranes at PSNS that served the U.S. Navy fleet, this crane... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Exterior Cranes, Waterfront Crane Track System, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Exterior Cranes, Waterfront Crane Track...

Significance: Crane use at Pearl Harbor is intrinsically tied to the construction of the dry docks and the daily functions of the dry docks and wharfs. The procurement of cranes throughout the history of Pearl ... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Exterior Cranes, Waterfront Crane Track System, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Exterior Cranes, Waterfront Crane Track...

Significance: Crane use at Pearl Harbor is intrinsically tied to the construction of the dry docks and the daily functions of the dry docks and wharfs. The procurement of cranes throughout the history of Pearl ... More

United Engineering Company Shipyard, Crane, 2900 Main Street, Alameda, Alameda County, CA

United Engineering Company Shipyard, Crane, 2900 Main Street, Alameda,...

Significance: The crane is a contributing structure in the United Engineering Company Shipyard historic district that has been determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. The United Engin... More

Removal of Lincoln's body

Removal of Lincoln's body

Workmen using crane to remove slabs covering Abraham Lincoln's grave. H3899 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 6.

Newport News, Virginia. A small section of the shipyard, showing an overhead travelling ("Gentry") crane in the foreground. There are two ways on which ships are being built visible in the picture. The ship at far background is the S.S. American

Newport News, Virginia. A small section of the shipyard, showing an ov...

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Lufkin, Texas. Southland paper mill. Crane unloading a flat car of pulpwood in the wood yard

Lufkin, Texas. Southland paper mill. Crane unloading a flat car of pul...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. A crane operator high above the yard

Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. A crane operator h...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a construction site, industrial or commercial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Point Pleasant, West Virginia. A crane at the Marietta Manufacturing Company

Point Pleasant, West Virginia. A crane at the Marietta Manufacturing C...

Public domain photograph of masonic lodge building, masons, freemasons, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mobile crane lifting the top from a crate containing a United States fighter plane awaiting assembly at the assembly, testing, and delivery point of American warplanes destined for Russia. Somewhere in Iran

Mobile crane lifting the top from a crate containing a United States f...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. View through the window of a crane

Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. View through the w...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a construction site, industrial or commercial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

General Dynamics Corporation Shipyard, McMyler Crane, 97 East Howard Street, Quincy, Norfolk County, MA

General Dynamics Corporation Shipyard, McMyler Crane, 97 East Howard S...

Significance: The McMyler Hammerhead Crane of 1916; 1929 is among the oldest and is the largest of the Quincy-Fore River Shipyard's outfitting cranes. It is significant as an excellent example of an extensivel... More

Ford Motor Company Long Beach Assembly Plant, Crane, 700 Henry Ford Avenue, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, CA

Ford Motor Company Long Beach Assembly Plant, Crane, 700 Henry Ford Av...

Significance: Ford Motor Company built the Long Beach Assembly Plant during 1929-1930 as one of six contemporaneous assembly plants constructed in the United States. The overall purpose of these plants was to ... More

Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Portal Gantry Crane No. 42, Pier 5, Farragut Avenue, Bremerton, Kitsap County, WA

Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Portal Gantry Crane No. 42, Pier 5, Farrag...

Significance: Is it a contributing member of the industrial yard designated as a National Historic Landmark District. As 1 of 15 original portal gantry cranes at PSNS that served the U.S. Navy fleet, this crane... More

General Dynamics Corporation Shipyard, XYZ Crane & Towers, 97 East Howard Street, Quincy, Norfolk County, MA

General Dynamics Corporation Shipyard, XYZ Crane & Towers, 97 East How...

Significance: The XYZ Crane & Towers is significant for its association with nearly 70 years of shipbuilding at the Quincy-Fore River shipyard, functioning as an assembly crane for early submarine construction ... More

General Dynamics Corporation Shipyard, American Revolver Crane, 97 East Howard Street, Quincy, Norfolk County, MA

General Dynamics Corporation Shipyard, American Revolver Crane, 97 Eas...

Significance: Located on Pier 2, the oldest and primary outfitting pier in the shipyard, Structure 25S, a 37.5-ton American Revolver Crane, is significant for its association with the upgrading of the Quincy-Fo... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Exterior Cranes, Waterfront Crane Track System, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Exterior Cranes, Waterfront Crane Track...

Significance: Crane use at Pearl Harbor is intrinsically tied to the construction of the dry docks and the daily functions of the dry docks and wharfs. The procurement of cranes throughout the history of Pearl ... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Exterior Cranes, 25-Ton Portal Crane Type, Waterfront Crane Track System, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Exterior Cranes, 25-Ton Portal Crane Ty...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a construction site, industrial or commercial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

United Engineering Company Shipyard, Crane, 2900 Main Street, Alameda, Alameda County, CA

United Engineering Company Shipyard, Crane, 2900 Main Street, Alameda,...

Significance: The crane is a contributing structure in the United Engineering Company Shipyard historic district that has been determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. The United Engin... More

United Engineering Company Shipyard, Crane, 2900 Main Street, Alameda, Alameda County, CA

United Engineering Company Shipyard, Crane, 2900 Main Street, Alameda,...

Significance: The crane is a contributing structure in the United Engineering Company Shipyard historic district that has been determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. The United Engin... More

Crane being used in construction of new railway bridge, Alaska

Crane being used in construction of new railway bridge, Alaska

Title transcribed from caption accompanying item. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter collection (Library of Congress). Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951.

Crane on top of central tower for handling repairs of carriage of buckets which deliver material to construction points at Shasta Dam, Shasta County, California

Crane on top of central tower for handling repairs of carriage of buck...

Public domain photograph - California, United States, World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Longview, Texas to Arkansas state line. War emergency pipeline from Longview, Texas to Norris City, Illinios. Caterpillar tractor and crane used in hoisting sections of pipe

Longview, Texas to Arkansas state line. War emergency pipeline from Lo...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s US industrial development, Second World War, US war production, indusry, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. Crane lifting pipe section

Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. Crane lifting pipe...

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Beaumont, Texas. Crane picking up properly aged poles which will be treated in vats at the International Creosoting Company

Beaumont, Texas. Crane picking up properly aged poles which will be tr...

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[Lower Manhattan Expressway, New York City. Crane and delivery trucks. Sketch]

[Lower Manhattan Expressway, New York City. Crane and delivery trucks....

Forms part of: The Paul Rudolph Archive. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 2001:126. Conservation no. 8.10.2396.3.

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

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

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

Ford Motor Company Long Beach Assembly Plant, Crane, 700 Henry Ford Avenue, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, CA

Ford Motor Company Long Beach Assembly Plant, Crane, 700 Henry Ford Av...

Significance: Ford Motor Company built the Long Beach Assembly Plant during 1929-1930 as one of six contemporaneous assembly plants constructed in the United States. The overall purpose of these plants was to ... More

Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Portal Gantry Crane No. 42, Pier 5, Farragut Avenue, Bremerton, Kitsap County, WA

Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Portal Gantry Crane No. 42, Pier 5, Farrag...

Significance: Is it a contributing member of the industrial yard designated as a National Historic Landmark District. As 1 of 15 original portal gantry cranes at PSNS that served the U.S. Navy fleet, this crane... More

Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Portal Gantry Crane No. 42, Pier 5, Farragut Avenue, Bremerton, Kitsap County, WA

Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Portal Gantry Crane No. 42, Pier 5, Farrag...

Significance: Is it a contributing member of the industrial yard designated as a National Historic Landmark District. As 1 of 15 original portal gantry cranes at PSNS that served the U.S. Navy fleet, this crane... More

General Dynamics Corporation Shipyard, XYZ Crane & Towers, 97 East Howard Street, Quincy, Norfolk County, MA

General Dynamics Corporation Shipyard, XYZ Crane & Towers, 97 East How...

Significance: The XYZ Crane & Towers is significant for its association with nearly 70 years of shipbuilding at the Quincy-Fore River shipyard, functioning as an assembly crane for early submarine construction ... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Exterior Cranes, Waterfront Crane Track System, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Exterior Cranes, Waterfront Crane Track...

Significance: Crane use at Pearl Harbor is intrinsically tied to the construction of the dry docks and the daily functions of the dry docks and wharfs. The procurement of cranes throughout the history of Pearl ... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Exterior Cranes, Waterfront Crane Track System, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Exterior Cranes, Waterfront Crane Track...

Significance: Crane use at Pearl Harbor is intrinsically tied to the construction of the dry docks and the daily functions of the dry docks and wharfs. The procurement of cranes throughout the history of Pearl ... More

Memorial Bridge. Lowering portion of Memorial Bridge with crane

Memorial Bridge. Lowering portion of Memorial Bridge with crane

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Production. Milling machines and machine castings. This overhead crane runs the full length of a large Midwest machine tool plant. The foundry ingredients in this picture, front to rear, are crushed limestone, pig iron, scrap cast iron and, in the far background, sand. The crane distributes these materials in bins under the roof of the foundry, from which they are automatically weighed into huge iron baskets in the charge make-up pits

Production. Milling machines and machine castings. This overhead crane...

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Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. Looking down on crane operator in the control room

Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. Looking down on cr...

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Buffalo, New York. Two "hookers" load a crane from a gondola car in the Republic Steel yard

Buffalo, New York. Two "hookers" load a crane from a gondola car in th...

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Hardie-Tynes Manufacturing Company, Crane, 800 Twenty-Eighth Street, North, Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL

Hardie-Tynes Manufacturing Company, Crane, 800 Twenty-Eighth Street, N...

Survey number: HAER AL-13-P Public domain photograph of diesel or electric train engine, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ford Motor Company Long Beach Assembly Plant, Crane, 700 Henry Ford Avenue, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, CA

Ford Motor Company Long Beach Assembly Plant, Crane, 700 Henry Ford Av...

Significance: Ford Motor Company built the Long Beach Assembly Plant during 1929-1930 as one of six contemporaneous assembly plants constructed in the United States. The overall purpose of these plants was to ... More

General Dynamics Corporation Shipyard, Wellman-Seaver Crane, 97 Howard Street, Quincy, Norfolk County, MA

General Dynamics Corporation Shipyard, Wellman-Seaver Crane, 97 Howard...

Significance: Erected in 1901, Structure No. 30S, the Wellman-Seaver Folding Gantry Crane, or Crane S-1, is significant as the oldest and longest-operating crane in the Quincy-Fore River Shipyard. Located on P... More

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Exterior Cranes, 25-Ton Portal Crane Type, Waterfront Crane Track System, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI

U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Exterior Cranes, 25-Ton Portal Crane Ty...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a ship, docks, navy, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

United Engineering Company Shipyard, Crane, 2900 Main Street, Alameda, Alameda County, CA

United Engineering Company Shipyard, Crane, 2900 Main Street, Alameda,...

Significance: The crane is a contributing structure in the United Engineering Company Shipyard historic district that has been determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. The United Engin... More

Removing debris at Third, Kearney and Market Sts., San Francisco, Cal.

Removing debris at Third, Kearney and Market Sts., San Francisco, Cal.

View after earthquake and fire, showing crane moving rubble, as several men and a woman pass by. Copyright by Detroit Publishing Co. No. 09359.

Church erection. Crane with man on girder I

Church erection. Crane with man on girder I

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Dams under construction. Cherokee Dam is the latest headwaters dam to be completed. It is a semioutdoors type structure, the covers over the three initial generating units show in the picture behind the railing in front. The office wing of the control building is on the left. The shot is taken between the legs of the gantry crane which is used for installation and removal for repairs of turbines and generators. The cage-like steel contraptions mounted on the spillway piers are the anchorages for the floodgate hinges

Dams under construction. Cherokee Dam is the latest headwaters dam to ...

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Unloading pipe with crane, Greenbelt, Maryland

Unloading pipe with crane, Greenbelt, Maryland

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Decatur, Alabama. Ingalls Shipbuilding Company. A crane operator

Decatur, Alabama. Ingalls Shipbuilding Company. A crane operator

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

San Sebastian, Puerto Rico (vicinity). Workman repairing a crane at a "central"

San Sebastian, Puerto Rico (vicinity). Workman repairing a crane at a ...

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Wheeler Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Gantry crane

Wheeler Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Gantry crane

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Lufkin, Texas. Southland paper mill. Crane unloading flat car of pulpwood in the wood yard

Lufkin, Texas. Southland paper mill. Crane unloading flat car of pulpw...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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