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[The electric generator factory at the Imperial Naval Arsenal] / Abdul...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and English. No. 16. In album: The Imperial Naval Academy, Imperial Naval Arsenal, Navy Department, and bridges, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms... More

U.S.S. Oregon, dynamo room - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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An immense electrical generator run by water-power at Peterborough, On...

J265478 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 27007; No. C175. Public domain photograph of electric power generation, power lines, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Here is the "inside workings" of the automatic telephone, located at t...

Potomac Electric Power Co. Benning plant. Machinery I

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Potomac Electric Power Co. Benning plant. Frequency changer view at Be...

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Potomac Electric Power Co. Buzzard Point plant. Men in front of machin...

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Potomac Electric Power Co. Power plant interior

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Steel manufacture, Allegheny-Ludlum. To the left is a portion of the p...

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Potomac Electric Power Co. Buzzard Point plant. Coal handling machines...

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Tennessee Valley Authority. The stator, rotor and exciter of a new gen...

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Tennessee Valley Authority. Looking down the partly-finished generator...

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Wheeler Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Generator

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Louis Justement, architect. Capitol Power Plant, New Jersey Ave. and E...

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Potomac Electric Power Co. Benning plant. Exterior of Benning plant II...

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Public Service of New Jersey, Bergen station. Generators

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Hardy Hydroelectric Plant, Intake Tower, 6928 East Thirty-sixth Street...

Significance: The tower is part of the Hardy Hydroelectric Plant, built in the early 1930s as a link in Consumers Power Company's system of electric power generation. In designing and building Hardy, the compan... More

Wilson Dam & Hydroelectric Plant, Spanning Tennessee River at Wilson D...

Significance: In 1918, by the directive of the U.S. War Department, the Army Corps of Engineers began construction on Wilson Dam, a large hydroelectric project that was to supply power to U.S. Nitrate Plant No.... More

Wilson Dam & Hydroelectric Plant, Spanning Tennessee River at Wilson D...

Significance: In 1918, by the directive of the U.S. War Department, the Army Corps of Engineers began construction on Wilson Dam, a large hydroelectric project that was to supply power to U.S. Nitrate Plant No.... More

Wilson Dam & Hydroelectric Plant, Spanning Tennessee River at Wilson D...

Significance: In 1918, by the directive of the U.S. War Department, the Army Corps of Engineers began construction on Wilson Dam, a large hydroelectric project that was to supply power to U.S. Nitrate Plant No.... More

Naval Air Station Fallon, Power Plant, 800 Complex, off Carson Road ne...

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Naval Air Station Fallon, Power Plant, 800 Complex, off Carson Road ne...

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Naval Air Station Fallon, Power Plant, 800 Complex, off Carson Road ne...

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Naval Air Station Fallon, Power Plant, 800 Complex, off Carson Road ne...

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Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Central Power Plant, California Avenue, no...

Significance: Building 121 is a contributing element of the Mare Island Historic District. Building 121, the 1918 central power plant for Mare Island, is highly significant both for its function within the shi... More

Snoqualmie Falls Hydroelectric Project, .5 mile north of Snoqualmie, S...

Significance: The Snoqualmie Falls Hydroelectric Project was completed in 1898 and includes a cavity generating station, constructed some 250 feet below the surface of the river and about 300 feet from the edge... More

Snoqualmie Falls Hydroelectric Project, .5 mile north of Snoqualmie, S...

Significance: The Snoqualmie Falls Hydroelectric Project was completed in 1898 and includes a cavity generating station, constructed some 250 feet below the surface of the river and about 300 feet from the edge... More

Snoqualmie Falls Hydroelectric Project, .5 mile north of Snoqualmie, S...

Significance: The Snoqualmie Falls Hydroelectric Project was completed in 1898 and includes a cavity generating station, constructed some 250 feet below the surface of the river and about 300 feet from the edge... More

Trout Creek Dam, River Mile 1.8 on Trout Creek, Carson, Skamania Count...

Significance: The dam and fish ladder were constructed by the CCC, Company 944 in 1935-36. The structure, a concrete arch dam, is believed to be one of the largest power generation plants constructed solely by ... More

Folsom Powerhouse, Adjacent to American River, Folsom, Sacramento Coun...

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Folsom Powerhouse, Adjacent to American River, Folsom, Sacramento Coun...

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Folsom Powerhouse, Adjacent to American River, Folsom, Sacramento Coun...

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Portland General Electric Company, Powerhouse Extension, 1841 Southeas...

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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

Hoover Dam, Arizona-Nevada Switchyard, U.S. Highway 93, Boulder City, ...

Significance: It is one of six switchyards built between 1935 and 1952 to provide terminals for major transmission lines carrying electricity to markets in California, Nevada, and Arizona. All of these faciliti... More

Capital Traction Company Powerhouse, 3142 K Street Northwest, Washingt...

Significance: The building housed the equipment which generate the electricity for Washington's transportation system from 1911 to 1943. It is superior industrial architecture, and an impressive landmark on th... More

Commercial & Industrial Buildings, Carr, Ryder & Adams Company, Powerh...

Significance: An integral part of the Carr, Ryder and Adams factory complex, built at a time of tremendous expansion for the firm, this two-story powerhouse is historically significant for its association with ... More

Georgetown Steam Plant, South Warsaw Street, King County Airport, Seat...

Significance: The Georgetown Steam Plant is an early reinforced concrete structure housing America's last operable examples of the "first generation" of large scale, vertical steam turbine electric generators. ... More

Ortona Lock, Lock No. 2, Power House, Caloosahatchee River, Cross-Stat...

Significance: This building was constructed to house the electrical equipment to operate the lock and dame gates and provide power to the auxiliary buildings. It is significant for its role in the operation of ... More

Grand Canyon Power Plant, Coconino, Coconino County, AZ

Survey number: HAER AZ-2 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 87001411

Double-Compound Steam Engine "Sierra Nevada", Seaplane Anchorage vicin...

Significance: A presently rare example of an engine representing, in general, an important stage in steam engineering and, specifically, a form of engine once widely used for ferryboat propulsion. Unprocessed ... More

Medina Base National Stockpile Site, Building No. 400, West of I-410, ...

Significance: Building 400 is an "S" structure designed and constructed 1954-1955 at what was then the Medina Base National Stockpile Site. the Medina Base was built by the Atomic Energy Commission and the Arme... More

Wilson Dam & Hydroelectric Plant, Turbine & Generator Unit, Spanning T...

Significance: At Wilson Dam, two manufacturers, Westinghouse and General Electric, each supplied 4 of the dam's first turbine and generator sets to the 18 unit-capacity powerhouse. Illustrated here is one of t... More

Lake Lynn Hydroelectric Power House & Dam, Cheat River, Morgantown, Mo...

Significance: When built, the Lake Lynn power house and dam reflected the state of the art in American hydroelectric power technology and developed a very substantial portion of West Virginia's hydrologic resou... More

Huber Coal Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne County, PA

Significance: The Huber Coal Breaker is important as an example of coal preparation plants built in the 1930s by large anthracite coal companies in Northeastern Pennsylvania to meet market conditions. The brea... More

Huber Coal Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne County, PA

Significance: The Huber Coal Breaker is important as an example of coal preparation plants built in the 1930s by large anthracite coal companies in Northeastern Pennsylvania to meet market conditions. The brea... More

Huber Coal Breaker, 101 South Main Street, Ashley, Luzerne County, PA

Significance: The Huber Coal Breaker is important as an example of coal preparation plants built in the 1930s by large anthracite coal companies in Northeastern Pennsylvania to meet market conditions. The brea... More

R. K. LeBlond Machine Tool Company, Power House & Outbuildings, 2980 M...

Significance: The power generating station of the Le Blond complex is at once the most visible element of the factory when seen from a distance and also the most essential component of the factory's operation. ... More

Columbus Railroad Company, Power Station, Eighteenth Street on Chattah...

Significance: This was the first central hydroelectric generating station in Columbus. From 1887-1906 it produced most of the electricity used for street, commercial and residential lighting, and for small pow... More

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

Commonwealth Electric Company, Fisk Street Electrical Generating Stati...

Significance: The original Fisk Street powerhouse, built in 1903, contained the world's most powerful Curtis steam-turbine generator. Manufactured by General Electric, this vertical steam-turbine generator pro... More

Spencer Kellogg & Sons, Incorporated, Pier & Transit Shed, 139-155 Riv...

Significance: This steel-framed, iron-sided transit shed on its wooden pier is significant as an extremely rare survival of a once typical form of commercial waterfront structure in the Port of New York, and as... More

Boswell Bay White Alice Site, Radio Relay Building, Chugach National F...

Significance: This structure is part of the Boswell Bay White Alice Station, which was a component of the detection and communication system bridging the North American continent and directly related to the DEW... More

Rainbow Hydroelectric Facility, On north bank of Missouri River 2 mile...

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

Dam No. 5 Hydroelectric Plant, On Potomac River, Hedgesville, Berkeley...

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Dam No. 5 Hydroelectric Plant, On Potomac River, Hedgesville, Berkeley...

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Nooksack Falls Hydroelectric Plant, Route 542, Glacier, Whatcom County...

Significance: With a generating capacity of 1,500 kilowatts, the Nooksack plant is the second oldest operating hydroelectric facility in western Washington (only the Snoqualmie Falls plant (1899) is earlier t... More

Santa Ana River Hydroelectric System, SAR-1 Powerhouse, Redlands, San ...

Survey number: HAER CA-130-J Building/structure dates: 1898 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1905 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1904 Subsequent Work

Santa Ana River Hydroelectric System, SAR-1 Powerhouse, Redlands, San ...

Survey number: HAER CA-130-J Building/structure dates: 1898 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1905 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1904 Subsequent Work

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Automatic Signalization Syste...

Significance: This system is one of the few automatic semaphore signal installations still in use on a major railroad in the United States. It was a major element in the first large-scale application of high-v... More

Turners Falls Power & Electric Company, Hampden Station, East bank of ...

Significance: Turners Falls Power and Electric Company built only hydroelectric facilities until World War I, when it constructed the coal-fired, steam-powered Hampden Station to meet increased industrial deman... More

Beale Air Force Base, Perimeter Acquisition Vehicle Entry Phased-Array...

Significance: Building 5761 is physically integrated with Building 5760, the primary structure at the PAVE PAWS compound on Beale Air Force Base. Survey number: HAER CA-319-B Building/structure dates: after. ... More

Hoover Dam, Los Angeles Switch Yard, U.S. Highway 93, Boulder City, Cl...

Significance: It was the first and largest of the six major Federal switchyards at Hoover Dam. When the first stage of the switchyard began operations in 1936, it provided electricity at the highest voltages ev... More

Ocean Mine No. 1 Complex, Powerhouse & Ventilation Fan, Midland, Alleg...

Significance: The Ocean Mine Number One Ventilation Fan and Powerhouse are among the few structures remaining from what was once the Consolidation Coal Company's Ocean Mine Number One complex. Together they re... More

Horse Mesa Dam, Salt River, 65 miles East of Phoenix, Phoenix, Maricop...

Significance: It was the second dam constructed under the Salt River Project's hydroelectric expansion program in the 1920s. Survey number: HAER AZ-15 Building/structure dates: 1927 Initial Construction Nati... More

Frankford Arsenal, Building No. 301, Southeast corner of Hagner Road &...

Significance: Building 301 was constructed as the principal power plant for Frankford Arsenal, the U.S. Army's main supplier of ammunition throughout the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The buil... More

Bonneville Power Administration Burley Substation, 1221 Albion Avenue,...

Significance: The Burley Substation is significant as a distribution component of the United States Reclamation Service's Minidoka Project, which pioneered agricultural development and the market for commercial... More

Eagle & Phenix Mills, Front Street (1200-1300 Blocks), Columbus, Musco...

STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: From its inception in 1851 the dynamic growth of the Eagle Mill represented the most important factor in Columbus's industrial development. In 1860 the Eagle Mil... More

Miller Electric Generating Plant, Warrior River, Birmingham, Jefferson...

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Pennsylvania Station, New York Terminal Service Plant, 250 West Thirty...

Significance: The New York Terminal Service Plant was constructed as an integral component of the original Pennsylvania Station complex and served as a power generation and control center for the station, its t... More

Electron Hydroelectric Project, Along Puyallup River, Electron, Pierce...

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Bonneville Project, Columbia River, 1 mile Northeast of Exit 40, off I...

Significance: Bonneville Dam was the first of eight federal lock and dam projects on the Columbia-Snake rivers. The dam's significance is derived from its unique engineering design, its contribution to the reg... More

Bonneville Project, Columbia River, 1 mile Northeast of Exit 40, off I...

Significance: Bonneville Dam was the first of eight federal lock and dam projects on the Columbia-Snake rivers. The dam's significance is derived from its unique engineering design, its contribution to the reg... More

Bonneville Project, Columbia River, 1 mile Northeast of Exit 40, off I...

Significance: Bonneville Dam was the first of eight federal lock and dam projects on the Columbia-Snake rivers. The dam's significance is derived from its unique engineering design, its contribution to the reg... More

Michigan Lake Superior Power Company, Portage Street, Sault Ste. Marie...

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Michigan Lake Superior Power Company, Portage Street, Sault Ste. Marie...

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Michigan Lake Superior Power Company, Portage Street, Sault Ste. Marie...

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Delaware County Electric Company, Chester Station, Delaware River at S...

Significance: It is a monument to the production and marketing of electricity in early 20th-century America. Wartime demand for light and power led Philadelphia Electric to commission the plant for the company'... More

Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel, Lock & Dam No. 19, Upper Mississippi...

Significance: Rare, intact example of nationally significant historic engineering listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Lock 19 National Register District. The U.S. Army Corps of ... More

Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel, Lock & Dam No. 19, Upper Mississippi...

Significance: Rare, intact example of nationally significant historic engineering listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Lock 19 National Register District. The U.S. Army Corps of ... More

Cross Cut Hydro Plant, North Side of Salt River, Tempe, Maricopa Count...

Significance: This was the largest low-head hydro plant in the SRP system. From about 1915 to 1938, it represented a large percentage of the SRP generating capacity. Survey number: HAER AZ-30 Building/structu... More

Cross Cut Hydro Plant, North Side of Salt River, Tempe, Maricopa Count...

Significance: This was the largest low-head hydro plant in the SRP system. From about 1915 to 1938, it represented a large percentage of the SRP generating capacity. Survey number: HAER AZ-30 Building/structu... More

Washington Water Power Clark Fork River Noxon Rapids Hydroelectric Dev...

Significance: It is locally important because of its influence, along with the associated Noxon Rapids Hydroelectric Development, on the local environment, landscape and economy. The facility is also important ... More

St. Louis Union Station Powerhouse, South Eighteenth Street, North of ...

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

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

Picatinny Arsenal, 500 Area, Powder Factory & Power House, State Route...

Significance: Originally built as a depot for storage of powder and other armaments, during the 20th century Picatinny Arsenal became a leading facility for the research, development and production of munitions... More

Picatinny Arsenal, 500 Area, Powder Factory & Power House, State Route...

Significance: Originally built as a depot for storage of powder and other armaments, during the 20th century Picatinny Arsenal became a leading facility for the research, development and production of munitions... More

Bonneville Project, Powerhouse No.1, Spanning Bradford Slough, from Br...

Survey number: HAER OR-11-E Building/structure dates: 1937 Initial Construction

Bonneville Project, Powerhouse No.1, Spanning Bradford Slough, from Br...

Survey number: HAER OR-11-E Building/structure dates: 1937 Initial Construction

Bonneville Project, Powerhouse No.1, Spanning Bradford Slough, from Br...

Survey number: HAER OR-11-E Building/structure dates: 1937 Initial Construction

Bonneville Project, Powerhouse No.1, Spanning Bradford Slough, from Br...

Survey number: HAER OR-11-E Building/structure dates: 1937 Initial Construction

Elwha River Hydroelectric System, Elwha Hydroelectric Dam & Plant, Por...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N465 Survey number: HAER WA-130-A

Grand Valley Diversion Dam, Half a mile north of intersection of I-70 ...

Significance: Constructed between 1913 and 1916, the dam is the key structure of the Bureau of Reclamation's Grand Valley Project, which provides water to 42,000 acres of semi-arid land. At the time of its comp... More

Cedar Falls Hydroelectric Works, Cedar Falls Road, 3.5 miles south of ...

Significance: The assemblage of industrial structures and architectural features that comprise the Cedar Falls Hydroelectric Works Historic District occupies an important position in the political and social ev... More

Cedar Falls Hydroelectric Works, Cedar Falls Road, 3.5 miles south of ...

Significance: The assemblage of industrial structures and architectural features that comprise the Cedar Falls Hydroelectric Works Historic District occupies an important position in the political and social ev... More

Sibley Manufacturing Company, 1717 Goodrich Street, Augusta Canal, Aug...

Significance: Located on the Augusta Canal, one of the few remaining power canals in the country, the Sibley mill continuously has used the canal to generate its own power; at present, it supplies between 50% a... More

Sibley Manufacturing Company, 1717 Goodrich Street, Augusta Canal, Aug...

Significance: Located on the Augusta Canal, one of the few remaining power canals in the country, the Sibley mill continuously has used the canal to generate its own power; at present, it supplies between 50% a... More

Boise Project, Boise River Diversion Dam, Across Boise River, Boise, A...

Significance: The Boise Diversion Dam and Powerplant are important components in the Boise Project, a Bureau of Reclamation effort to irrigate the Boise and Payette River valleys in Idaho. The diversion dam, co... More

Boott Cotton Mills, John Street at Merrimack River, Lowell, Middlesex ...

Significance: Boott Cotton Mills is one of the oldest surviving large-scale textile mill complexes in the United States. Built as an original, and integral, part of the City of Lowell, the Boott Cotton Mills h... More

Boott Cotton Mills, John Street at Merrimack River, Lowell, Middlesex ...

Significance: Boott Cotton Mills is one of the oldest surviving large-scale textile mill complexes in the United States. Built as an original, and integral, part of the City of Lowell, the Boott Cotton Mills h... More