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Sublet Mine No. 6, Housing Unit No. 6, East side of Willow Creek Valley, east of County Road No. 306, 3 miles north of U.S. Highway 189, Kemmerer, Lincoln County, WY

Sublet Mine No. 6, Housing Unit No. 6, East side of Willow Creek Valle...

Survey number: HAER WY-54-K Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Juniata Mill Complex, Mine & Camp Residence, 22.5 miles Southwest of Hawthorne, between Aurora Crater & Aurora Peak, Hawthorne, Mineral County, NV

Juniata Mill Complex, Mine & Camp Residence, 22.5 miles Southwest of H...

Survey number: HAER NV-24-L Public domain photograph of wooden church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Promontory Route Railroad Trestles, Trestle 790C, 11 miles west of Corrine, Corinne, Box Elder County, UT

Promontory Route Railroad Trestles, Trestle 790C, 11 miles west of Cor...

Significance: This trestle is one of many remaining Promontory Route railroad trestles which were originally part of the first transcontinental railroad route across the United States. These trestles represent... More

Milltown Dam, Powerhouse, Clark Fork River, 6 miles upstream from Missoula, Milltown, Missoula County, MT

Milltown Dam, Powerhouse, Clark Fork River, 6 miles upstream from Miss...

Survey number: HAER MT-43-A Building/structure dates: 1908 Initial Construction

Gould Farm Bridge, Spanning Shoal Creek, 5 miles South of U.S. Highway 36, Kingston, Caldwell County, MO

Gould Farm Bridge, Spanning Shoal Creek, 5 miles South of U.S. Highway...

Significance: The main span of the Gould Farm bridge is an example of common Pratt truss used extensively through the country from 1844 to the early part of this century. It was fabricated by the Cleveland Bri... More

Gould Farm Bridge, Spanning Shoal Creek, 5 miles South of U.S. Highway 36, Kingston, Caldwell County, MO

Gould Farm Bridge, Spanning Shoal Creek, 5 miles South of U.S. Highway...

Significance: The main span of the Gould Farm bridge is an example of common Pratt truss used extensively through the country from 1844 to the early part of this century. It was fabricated by the Cleveland Bri... More

Sublet Mine No. 6, Fan House, North structure, west side of Willow Creek Valley, east of County Road No. 306, 3 miles north of U.S. Highway 189, Kemmerer, Lincoln County, WY

Sublet Mine No. 6, Fan House, North structure, west side of Willow Cre...

Significance: The fan house performed a critical function within the complex by providing ventilation to the underground mine workers. // Constructed of cut stone and concrete in its lower level with brick wall... More

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 3, South side of State Route 16, 1.3 miles northeast east of Sparta, Sparta, Hancock County, GA

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 3, South side of State Route 16, 1...

Significance: Granite Hill Plantation historically consisted of 1,547 acres amassed by Andrew Jackson Lane, a wealthy Hancock County planter. The plantation was one of the largest in the county, and is associa... More

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 3, South side of State Route 16, 1.3 miles northeast east of Sparta, Sparta, Hancock County, GA

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 3, South side of State Route 16, 1...

Significance: Granite Hill Plantation historically consisted of 1,547 acres amassed by Andrew Jackson Lane, a wealthy Hancock County planter. The plantation was one of the largest in the county, and is associa... More

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 3, South side of State Route 16, 1.3 miles northeast east of Sparta, Sparta, Hancock County, GA

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 3, South side of State Route 16, 1...

Significance: Granite Hill Plantation historically consisted of 1,547 acres amassed by Andrew Jackson Lane, a wealthy Hancock County planter. The plantation was one of the largest in the county, and is associa... More

Bluebird Dam, On Ouzel Creek 7 miles west of Allenspark, Allenspark, Boulder County, CO

Bluebird Dam, On Ouzel Creek 7 miles west of Allenspark, Allenspark, B...

Significance: Completed ca. 1923, it is locally significant to Boulder County as an intact example of an early 20th century, and relatively uncommon, arch concrete dam. The dam documents an important engineerin... More

Kachess Dam, Inlet Channel, Kachess River, 1.5 miles north of Interstate 90, Easton, Kittitas County, WA

Kachess Dam, Inlet Channel, Kachess River, 1.5 miles north of Intersta...

Survey number: HAER WA-79-F Public domain photograph of quarry, mining industry, miners, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Kachess Dam, Inlet Channel, Kachess River, 1.5 miles north of Interstate 90, Easton, Kittitas County, WA

Kachess Dam, Inlet Channel, Kachess River, 1.5 miles north of Intersta...

Survey number: HAER WA-79-F Public domain scan of a plan of settlement buildings, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Kachess Dam, Dike Closing 1913 Spillway, Kachess River, 1.5 miles north of Interstate 90, Easton, Kittitas County, WA

Kachess Dam, Dike Closing 1913 Spillway, Kachess River, 1.5 miles nort...

Survey number: HAER WA-79-C Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington State, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hacienda Azurarera Santa Elena, Sugar Mill Ruins, 1.44 miles North of PR Route 2 Bridge Over Rio De La Plata, Toa Baja, Toa Baja Municipio, PR

Hacienda Azurarera Santa Elena, Sugar Mill Ruins, 1.44 miles North of ...

Significance: The ruins are the only extant remains pertaining to an industrial building in Puerto Rico dating back to the late 18th century. They illustrate the transition from a cattle-driven vertical wooden... More

Hacienda Azurarera Santa Elena, Sugar Mill Ruins, 1.44 miles North of PR Route 2 Bridge Over Rio De La Plata, Toa Baja, Toa Baja Municipio, PR

Hacienda Azurarera Santa Elena, Sugar Mill Ruins, 1.44 miles North of ...

Significance: The ruins are the only extant remains pertaining to an industrial building in Puerto Rico dating back to the late 18th century. They illustrate the transition from a cattle-driven vertical wooden... More

Hacienda Azurarera Santa Elena, Sugar Mill Ruins, 1.44 miles North of PR Route 2 Bridge Over Rio De La Plata, Toa Baja, Toa Baja Municipio, PR

Hacienda Azurarera Santa Elena, Sugar Mill Ruins, 1.44 miles North of ...

Significance: The ruins are the only extant remains pertaining to an industrial building in Puerto Rico dating back to the late 18th century. They illustrate the transition from a cattle-driven vertical wooden... More

Hacienda Azurarera Santa Elena, Sugar Mill Ruins, 1.44 miles North of PR Route 2 Bridge Over Rio De La Plata, Toa Baja, Toa Baja Municipio, PR

Hacienda Azurarera Santa Elena, Sugar Mill Ruins, 1.44 miles North of ...

Significance: The ruins are the only extant remains pertaining to an industrial building in Puerto Rico dating back to the late 18th century. They illustrate the transition from a cattle-driven vertical wooden... More

Hacienda Azurarera Santa Elena, Sugar Mill Ruins, 1.44 miles North of PR Route 2 Bridge Over Rio De La Plata, Toa Baja, Toa Baja Municipio, PR

Hacienda Azurarera Santa Elena, Sugar Mill Ruins, 1.44 miles North of ...

Significance: The ruins are the only extant remains pertaining to an industrial building in Puerto Rico dating back to the late 18th century. They illustrate the transition from a cattle-driven vertical wooden... More

Hacienda Azurarera Santa Elena, Sugar Mill Ruins, 1.44 miles North of PR Route 2 Bridge Over Rio De La Plata, Toa Baja, Toa Baja Municipio, PR

Hacienda Azurarera Santa Elena, Sugar Mill Ruins, 1.44 miles North of ...

Significance: The ruins are the only extant remains pertaining to an industrial building in Puerto Rico dating back to the late 18th century. They illustrate the transition from a cattle-driven vertical wooden... More

Pennsylvania Railway Ore Dock, Lake Erie at Whiskey Island, approximately 1.5 miles west of Public Square, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH

Pennsylvania Railway Ore Dock, Lake Erie at Whiskey Island, approximat...

Significance: When built, the Pennsylvania Railway Ore Dock was the largest ore-unloading dock on the Great Lakes. The dock featured four Hulett unloaders with bucket capacities of 17 tons; a 15-ton capacity o... More

Pennsylvania Railway Ore Dock, Lake Erie at Whiskey Island, approximately 1.5 miles west of Public Square, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH

Pennsylvania Railway Ore Dock, Lake Erie at Whiskey Island, approximat...

Significance: When built, the Pennsylvania Railway Ore Dock was the largest ore-unloading dock on the Great Lakes. The dock featured four Hulett unloaders with bucket capacities of 17 tons; a 15-ton capacity o... More

Boyer Ranch, Gilbert's Storeroom, 44 miles east of Fallon, on U.S. Highway 50, Fallon, Churchill County, NV

Boyer Ranch, Gilbert's Storeroom, 44 miles east of Fallon, on U.S. Hig...

Significance: The stone building was erected by the Gilbert Brothers ca. 1860-1866. Nevada Place Names states that Dixie Valley was settled by southern sympathizers in 1861 and in that same year the second gol... More

Boyer Ranch, Gilbert's Storeroom, 44 miles east of Fallon, on U.S. Highway 50, Fallon, Churchill County, NV

Boyer Ranch, Gilbert's Storeroom, 44 miles east of Fallon, on U.S. Hig...

Significance: The stone building was erected by the Gilbert Brothers ca. 1860-1866. Nevada Place Names states that Dixie Valley was settled by southern sympathizers in 1861 and in that same year the second gol... More

Vanadium Corporation of America (VCA) Naturita Mill, 3 miles Northwest of Naturita, between Highway 141 & San Miguel River, Naturita, Montrose County, CO

Vanadium Corporation of America (VCA) Naturita Mill, 3 miles Northwest...

Significance: From the early 1940s to the end of the Cold War, the mill played a prominent role in national and international events related initially to the U.S. Army's WWII Manhattan Project, and later to the... More

Skagit Power Development, Gorge High Dam, On Skagit River, 2.9 miles upstream from Newhalem, Newhalem, Whatcom County, WA

Skagit Power Development, Gorge High Dam, On Skagit River, 2.9 miles u...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-5 Survey number: HAER WA-24-C Building/structure dates: 1961 Initial Construction

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 1, South side of State Route 16, 1.3 miles northeast east of Sparta, Sparta, Hancock County, GA

Granite Hill Plantation, Quarry No. 1, South side of State Route 16, 1...

Significance: Granite Hill Plantation historically consisted of 1,547 acres amassed by Andrew Jackson Lane, a wealthy Hancock County planter. The plantation was one of the largest in the county, and is associa... More

Rainbow Hydroelectric Facility, House No. 16, On north bank of Missouri River 2 miles Northeast of Great Falls, & end of Rainbow Dam Road, Great Falls, Cascade County, MT

Rainbow Hydroelectric Facility, House No. 16, On north bank of Missour...

Significance: It is significant for its association with the industrial development of Montana and the consolidation of most of Montana's electric industry into the Montana Power Company. The district is also a... More

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

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Sugar Mill, 2 miles South of Thibodaux...

Significance: Although the building is now in ruins, a large collection of plantation records covering the period 1897-1926 has survived. Thus the manufacture of sugar can be examined from the perspective of a ... More

Route No. 1-Overton-Lake Mead Road, Low Water Crossings, 6 miles south of Overton, Overton, Clark County, NV

Route No. 1-Overton-Lake Mead Road, Low Water Crossings, 6 miles south...

Significance: The Route No. 1 Overton-Lake Mead Road contributed significantly to National park Service development of the Lake Mead Recreation Area beginning in 1938. Low water crossings were constructed as ke... More

Elm Creek Silo, 2.9 miles Southeast of Leaday Townsite, Voss, Coleman County, TX

Elm Creek Silo, 2.9 miles Southeast of Leaday Townsite, Voss, Coleman ...

Significance: This silo is a surviving example of a group of several silos built in the period just before the outbreak of World War I, when its site and much of the surrounding lands comprising the old Day Ran... More

Hinds Pump Plant, East of Joshua Tree National Monument, 5 miles north of Route 10, Hayfield, Riverside County, CA

Hinds Pump Plant, East of Joshua Tree National Monument, 5 miles north...

Survey number: HAER CA-246 Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Juniata Mill Complex, Mine Camp Building, 22.5 miles Southwest of Hawthorne, between Aurora Crater & Aurora Peak, Hawthorne, Mineral County, NV

Juniata Mill Complex, Mine Camp Building, 22.5 miles Southwest of Hawt...

Survey number: HAER NV-24-E Public domain photograph of wooden church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Middle Creek Hydroelectric Dam, On Middle Creek, West of U.S. Route 15, 3 miles South of Selinsgrove, Selinsgrove, Snyder County, PA

Middle Creek Hydroelectric Dam, On Middle Creek, West of U.S. Route 15...

Significance: The Middle Creek Hydroelectric Dam is a significant example of a timber crib dam and small electric generating station, that is typical of early rural electrification in America. Locally it was a... More

Middle Creek Hydroelectric Dam, On Middle Creek, West of U.S. Route 15, 3 miles South of Selinsgrove, Selinsgrove, Snyder County, PA

Middle Creek Hydroelectric Dam, On Middle Creek, West of U.S. Route 15...

Significance: The Middle Creek Hydroelectric Dam is a significant example of a timber crib dam and small electric generating station, that is typical of early rural electrification in America. Locally it was a... More

Sublet Mine No. 6, East of County Road No. 306, 3 miles north of U.S. Highway 189, Kemmerer, Lincoln County, WY

Sublet Mine No. 6, East of County Road No. 306, 3 miles north of U.S. ...

Significance: This site contains distinctive remnants of the coal mine that represent the broader state and regional historic themes of mining and ethnicity. In its technology and operation and in its workforc... More

Great Smoky Mountains National Park Roads & Bridges, The Loop Over Bridge, Newfound Gap Road 8.6 miles from park entrance, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park Roads & Bridges, The Loop Over Bri...

Significance: The Loop Over Bridge is a significant component of the transportation system in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Providing access to the first national park in the southern portion of the Uni... More

Red Bridge, Spanning Yellow river at abandoned county road, 7.3 miles northeast of Postville, Postville, Allamakee County, IA

Red Bridge, Spanning Yellow river at abandoned county road, 7.3 miles ...

Significance: The Red Bridge is a 98' combination wood and iron Pratt through truss, the remaining example in Iowa of an uncovered timber truss, with only a few remaining in other parts of the United States. U... More

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Drainage Plant, 2 Miles South of Thibodaux on State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Drainage Plant, 2 Miles South of Thibo...

Significance: Drainage, as effected through a system of ditches leading back to a pumping plant in the rear of a plantation, was an essential facet of operations on low-lying Louisiana sugar plantations. The s... More

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Drainage Plant, 2 Miles South of Thibodaux on State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Drainage Plant, 2 Miles South of Thibo...

Significance: Drainage, as effected through a system of ditches leading back to a pumping plant in the rear of a plantation, was an essential facet of operations on low-lying Louisiana sugar plantations. The s... More

Sublet Mine No. 6, Engine House, Southeast side of Willow Creek Valley, east of County Road No. 306, 3 miles north of U.S. Highway 189, Kemmerer, Lincoln County, WY

Sublet Mine No. 6, Engine House, Southeast side of Willow Creek Valley...

Survey number: HAER WY-54-E Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Green Butte Copper Company, Bunkhouse (Upper camp), McCarthy Creek 12 miles Northeast of McCarthy, McCarthy, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, AK

Green Butte Copper Company, Bunkhouse (Upper camp), McCarthy Creek 12 ...

Significance: Used by miners employed by the Green Butte Copper Company as part of their mining operation. A duplicate of the bunkhouse in the lower camp, this three-story, 32' x 46' wood frame building is con... More

Dundee Canal Industrial Historic District, Beginning at George Street in Passaic & extending north along Dundee Canal approximately 1.2 miles to Canal headgates opposite East Clifton Avenue in Clifton, Passaic, Passaic County, NJ

Dundee Canal Industrial Historic District, Beginning at George Street ...

Significance: The Dundee Canal Industrial Historic District (DCIHD) is an approximately 1.2-mile-long swath of late-19th- and early-20th-century industrial and industrial-related resources that cuts through the... More

Dundee Canal Industrial Historic District, Beginning at George Street in Passaic & extending north along Dundee Canal approximately 1.2 miles to Canal headgates opposite East Clifton Avenue in Clifton, Passaic, Passaic County, NJ

Dundee Canal Industrial Historic District, Beginning at George Street ...

Significance: The Dundee Canal Industrial Historic District (DCIHD) is an approximately 1.2-mile-long swath of late-19th- and early-20th-century industrial and industrial-related resources that cuts through the... More

Dundee Canal Industrial Historic District, Beginning at George Street in Passaic & extending north along Dundee Canal approximately 1.2 miles to Canal headgates opposite East Clifton Avenue in Clifton, Passaic, Passaic County, NJ

Dundee Canal Industrial Historic District, Beginning at George Street ...

Significance: The Dundee Canal Industrial Historic District (DCIHD) is an approximately 1.2-mile-long swath of late-19th- and early-20th-century industrial and industrial-related resources that cuts through the... More

Dundee Canal Industrial Historic District, Beginning at George Street in Passaic & extending north along Dundee Canal approximately 1.2 miles to Canal headgates opposite East Clifton Avenue in Clifton, Passaic, Passaic County, NJ

Dundee Canal Industrial Historic District, Beginning at George Street ...

Significance: The Dundee Canal Industrial Historic District (DCIHD) is an approximately 1.2-mile-long swath of late-19th- and early-20th-century industrial and industrial-related resources that cuts through the... More

Dundee Canal Industrial Historic District, Beginning at George Street in Passaic & extending north along Dundee Canal approximately 1.2 miles to Canal headgates opposite East Clifton Avenue in Clifton, Passaic, Passaic County, NJ

Dundee Canal Industrial Historic District, Beginning at George Street ...

Significance: The Dundee Canal Industrial Historic District (DCIHD) is an approximately 1.2-mile-long swath of late-19th- and early-20th-century industrial and industrial-related resources that cuts through the... More

Dundee Canal Industrial Historic District, Beginning at George Street in Passaic & extending north along Dundee Canal approximately 1.2 miles to Canal headgates opposite East Clifton Avenue in Clifton, Passaic, Passaic County, NJ

Dundee Canal Industrial Historic District, Beginning at George Street ...

Significance: The Dundee Canal Industrial Historic District (DCIHD) is an approximately 1.2-mile-long swath of late-19th- and early-20th-century industrial and industrial-related resources that cuts through the... More

Catawissa Bridge, Spanning north branch of Susquehanna River, 3.5 miles south of Bloomsburg, Catawissa, Columbia County, PA

Catawissa Bridge, Spanning north branch of Susquehanna River, 3.5 mile...

Significance: The existing Catawissa Bridge, built in 1898 by the Pennsylvania Bridge Company of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, consists of four (4) steel through-truss spans, each 304 feet long, for a total lengt... More

Catawissa Bridge, Spanning north branch of Susquehanna River, 3.5 miles south of Bloomsburg, Catawissa, Columbia County, PA

Catawissa Bridge, Spanning north branch of Susquehanna River, 3.5 mile...

Significance: The existing Catawissa Bridge, built in 1898 by the Pennsylvania Bridge Company of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, consists of four (4) steel through-truss spans, each 304 feet long, for a total lengt... More

Catawissa Bridge, Spanning north branch of Susquehanna River, 3.5 miles south of Bloomsburg, Catawissa, Columbia County, PA

Catawissa Bridge, Spanning north branch of Susquehanna River, 3.5 mile...

Significance: The existing Catawissa Bridge, built in 1898 by the Pennsylvania Bridge Company of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, consists of four (4) steel through-truss spans, each 304 feet long, for a total lengt... More

Catawissa Bridge, Spanning north branch of Susquehanna River, 3.5 miles south of Bloomsburg, Catawissa, Columbia County, PA

Catawissa Bridge, Spanning north branch of Susquehanna River, 3.5 mile...

Significance: The existing Catawissa Bridge, built in 1898 by the Pennsylvania Bridge Company of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, consists of four (4) steel through-truss spans, each 304 feet long, for a total lengt... More

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, East Timothy Lake Dam, Ashley National Forest, 8.4 miles North of Swift Creek Campground, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, East Timothy Lake Dam, Ashley Natio...

Significance: With a crest length of almost 1,400 feet, the East Timothy Lake dam is distinguished as by far the largest dam in the Upalco Unit of the Central Utah Project. It was completed in 1951 as the last... More

East Broad Top Railroad & Company, Water Tank at Coles Station, East Broad Top Railroad & Company  (at Milepost 24.3), 0.5 miles east of Coles Valley Road, Saltillo, Huntingdon County, PA

East Broad Top Railroad & Company, Water Tank at Coles Station, East B...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1150 Survey number: HAER PA-644 Building/structure dates: 1919 Initial Construction

Carlsbad Irrigation District, McMillan Dam, On Pecos River, 13 miles North of Carlsbad, Carlsbad, Eddy County, NM

Carlsbad Irrigation District, McMillan Dam, On Pecos River, 13 miles N...

Significance: The Pecos Irrigation and Improvement Company constructed McMillan Dam in 1893 as part of an overly-ambitious plan to irrigate hundreds of thousands of acres in the Pecos Valley. The reservoir cre... More

Carlsbad Irrigation District, McMillan Dam, On Pecos River, 13 miles North of Carlsbad, Carlsbad, Eddy County, NM

Carlsbad Irrigation District, McMillan Dam, On Pecos River, 13 miles N...

Significance: The Pecos Irrigation and Improvement Company constructed McMillan Dam in 1893 as part of an overly-ambitious plan to irrigate hundreds of thousands of acres in the Pecos Valley. The reservoir cre... More

Carlsbad Irrigation District, McMillan Dam, On Pecos River, 13 miles North of Carlsbad, Carlsbad, Eddy County, NM

Carlsbad Irrigation District, McMillan Dam, On Pecos River, 13 miles N...

Significance: The Pecos Irrigation and Improvement Company constructed McMillan Dam in 1893 as part of an overly-ambitious plan to irrigate hundreds of thousands of acres in the Pecos Valley. The reservoir cre... More

Carlsbad Irrigation District, McMillan Dam, On Pecos River, 13 miles North of Carlsbad, Carlsbad, Eddy County, NM

Carlsbad Irrigation District, McMillan Dam, On Pecos River, 13 miles N...

Significance: The Pecos Irrigation and Improvement Company constructed McMillan Dam in 1893 as part of an overly-ambitious plan to irrigate hundreds of thousands of acres in the Pecos Valley. The reservoir cre... More

Carlsbad Irrigation District, McMillan Dam, On Pecos River, 13 miles North of Carlsbad, Carlsbad, Eddy County, NM

Carlsbad Irrigation District, McMillan Dam, On Pecos River, 13 miles N...

Significance: The Pecos Irrigation and Improvement Company constructed McMillan Dam in 1893 as part of an overly-ambitious plan to irrigate hundreds of thousands of acres in the Pecos Valley. The reservoir cre... More

Carlsbad Irrigation District, McMillan Dam, On Pecos River, 13 miles North of Carlsbad, Carlsbad, Eddy County, NM

Carlsbad Irrigation District, McMillan Dam, On Pecos River, 13 miles N...

Significance: The Pecos Irrigation and Improvement Company constructed McMillan Dam in 1893 as part of an overly-ambitious plan to irrigate hundreds of thousands of acres in the Pecos Valley. The reservoir cre... More

Carlsbad Irrigation District, McMillan Dam, On Pecos River, 13 miles North of Carlsbad, Carlsbad, Eddy County, NM

Carlsbad Irrigation District, McMillan Dam, On Pecos River, 13 miles N...

Significance: The Pecos Irrigation and Improvement Company constructed McMillan Dam in 1893 as part of an overly-ambitious plan to irrigate hundreds of thousands of acres in the Pecos Valley. The reservoir cre... More

Carlsbad Irrigation District, McMillan Dam, On Pecos River, 13 miles North of Carlsbad, Carlsbad, Eddy County, NM

Carlsbad Irrigation District, McMillan Dam, On Pecos River, 13 miles N...

Significance: The Pecos Irrigation and Improvement Company constructed McMillan Dam in 1893 as part of an overly-ambitious plan to irrigate hundreds of thousands of acres in the Pecos Valley. The reservoir cre... More

Pennsylvania Railroad, Granville Bridge, Spanning Juniata River, 1.25 miles west of Lewistown, Lewistown, Mifflin County, PA

Pennsylvania Railroad, Granville Bridge, Spanning Juniata River, 1.25 ...

Significance: The bridge is significant as a well-preserved example of a medium-length stone arch bridge, representing the Pennsylvania Railroad's monumental capitol investment and desire for "permanent" struct... More

Burk's Makers Mark Distillery, Bonded Warehouse A, 3 miles East of Loretto, Loretto, Marion County, KY

Burk's Makers Mark Distillery, Bonded Warehouse A, 3 miles East of Lor...

Survey number: HAER KY-19-A National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 74000893

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Bluebell Lake Dam, Ashley National Forest, 11.2 miles Northwest of Swift Creek Campground, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Bluebell Lake Dam, Ashley National ...

Significance: Bluebell Lake is one of several natural high mountain lakes in the Swift Creek and Yellowstone River drainages dammed by the Farmers Irrigation Company in the 1920s and 1930s, to store water for i... More

Eagle Mountain Pump Plant, Ten miles north of Route 10, southeast of Eagle Mountain, Eagle Mountain, Riverside County, CA

Eagle Mountain Pump Plant, Ten miles north of Route 10, southeast of E...

Survey number: HAER CA-245 Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Calispell Diversion Canal, 1.2 miles southeast of I-20 & Flowery Trail, Usk, Pend Oreille County, WA

Calispell Diversion Canal, 1.2 miles southeast of I-20 & Flowery Trail...

Significance: The building of the Calispell Diversion Canal was one of the largest and most widely publicized New Deal projects undertaken in northeast Washington during the Great Depression. Much of the const... More

Kachess Dam, Cutoff Channel and Crib Structures, Kachess River, 1.5 miles north of Interstate 90, Easton, Kittitas County, WA

Kachess Dam, Cutoff Channel and Crib Structures, Kachess River, 1.5 mi...

Survey number: HAER WA-79-G Public domain photograph of a desert, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Vandalia Bridge, Spanning Milk River, 16 miles West of Glasgow, Glasgow, Valley County, MT

Vandalia Bridge, Spanning Milk River, 16 miles West of Glasgow, Glasgo...

Significance: The bridge is locally significant for the critical role it played in the rural development surrounding Vandalia and is a key feature in its transportation network. The bridge is also significant a... More

Vanadium Corporation of America (VCA) Naturita Mill, Sampling Building & Ore Receiving Platform, 3 miles Northwest of Naturita, between Highway 141 & San Miguel River, Naturita, Montrose County, CO

Vanadium Corporation of America (VCA) Naturita Mill, Sampling Building...

Significance: The VCA Naturita Mill Office Building was constructed in 1960-61 as part of an effort to reconstruct the facility as an experimental uranium and vanadium ore concentrating facility. Between 1958 (... More

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, "Big" House, 2 Miles South of Thibodaux on State Route 308, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, LA

Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, "Big" House, 2 Miles South of Thibodau...

Significance: This structure is the largest and most prestigious on the plantation. The elaborately wainscoted central hall runs 84 feet and is 12 feet wide. The ceilings are 14 feet high. The front porch is... More

Escalante River Bridge, Spanning Escalante River at State Route 12, 9.5 miles East of Escalante, Escalante, Garfield County, UT

Escalante River Bridge, Spanning Escalante River at State Route 12, 9....

Significance: The Escalante River Bridge, built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1940 under the supervision of Albert DeLong, Jr. and Daniel N. Covington, represents a unique multiple span concrete slab br... More

Fitzpatrick House, West boundry of Lockport, 20 miles southwest of Chicago, Lockport, Will County, IL

Fitzpatrick House, West boundry of Lockport, 20 miles southwest of Chi...

1988 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Second Place Significance: In 1986 the house was acquired by the Illinois to be used as a visitor's center and to provide office space for the Illinois and Michigan Canal Heritag... More

Fort Keogh, Officers Quarters A, 3 miles west of Miles City on U.S. Highway 10, Miles City, Custer County, MT

Fort Keogh, Officers Quarters A, 3 miles west of Miles City on U.S. Hi...

Survey number: HABS MT-76-A Building/structure dates: 1877 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1934 Subsequent Work

Fort Keogh, Officers Quarters A, 3 miles west of Miles City on U.S. Highway 10, Miles City, Custer County, MT

Fort Keogh, Officers Quarters A, 3 miles west of Miles City on U.S. Hi...

Survey number: HABS MT-76-A Building/structure dates: 1877 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1934 Subsequent Work

Fort Keogh, Officers Quarters A, 3 miles west of Miles City on U.S. Highway 10, Miles City, Custer County, MT

Fort Keogh, Officers Quarters A, 3 miles west of Miles City on U.S. Hi...

Survey number: HABS MT-76-A Building/structure dates: 1877 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1934 Subsequent Work

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Twin Pots Dam, Ashley National Forest, 10.1 miles North of Mountain Home, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Twin Pots Dam, Ashley National Fore...

Significance: At the time of its initial construction in 1921, the Twin Pots Dam not only held the largest body of impounded water in the Upalco Unit, it was the first successful attempt to impound running wate... More

Erie Railway, Bradford Division, Bridge 27.66, Spanning Kinzua Creek Valley, 1.5 miles northeast of Kushequa, Mount Jewett, McKean County, PA

Erie Railway, Bradford Division, Bridge 27.66, Spanning Kinzua Creek V...

Survey number: HAER PA-7 Building/structure dates: ca. 1885 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1900 Subsequent Work National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 77001511

Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 miles West of city of Burley, Idaho, Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, ID

Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 ...

Significance: Milner Dam and its canal system have national significance in agricultural history as a rare successful example of state-supervised private irrigation development provided for in Senator Joseph M.... More

Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 miles West of city of Burley, Idaho, Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, ID

Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 ...

Significance: Milner Dam and its canal system have national significance in agricultural history as a rare successful example of state-supervised private irrigation development provided for in Senator Joseph M.... More

Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 miles West of city of Burley, Idaho, Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, ID

Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 ...

Significance: Milner Dam and its canal system have national significance in agricultural history as a rare successful example of state-supervised private irrigation development provided for in Senator Joseph M.... More

Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 miles West of city of Burley, Idaho, Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, ID

Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 ...

Significance: Milner Dam and its canal system have national significance in agricultural history as a rare successful example of state-supervised private irrigation development provided for in Senator Joseph M.... More

Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 miles West of city of Burley, Idaho, Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, ID

Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 ...

Significance: Milner Dam and its canal system have national significance in agricultural history as a rare successful example of state-supervised private irrigation development provided for in Senator Joseph M.... More

Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 miles West of city of Burley, Idaho, Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, ID

Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 ...

Significance: Milner Dam and its canal system have national significance in agricultural history as a rare successful example of state-supervised private irrigation development provided for in Senator Joseph M.... More

Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 miles West of city of Burley, Idaho, Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, ID

Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 ...

Significance: Milner Dam and its canal system have national significance in agricultural history as a rare successful example of state-supervised private irrigation development provided for in Senator Joseph M.... More

Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 miles West of city of Burley, Idaho, Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, ID

Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 ...

Significance: Milner Dam and its canal system have national significance in agricultural history as a rare successful example of state-supervised private irrigation development provided for in Senator Joseph M.... More

Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 miles West of city of Burley, Idaho, Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, ID

Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 ...

Significance: Milner Dam and its canal system have national significance in agricultural history as a rare successful example of state-supervised private irrigation development provided for in Senator Joseph M.... More

Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 miles West of city of Burley, Idaho, Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, ID

Milner Dam & Main Canal: Twin Falls Canal Company, On Snake River, 11 ...

Significance: Milner Dam and its canal system have national significance in agricultural history as a rare successful example of state-supervised private irrigation development provided for in Senator Joseph M.... More

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Clements Lake Dam, Ashley National Forest, 6.5 miles North of Miners Gulch Campground, Mountain Home, Duchesne County, UT

High Mountain Dams in Upalco Unit, Clements Lake Dam, Ashley National ...

Significance: The largest of the Brown Duck Basin dams, the Clements Lake Dam is a representative, though undistinguished, example of clay core/earth fill technology found in the Upalco Unit. Its principal sig... More

Gene Pump Plant, South of Gene Wash Reservoir, 2 miles west of Whitsett Pump Plant, Parker Dam, San Bernardino County, CA

Gene Pump Plant, South of Gene Wash Reservoir, 2 miles west of Whitset...

Survey number: HAER CA-242 Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Skagit Power Development, Diablo Powerhouse, On Skagit River, 6.1 miles upstream from Newhalem, Newhalem, Whatcom County, WA

Skagit Power Development, Diablo Powerhouse, On Skagit River, 6.1 mile...

Significance: Seattle City Light, during the construction of the Skagit Power Development, maintained a dedication to quality. This becomes evident in the ornamental details of Diablo Powerhouse. Unit 31 in t... More

Hat Point Fire Lookout Tower, Forest Service Road #4340, 24 miles from Imnaha, Imnaha, Wallowa County, OR

Hat Point Fire Lookout Tower, Forest Service Road #4340, 24 miles from...

Significance: One of the few remaining operational fire lookout towers in the United States. The Hat Point Lookout is manned every fire season by a Forest Service lookout. The Tower is located on the edge of ... More

Hat Point Fire Lookout Tower, Forest Service Road #4340, 24 miles from Imnaha, Imnaha, Wallowa County, OR

Hat Point Fire Lookout Tower, Forest Service Road #4340, 24 miles from...

Significance: One of the few remaining operational fire lookout towers in the United States. The Hat Point Lookout is manned every fire season by a Forest Service lookout. The Tower is located on the edge of ... More

Hat Point Fire Lookout Tower, Forest Service Road #4340, 24 miles from Imnaha, Imnaha, Wallowa County, OR

Hat Point Fire Lookout Tower, Forest Service Road #4340, 24 miles from...

Significance: One of the few remaining operational fire lookout towers in the United States. The Hat Point Lookout is manned every fire season by a Forest Service lookout. The Tower is located on the edge of ... More

Mispillion Lighthouse, Beacon Tower, South bank of Mispillion River at it confluence with Delaware River at northeast end of County Road 203, 7 miles east of Milford, Milford, Sussex County, DE

Mispillion Lighthouse, Beacon Tower, South bank of Mispillion River at...

Significance: The beacon tower is associated with Mispillion Lighthouse, one of three surviving lighthouses in Delaware, and is an early example of the importance of steel-frame tower construction in providing ... More

Zion-Mount Carmel Highway, Tunnel, Two miles east of Zion Canyon Scenic Drive, Springdale, Washington County, UT

Zion-Mount Carmel Highway, Tunnel, Two miles east of Zion Canyon Sceni...

Significance: The 5,613-foot long, rock-faced Zion-Mount Carmel Tunnel with concrete spines was completed in 1930 and retains structural integrity. It is one of the most spectacular manmade sites at Zion Natio... More

Zion-Mount Carmel Highway, Tunnel, Two miles east of Zion Canyon Scenic Drive, Springdale, Washington County, UT

Zion-Mount Carmel Highway, Tunnel, Two miles east of Zion Canyon Sceni...

Significance: The 5,613-foot long, rock-faced Zion-Mount Carmel Tunnel with concrete spines was completed in 1930 and retains structural integrity. It is one of the most spectacular manmade sites at Zion Natio... More

Chicago Skyway Toll Bridge, I-90, for 7.8 miles from South State Street to Indiana state line, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Chicago Skyway Toll Bridge, I-90, for 7.8 miles from South State Stree...

Significance: The Chicago Skyway Toll Bridge system crosses the Calumet River on a 650'-0"-long cantilever Warren through truss. This is Chicago's highest and longest bridge, and perhaps more importantly, its ... More

Chicago Skyway Toll Bridge, I-90, for 7.8 miles from South State Street to Indiana state line, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Chicago Skyway Toll Bridge, I-90, for 7.8 miles from South State Stree...

Significance: The Chicago Skyway Toll Bridge system crosses the Calumet River on a 650'-0"-long cantilever Warren through truss. This is Chicago's highest and longest bridge, and perhaps more importantly, its ... More

Chicago Skyway Toll Bridge, I-90, for 7.8 miles from South State Street to Indiana state line, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Chicago Skyway Toll Bridge, I-90, for 7.8 miles from South State Stree...

Significance: The Chicago Skyway Toll Bridge system crosses the Calumet River on a 650'-0"-long cantilever Warren through truss. This is Chicago's highest and longest bridge, and perhaps more importantly, its ... More

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