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Knudson and Kettering after. Washington, D.C., Dec. 6. William S. Knudsen, right, President, and Charles F. Kettering, Vice President of the General Motors Corporation, compare notes as they arrived to appear before the Monopoly Committee today. Both testified that it would be 'bad for the industry generally' if the present patent system were abolished

Knudson and Kettering after. Washington, D.C., Dec. 6. William S. Knud...

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General Motors Technical Center, Warren, Michigan, 1945; 1946-56. Dynamometer Building

General Motors Technical Center, Warren, Michigan, 1945; 1946-56. Dyna...

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General Motors Technical Center, Warren, Michigan, 1945; 1946-56. Main gate

General Motors Technical Center, Warren, Michigan, 1945; 1946-56. Main...

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General Motors Technical Center, Warren, Michigan, 1945; 1946-56. Research Group

General Motors Technical Center, Warren, Michigan, 1945; 1946-56. Rese...

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General Motors Technical Center, Warren, Michigan, 1945; 1946-56. Cafeteria interior

General Motors Technical Center, Warren, Michigan, 1945; 1946-56. Cafe...

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World's Fair, General Motors Building. Exterior from southwest

World's Fair, General Motors Building. Exterior from southwest

Public domain photograph related to the United States industrial history, General Motors Company, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description The New York World's Fair was a large interna... More

Detroit, Michigan. Looking south on Second Avenue from the Fisher Building, with the General Motors Building at the left

Detroit, Michigan. Looking south on Second Avenue from the Fisher Buil...

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Production. Airplane engines. Airplane engines assembled for testing in a Midwest plant. After the tests have been run, the engines will be torn down and all parts minutely inspected. After reassembly and another series of tests, the engines will be shipped to airplane factories. Continental Motors, Muskegon

Production. Airplane engines. Airplane engines assembled for testing i...

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Conversion. Automobile plant. Preparing to swing back and clear the long toggle arm of a huge 90T96 Cleveland press so the large connecting rod can be brought in place under the crankshaft. The 120-ton machine will perform a major operation on hood panels for 4 x 4 army trucks. It was moved piece by piece from another plant that is being completely dismantled for conversion to other war productions. Chevrolet Motors, Detroit, Michigan

Conversion. Automobile plant. Preparing to swing back and clear the lo...

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Detroit, Michigan. A box for suggestions from workers installed in the Cadillac motor car division of General Motors Corporation (?). Checking workers' suggestions

Detroit, Michigan. A box for suggestions from workers installed in the...

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Production. Jeep engines. Assembling jeep engines in a Midwest plant. The hard-boiled little army cars rate the best of material and workmanship. Continental Motors, Michigan

Production. Jeep engines. Assembling jeep engines in a Midwest plant. ...

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Detroit, Michigan. Foreman at the Allison Motors plant

Detroit, Michigan. Foreman at the Allison Motors plant

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Detroit, Michigan. Results of constructive suggestions placed by workers in a box for this purpose in the Cadillac motor car division of General Motors Corporation (?). A jig to prevent mistakes in boring holes in a complicated part

Detroit, Michigan. Results of constructive suggestions placed by worke...

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The motors of many refrigerators require periodic cleaning. If your model is one of these, keep coils free from hampering dust and grime by weekly sessions with a wire brush or a vacuum attachment
Detroit, Michigan. A box for suggestions from workers installed in the Cadillac motor car division of General Motors Corporation(?). Office worker with stacks of workers' suggestion

Detroit, Michigan. A box for suggestions from workers installed in the...

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Detroit, Michigan. Results of constructive suggestions placed by workers in a box for this purpose in the Cadillac motor car division of General Motors Corporation (?). Crank shaft boring maching with a jig plate to prevent mistakes, as suggested by a worker

Detroit, Michigan. Results of constructive suggestions placed by worke...

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Detroit, Michigan. Lathe operator at the Allison Motors plant

Detroit, Michigan. Lathe operator at the Allison Motors plant

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Firehouse Station No. 4. Washington, D.C. Captain Keye shouting location of the alarm above the roar of the truck motors

Firehouse Station No. 4. Washington, D.C. Captain Keye shouting locati...

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Baltimore, Maryland. Repairing busses and their motors at the Washington terminal, maintenance plant of the Baltimore Transit Company

Baltimore, Maryland. Repairing busses and their motors at the Washingt...

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L Motors, business at 175th St. and Broadway, New York City. Interior II

L Motors, business at 175th St. and Broadway, New York City. Interior ...

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Crystal Motors, business at 5901 Bay Parkway, Brooklyn, New York. Interior IV

Crystal Motors, business at 5901 Bay Parkway, Brooklyn, New York. Inte...

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General Motors Technical Center, Warren, Michigan, 1945; 1946-56. Design Center interior with stair in foreground

General Motors Technical Center, Warren, Michigan, 1945; 1946-56. Desi...

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General Motors Building, Detroit, Michigan

General Motors Building, Detroit, Michigan

The Renaissance Center (also known as the GM Renaissance Center and nicknamed the RenCen) is a group of seven interconnected skyscrapers in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Located on the International Riverfr... More

Fireboat DUWAMISH, South Lake Union Pier, Seattle, King County, WA

Fireboat DUWAMISH, South Lake Union Pier, Seattle, King County, WA

Significance: Fireboat DUWAMISH is one of the oldest extant fireboats specifically built for the purpose of firefighting and retains a high degree of integrity. It was designated a National Historic Landmark i... More

Victory Bridge, Spanning Raritan River at New Jersey Route 35, Perth Amboy, Middlesex County, NJ

Victory Bridge, Spanning Raritan River at New Jersey Route 35, Perth A...

Significance: This 360 foot center-bearing swing span bridge with steel deck girder and concrete bent approach spans is significant as the largest and most recent example of a highway bridge of its type in the ... More

San Francisco Cable Railway, Cable Car Powerhouse & Barn, 1201 Mason Street, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Cable Railway, Cable Car Powerhouse & Barn, 1201 Mason S...

also CAL,38-SANFRA,137- San Francisco Cable Railway Significance: San Francisco's three surviving cable car routes all operate out of this two-story brick building. Erected in 1907-08, this structure replaced ... More

U.S. Steel Homestead Works, Along Monongahela River, north of Eighth Avenue, Homestead, Allegheny County, PA

U.S. Steel Homestead Works, Along Monongahela River, north of Eighth A...

Significance: Established in 1879, Homestead Works is one of six plants (Homestead, Edgar Thomson, Duquesne, Irvin, National and Clairton) which, until the collapse in 1982, comprised U.S. Steel's Mon Valley wo... More

Tayco Street Bridge, Spanning Government Canal at Tayco & Water Streets, Menasha, Winnebago County, WI

Tayco Street Bridge, Spanning Government Canal at Tayco & Water Street...

Significance: The Tayco Street Bridge is a double leaf, Strauss Underneath Counterweight bascule bridge. It is significant as the only bridge of this type in Menasha. With its symmetrical design and four hous... More

Prescott Bridge, Spanning St. Croix River on U.S. Highway 10, Prescott, Pierce County, WI

Prescott Bridge, Spanning St. Croix River on U.S. Highway 10, Prescott...

Significance: The Prescott Bridge is a rare regional example of a Waddell-and-Harrington, vertical-lift highway bridge. Built by a group of Prescott residents who operated it as a toll crossing from 1923 to 19... 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

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

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

Main Street Bridge, Spanning Fox River on Main Street, Green Bay, Brown County, WI

Main Street Bridge, Spanning Fox River on Main Street, Green Bay, Brow...

Significance: The Main Street Bridge is a double-leaf, Strauss Underneath Counterweight bascule bridge. It is significant as the only bridge of this type in Green Bay. With its symmetrical design including fo... More

NASA Langley Research Center, 8-Foot High Speed Wind Tunnel, 641 Thornell Avenue, Hampton, Hampton, Virginia

NASA Langley Research Center, 8-Foot High Speed Wind Tunnel, 641 Thorn...

Significance: The facility was authorized in July 1933 and built by the Public Works Administration for $26,000. It tested complete models of aircraft and aircraft components in a high-speed airstream approach... More

San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco...

also CAL, 38-SANFRA-137-A- San Francisco Railway: Cable Car Powerhouse & Barn Significance: The last operating cable railroad in the world. Representative of an important type of urban transportation system in... More

San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco...

also CAL, 38-SANFRA-137-A- San Francisco Railway: Cable Car Powerhouse & Barn Significance: The last operating cable railroad in the world. Representative of an important type of urban transportation system in... More

San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco...

also CAL, 38-SANFRA-137-A- San Francisco Railway: Cable Car Powerhouse & Barn Significance: The last operating cable railroad in the world. Representative of an important type of urban transportation system in... More

San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco...

also CAL, 38-SANFRA-137-A- San Francisco Railway: Cable Car Powerhouse & Barn Significance: The last operating cable railroad in the world. Representative of an important type of urban transportation system in... More

San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco...

also CAL, 38-SANFRA-137-A- San Francisco Railway: Cable Car Powerhouse & Barn Significance: The last operating cable railroad in the world. Representative of an important type of urban transportation system in... More

San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco...

also CAL, 38-SANFRA-137-A- San Francisco Railway: Cable Car Powerhouse & Barn Significance: The last operating cable railroad in the world. Representative of an important type of urban transportation system in... More

Potomac Edison Company, Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Bridge, Spanning C & O Canal South of U.S. 11, Williamsport, Washington County, MD

Potomac Edison Company, Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Bridge, Spanning C & O...

Significance: The Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Lift Bridge is significant as a rare surviving example of a short-span railroad vertical lift bridge, for its unusual design elements to allow unimpeded passage of cana... More

NASA Langley Research Center, Full-Scale Wind Tunnel, 224 Hunting Avenue, Hampton, Hampton, Virginia

NASA Langley Research Center, Full-Scale Wind Tunnel, 224 Hunting Aven...

Significance: The facility allowed wind tunnel research into fields that could be most effectively investigated with full-scale models and actual aircraft. Until 1945 it was the largest wind tunnel in the world... More

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Do not abolish present system, GMC head tells monopoly committee. Washington, D.C., Dec. 6. William S. Knudsen, President of the General Motors Corp., today told the Monopoly Committee that to abolish the patent system would be 'bad for industry generally.' He added, 'it wouldn't mean much to General Motors but hurt the inventors'

Do not abolish present system, GMC head tells monopoly committee. Wash...

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General Motors Technical Center, Warren, Michigan, 1945; 1946-56. Cafeteria interior

General Motors Technical Center, Warren, Michigan, 1945; 1946-56. Cafe...

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General Motors Technical Center, Warren, Michigan, 1945; 1946-56. Fountains

General Motors Technical Center, Warren, Michigan, 1945; 1946-56. Foun...

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General Motors Technical Center, Warren, Michigan, 1945; 1946-56. Administration Building stair

General Motors Technical Center, Warren, Michigan, 1945; 1946-56. Admi...

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General Motors Technical Center, Warren, Michigan, 1945; 1946-56. Design Center detail

General Motors Technical Center, Warren, Michigan, 1945; 1946-56. Desi...

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General Motors Technical Center, Warren, Michigan, 1945; 1946-56. Fountains

General Motors Technical Center, Warren, Michigan, 1945; 1946-56. Foun...

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General Motors Technical Center, Warren, Michigan, 1945; 1946-56. Cafeteria

General Motors Technical Center, Warren, Michigan, 1945; 1946-56. Cafe...

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General Motors Technical Center, Warren, Michigan, 1945; 1946-56. Design Center

General Motors Technical Center, Warren, Michigan, 1945; 1946-56. Desi...

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Griffith Consumers Co. Emergency motors I

Griffith Consumers Co. Emergency motors I

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White Sulphur Springs, W.VA, June 9. W.J. Davidson, left, of General Motors, Detroit, and Col. J.G. Vincent, of Packard Motors, Detroit, discuss safety driving, 6/9/36

White Sulphur Springs, W.VA, June 9. W.J. Davidson, left, of General M...

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Detroit, Michigan. A box for suggestions from workers installed in the Cadillac motor ar division of General Motors Corporation (?) with a jig holding two parts in a vise. A worker suggested the design for a jig to hold six of these parts at once, and so cut down handling time

Detroit, Michigan. A box for suggestions from workers installed in the...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Conversion. Automobile industry. Line of "honing" machines formerly used on automobile motors, have been moved back in the plant to make way for war work. Soon these machines will be stored outdoors until the tools necessary to adapt them to war activities can be completed. The Plymouth Company, Chrysler Corporation, Detroit, Michigan

Conversion. Automobile industry. Line of "honing" machines formerly us...

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Detroit, Michigan. Dimensional finishers at the Allison Motors plant

Detroit, Michigan. Dimensional finishers at the Allison Motors plant

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Airplane engines. An airplane engine is torn down after it has gone through a grueling test in a Midwest plant. Each of the disassembled parts will be carefully inspected before the engine is reassembled and subjected to a final checkup. Continental Motors, Michigan

Production. Airplane engines. An airplane engine is torn down after it...

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

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Motors are delivered in this special fork lift tractor from the receiving department to the engine assembly line of North American's in Inglewood, California, aircraft plant. This plant produces the battle tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane, which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Motors are delivered in thi...

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Detroit, Michigan. Lathe operator at the Allison Motors plant

Detroit, Michigan. Lathe operator at the Allison Motors plant

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Detroit, Michigan. Maintenance man at the Allison Motors plant

Detroit, Michigan. Maintenance man at the Allison Motors plant

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Production. Airplane engines. All the parts of an airplane engine, which has just undergone severe tests in a Midwest plant, are spread out for minute inspection. After the checkup, the engine will be reassembled and sent on for final inspection. Continental Motors, Michigan

Production. Airplane engines. All the parts of an airplane engine, whi...

Picryl description: Public domain image of food, dinner, grocery store, eating, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

M-10 tank destroyer. The M-10 "tank destroyer" is one of the Army's most effective weapons for land combat. It is a speedy, maneuverable land cruiser with great firepower. Notice the sloped contour of the hull and turret to deflect enemy shells. This destroyer, known as the M-10, is being produced in large numbers at the General Motors tank arsenal

M-10 tank destroyer. The M-10 "tank destroyer" is one of the Army's mo...

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L Motors, business at 175th St. and Broadway, New York City. Interior I

L Motors, business at 175th St. and Broadway, New York City. Interior ...

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Crystal Motors, business at 5901 Bay Parkway, Brooklyn, New York. Exterior I

Crystal Motors, business at 5901 Bay Parkway, Brooklyn, New York. Exte...

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General Motors Technical Center, Warren, Michigan, 1945; 1946-56. Exterior

General Motors Technical Center, Warren, Michigan, 1945; 1946-56. Exte...

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Assembling room, chassis and motors, auto plant, Detroit, Mich.

Assembling room, chassis and motors, auto plant, Detroit, Mich.

Stereo copyrighted by Keystone. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Automobiles; Industry & manufacture Automobiles; Shelf.

Cleveland-Chandler Motors Corporation, 300 East 131st Street, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH

Cleveland-Chandler Motors Corporation, 300 East 131st Street, Clevelan...

Significance: One of the largest automobile manufacturing plants in Cleveland, introduced mildly innovative factory designs. Survey number: HAER OH-11-G Building/structure dates: 1913 Initial Construction

NASA Langley Research Center, 8-Foot Transonic Pressure Tunnel, 640 Thornell Avenue, Hampton, Hampton, Virginia

NASA Langley Research Center, 8-Foot Transonic Pressure Tunnel, 640 Th...

Significance: The 8-Foot Transonic Pressure Tunnel was the first of Langley's wind tunnels to be built incorporating the new slotted throat tunnel design from its inception. A significant improvement over its r... More

U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, West bank of Monongahela River along State Route 837, Duquesne, Allegheny County, PA

U.S. Steel Duquesne Works, West bank of Monongahela River along State ...

Significance: The construction of the Duquesne Steel Works marked an important event in the movement toward integrated steel producing ventures in the Monongahela Valley of western Pennsylvania. Constructed af... More

Fireboat DUWAMISH, South Lake Union Pier, Seattle, King County, WA

Fireboat DUWAMISH, South Lake Union Pier, Seattle, King County, WA

Significance: Fireboat DUWAMISH is one of the oldest extant fireboats specifically built for the purpose of firefighting and retains a high degree of integrity. It was designated a National Historic Landmark i... More

Tayco Street Bridge, Spanning Government Canal at Tayco & Water Streets, Menasha, Winnebago County, WI

Tayco Street Bridge, Spanning Government Canal at Tayco & Water Street...

Significance: The Tayco Street Bridge is a double leaf, Strauss Underneath Counterweight bascule bridge. It is significant as the only bridge of this type in Menasha. With its symmetrical design and four hous... More

Prescott Bridge, Spanning St. Croix River on U.S. Highway 10, Prescott, Pierce County, WI

Prescott Bridge, Spanning St. Croix River on U.S. Highway 10, Prescott...

Significance: The Prescott Bridge is a rare regional example of a Waddell-and-Harrington, vertical-lift highway bridge. Built by a group of Prescott residents who operated it as a toll crossing from 1923 to 19... More

Prescott Bridge, Spanning St. Croix River on U.S. Highway 10, Prescott, Pierce County, WI

Prescott Bridge, Spanning St. Croix River on U.S. Highway 10, Prescott...

Significance: The Prescott Bridge is a rare regional example of a Waddell-and-Harrington, vertical-lift highway bridge. Built by a group of Prescott residents who operated it as a toll crossing from 1923 to 19... 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

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

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

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

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

Military Street Bridge, Spanning Black River at Military Street, Port Huron, St. Clair County, MI

Military Street Bridge, Spanning Black River at Military Street, Port ...

Significance: The Military Street Bridge is the oldest surviving bascule highway bridge in Michigan and is an excellent example of the underneath counterweight trunnion design developed by Jospeh B. Strauss, an... More

Main Street Bridge, Spanning Fox River on Main Street, Green Bay, Brown County, WI

Main Street Bridge, Spanning Fox River on Main Street, Green Bay, Brow...

Significance: The Main Street Bridge is a double-leaf, Strauss Underneath Counterweight bascule bridge. It is significant as the only bridge of this type in Green Bay. With its symmetrical design including fo... More

Main Street Bridge, Spanning Fox River on Main Street, Green Bay, Brown County, WI

Main Street Bridge, Spanning Fox River on Main Street, Green Bay, Brow...

Significance: The Main Street Bridge is a double-leaf, Strauss Underneath Counterweight bascule bridge. It is significant as the only bridge of this type in Green Bay. With its symmetrical design including fo... More

Main Street Bridge, Spanning Fox River on Main Street, Green Bay, Brown County, WI

Main Street Bridge, Spanning Fox River on Main Street, Green Bay, Brow...

Significance: The Main Street Bridge is a double-leaf, Strauss Underneath Counterweight bascule bridge. It is significant as the only bridge of this type in Green Bay. With its symmetrical design including fo... More

Main Street Bridge, Spanning Fox River on Main Street, Green Bay, Brown County, WI

Main Street Bridge, Spanning Fox River on Main Street, Green Bay, Brow...

Significance: The Main Street Bridge is a double-leaf, Strauss Underneath Counterweight bascule bridge. It is significant as the only bridge of this type in Green Bay. With its symmetrical design including fo... More

San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco...

also CAL, 38-SANFRA-137-A- San Francisco Railway: Cable Car Powerhouse & Barn Significance: The last operating cable railroad in the world. Representative of an important type of urban transportation system in... More

San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco...

also CAL, 38-SANFRA-137-A- San Francisco Railway: Cable Car Powerhouse & Barn Significance: The last operating cable railroad in the world. Representative of an important type of urban transportation system in... More

San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco...

also CAL, 38-SANFRA-137-A- San Francisco Railway: Cable Car Powerhouse & Barn Significance: The last operating cable railroad in the world. Representative of an important type of urban transportation system in... More

San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco...

also CAL, 38-SANFRA-137-A- San Francisco Railway: Cable Car Powerhouse & Barn Significance: The last operating cable railroad in the world. Representative of an important type of urban transportation system in... More

San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco...

also CAL, 38-SANFRA-137-A- San Francisco Railway: Cable Car Powerhouse & Barn Significance: The last operating cable railroad in the world. Representative of an important type of urban transportation system in... More

San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco...

also CAL, 38-SANFRA-137-A- San Francisco Railway: Cable Car Powerhouse & Barn Significance: The last operating cable railroad in the world. Representative of an important type of urban transportation system in... More

Potomac Edison Company, Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Bridge, Spanning C & O Canal South of U.S. 11, Williamsport, Washington County, MD

Potomac Edison Company, Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Bridge, Spanning C & O...

Significance: The Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Lift Bridge is significant as a rare surviving example of a short-span railroad vertical lift bridge, for its unusual design elements to allow unimpeded passage of cana... More

NASA Langley Research Center, Full-Scale Wind Tunnel, 224 Hunting Avenue, Hampton, Hampton, Virginia

NASA Langley Research Center, Full-Scale Wind Tunnel, 224 Hunting Aven...

Significance: The facility allowed wind tunnel research into fields that could be most effectively investigated with full-scale models and actual aircraft. Until 1945 it was the largest wind tunnel in the world... More

NASA Langley Research Center, Full-Scale Wind Tunnel, 224 Hunting Avenue, Hampton, Hampton, Virginia

NASA Langley Research Center, Full-Scale Wind Tunnel, 224 Hunting Aven...

Significance: The facility allowed wind tunnel research into fields that could be most effectively investigated with full-scale models and actual aircraft. Until 1945 it was the largest wind tunnel in the world... More

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