West Shore Railroad, Pier 7 Grain Elevator, Hudson River & Pershing Ro...
Significance: Pier 7 is significant as the remains of the last and largest grain elevator built by a railroad in the Port of New York. Its two million bushel capacity together with the 1.2 million bushel elev... More
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Station & Freight House, 98 Baltimore Road,...
Significance: Located on the Metropolitan Line of the B & O Railroad, the Rockville passenger station has served the area's transportation needs continuously since its openings in 1873. A simple, well executed... More
Erie Railway, Susquehanna Repair Shops, Main & Drinker Streets, Susque...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-18 Survey number: HAER PA-10 Building/structure dates: 1864-1866 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1905-1906 Subsequent Work Buildi... More
Lehigh Valley Railroad Station, 7 South Avenue, Cortland, Cortland Cou...
Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, warehouse, depot, train station, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Burlington Northern Railroad Bridge, Spanning Willamette River at Rive...
Significance: Willamette River Bridge 5.1 is the south end part of a 4-3/4 mile-long network of railroad bridges, causeways, and cut system linking the mainlines north and south of Portland. The bridge is one ... More
Trip to Cappadocia, 1935, vol. II
LOT title from album and caption list. Most of the photographs were taken by John D. Whiting and G. Eric Matson. Matson, Whiting, Hanna Safieh, Joseph H. Giries, and others contributed to the work of the Matson... More
Trip to Cappadocia, 1935, vol. II
LOT title from album and caption list. Most of the photographs were taken by John D. Whiting and G. Eric Matson. Matson, Whiting, Hanna Safieh, Joseph H. Giries, and others contributed to the work of the Matson... More
Salem Passenger Station & Freight Depot, 500 Thirteenth Street Southea...
Significance: It is significant as an execution of a standard Southern Pacific Railroad depot design in the early 1900s. The station is typical of depots of this era, but is architecturally unique within the Or... More
Bibb Company (Columbus Plant), Thirty-eighth Street & First Avenue (Co...
Significance: The main building of this operating textile mill extends a remarkable 1010 feet east from a bluff overlooking the Chattahoochee River. Until 1954 an American system of rope drive, turned directly... More
Armour, Swift, Burlington Bridge, Kansas City, Jackson County, MO
Public domain scan of the book page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Armour, Swift, Burlington Bridge, Kansas City, Jackson County, MO
Public domain scan of the book page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Water Power Development at Falls of Chattahoochee, Chattahoochee River...
Significance: As the Chattahoochee crosses the fall line at Columbus, Georgia, it falls 125 feet within 2 1/2 miles producing a potential energy of between 66,000 and 99,000 horsepower. That water power made C... More
Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI
Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More
Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI
Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More
Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI
Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More
Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI
Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More
Morris Canal, Phillipsburg, Warren County, NJ
Significance: The Morris Canal is one of the few amphibious canals to operate in the United States. Stretching from Phillipsburg on the Delaware River to Jersey City on the Hudson River, the Morris Canal opene... More
Morris Canal, Phillipsburg, Warren County, NJ
Significance: The Morris Canal is one of the few amphibious canals to operate in the United States. Stretching from Phillipsburg on the Delaware River to Jersey City on the Hudson River, the Morris Canal opene... More
Morris Canal, Phillipsburg, Warren County, NJ
Significance: The Morris Canal is one of the few amphibious canals to operate in the United States. Stretching from Phillipsburg on the Delaware River to Jersey City on the Hudson River, the Morris Canal opene... More
Fisher-Fallgatter Mill, Waupaca, Waupaca County, WI
Significance: The Fisher-Fallgatter Mill stands as one of the few surviving flour mills in Wisconsin. Less than a century ago, hundreds of flour and gristmills were scattered across the state as settlers found ... More
Fisher-Fallgatter Mill, Waupaca, Waupaca County, WI
Significance: The Fisher-Fallgatter Mill stands as one of the few surviving flour mills in Wisconsin. Less than a century ago, hundreds of flour and gristmills were scattered across the state as settlers found ... More
Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron, First Avenue North Viaduct at Thirty-sec...
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The Sloss Company's city furnaces, built in what is now the center of Birmingham, Alabama, in 1881-1882, produced pig iron for the foundry market until their clos... More
Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron, First Avenue North Viaduct at Thirty-sec...
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The Sloss Company's city furnaces, built in what is now the center of Birmingham, Alabama, in 1881-1882, produced pig iron for the foundry market until their clos... More
Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron, First Avenue North Viaduct at Thirty-sec...
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The Sloss Company's city furnaces, built in what is now the center of Birmingham, Alabama, in 1881-1882, produced pig iron for the foundry market until their clos... More
Bellows Falls Arch Bridge, Spanning Connecticut River, North Walpole, ...
Significance: When built, the bridge was the longest single span highway bridge in the U.S. and is was among the largest three-hinged arch bridges in the world. The structure has also played an important role i... More
Twenty-first Street Bridge, Spanning Railroad tracks at Twenty-first S...
Significance: The Twenty-First Street Bridge is a 1,272-foot-long through Parker truss and through Pony truss featuring pineapple finials atop its portals. It is a little-altered surviving example of a late 19... More
City Mills Company, Eighteenth Street & First Avenue, Columbus, Muscog...
Significance: Grist milling has been continuous at the site since the City Mills were established in 1828. Some of the newer buildings house offices, equipment, and warehouses used in the production of feed. ... More
Northeast Railroad Corridor, Amtrak Route between New York/Connecticut...
Survey number: HAER CT-11 Public domain photograph of the train tunnel, railroad, train track, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Central of Georgia Railway, Passenger Station & Train Shed, Corner of ...
Significance: The Central of Georgia Terminal and Trainshed at Savannah are part of one of the earliest attempts to build a comprehensive railroad terminal and shop complex in this country. The structure of th... More
Harvard Bridge, Spanning Charles River at Massachusetts Avenue, Boston...
Significance: The Harvard Bridge is located in the Charles River Basin Historic District. Survey number: HAER MA-53 Building/structure dates: 1887- 1891 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1898... More
Clara Barton Papers: Red Cross File, 1863-1957; American National Red ...
Clara Barton is best known for founding and leading the American National Red Cross, a humanitarian organization dedicated to providing emergency assistance, disaster relief, and education in the United States.... More
Clara Barton Papers: Red Cross File, 1863-1957; American National Red ...
Clara Barton is best known for founding and leading the American National Red Cross, a humanitarian organization dedicated to providing emergency assistance, disaster relief, and education in the United States.... More
Clara Barton Papers: Red Cross File, 1863-1957; American National Red ...
Clara Barton is best known for founding and leading the American National Red Cross, a humanitarian organization dedicated to providing emergency assistance, disaster relief, and education in the United States.... More
Clara Barton Papers: Red Cross File, 1863-1957; American National Red ...
Clara Barton is best known for founding and leading the American National Red Cross, a humanitarian organization dedicated to providing emergency assistance, disaster relief, and education in the United States.... More
Clara Barton Papers: Red Cross File, 1863-1957; American National Red ...
Clara Barton is best known for founding and leading the American National Red Cross, a humanitarian organization dedicated to providing emergency assistance, disaster relief, and education in the United States.... More
Clara Barton Papers: Red Cross File, 1863-1957; American National Red ...
Clara Barton is best known for founding and leading the American National Red Cross, a humanitarian organization dedicated to providing emergency assistance, disaster relief, and education in the United States.... More
Clara Barton Papers: Red Cross File, 1863-1957; American National Red ...
Clara Barton is best known for founding and leading the American National Red Cross, a humanitarian organization dedicated to providing emergency assistance, disaster relief, and education in the United States.... More
Clara Barton Papers: Red Cross File, 1863-1957; American National Red ...
Clara Barton is best known for founding and leading the American National Red Cross, a humanitarian organization dedicated to providing emergency assistance, disaster relief, and education in the United States.... More
Clara Barton Papers: Red Cross File, 1863-1957; American National Red ...
Clara Barton is best known for founding and leading the American National Red Cross, a humanitarian organization dedicated to providing emergency assistance, disaster relief, and education in the United States.... More
Clara Barton Papers: Red Cross File, 1863-1957; American National Red ...
Clara Barton is best known for founding and leading the American National Red Cross, a humanitarian organization dedicated to providing emergency assistance, disaster relief, and education in the United States.... More
Clara Barton Papers: Red Cross File, 1863-1957; American National Red ...
Clara Barton is best known for founding and leading the American National Red Cross, a humanitarian organization dedicated to providing emergency assistance, disaster relief, and education in the United States.... More
Map of the Philadelphia and Erie Railway, branches and connecting line...
Map of Pennsylvania showing relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, and the railroad network with lines named. 2256 U.S. Copyright Office Scale ca. 1:1,000,000. LC Railroad maps, 526 Description derived... More
Fox River near Batavia, Ill - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
Date based on Detroit, Catalogue F (1899). "177" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 04610. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Wreck at Tye River, Virginia, Southern Ry. Digging out Engineer
Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, train car, railway, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
C. and O. Ry. station, Richmond, Virginia
Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, warehouse, depot, train station, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Dudley Street Station, Boston "L" Ry., Boston, Massachusetts.
Picryl description: Public domain image of a train station, railroad tracks, railway depot, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Vandergrift Railroad Station, 77 Washington Avenue, Vandergrift, Westm...
Public domain image of a train station in Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Mesaba i.e. Missabe ore docks, Duluth, Minn
Probably Dock No. 1 at left of A negative. "George H. Russell," "Sultan," and "James E. Davidson" on left to right freighters respectively. Date range based on the launching of the George H. Russell in 1905 an... More
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, Engine House, Approximately...
Significance: This historic water tower in Guilford, Connecticut was constructed circa 1875 to serve the steam locomotives operating on the New York to Boston railroad in the nineteenth century. The engine hous... More
Curved Building, 2 Main Street, Cameron, Marshall County, WV
Significance: Built by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in 1917, the Curved Building was constructed to accommodate the curve of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad turnaround. The building is architecturally signi... More
Curved Building, 2 Main Street, Cameron, Marshall County, WV
Significance: Built by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in 1917, the Curved Building was constructed to accommodate the curve of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad turnaround. The building is architecturally signi... More
Mount Vernon West Railroad Station, 156 South West Street, Southwest c...
Public domain photograph of train station, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Mount Pocono Bridge, Fairview Avenue, over Delaware, Lackawanna & West...
Significance: The bridge is important at a state and local level as one of three late 19th-early 20th century metal truss bridges standing in Monroe County. The dwindling number of metal truss bridges in Monroe... More
Central of Georgia Railway, 1853 Brick Arch Viaduct, Spanning West Bou...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-44 Survey number: HAER GA-3 Building/structure dates: 1855 Initial Construction
Central of Georgia Railway, Gray Building, 227 West Broad Street, Sava...
See HAER GA-1, Central of Georgia Railway, Savannah Repair Shops, for additional information, and HABS GA-2168. This building is now part of Savannah College of Art and Design. Significance: Finished in 1856, t... More
Portland & Southwestern Railroad Tunnel, Willamette Meridian, Chapman,...
Significance: The Portland and Southwestern Railroad Tunnel is one of the longer semi-temporary railroad tunnels built for logging transport in Oregon and the only tunnel to cross the divide of the Oregon coast... More
Dundee Canal, Headgates, Guardlock & Uppermost Section, 250 feet north...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a great depression era, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Central Railroad of New Jersey, Engine Terminal, Jersey City, Hudson C...
Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial equipment, workshop, assembly line, factory, power engine, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Central Railroad of New Jersey, Engine Terminal, Jersey City, Hudson C...
Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, architectural drawing, building plan, or design, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
Northeast Railroad Corridor, Amtrak Route between Pennsylvania/New Jer...
Survey number: HAER NJ-40 Public domain photograph - New Jersey, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to u... More
Pennsylvania Railroad Improvements, Brick Arch Viaduct, Liberty Street...
Survey number: HAER DE-12-C Building/structure dates: 1902-1908 Initial Construction
Monongahela Connecting Railroad Company, Hot Metal Bridge, Spanning Mo...
Significance: Formerly enabled the hauling of molten iron from J & L Blast Furnaces on the north side over the bridge to the Open Hearth Furnaces on the south side of the Monongahela River. Survey number: HAER... More
Vicksburg & Brunswick Depot, South Randolph Avenue, Eufaula, Barbour C...
Significance: Built in 1872, the Vicksburg & Brunswick passenger and freight depot's Italianate architecture is representative of attractive railroad structures built in the immediate post-Civil War era as the ... More
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Niantic Bridge, Spanning Nian...
Significance: The Niantic Bridge is a through girder bridge and consists of a movable span and four approach spans on stone masonry piers. The movable span is a chain-driven Scherzer rolling lift bascule span ... More
Central of Georgia Railway, Savannah Repair Shops & Terminal Facilitie...
See HAER GA-1, Central of Georgia Railway, Savannah Repair Shops, for additional information. Survey number: HAER GA-1-E National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 76000610
Kuskalana Bridge, Mile 146 of Copper River & Northwestern Road, Chitin...
Survey number: HAER AK-4 Public domain photograph - historical image of Alaska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Kuskalana Bridge, Mile 146 of Copper River & Northwestern Road, Chitin...
Survey number: HAER AK-4 Public domain photograph - historical image of Alaska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Mystic River Bridge, Spanning...
Significance: The Mystic River Bridge is a center bearing, through truss swing bridge. It is significant as part of the transportation link in the shoreline route of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railro... More
Texas & Pacific Railroad Passenger Depot, 800 North Washington Street,...
STORED ON SITE. mchr 2012 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: In 1873 Texas and Pacific Railroad acquired authority to lay tracks from Marshall to Texarkana. With the establishment of the shops and g... More
General Dynamics Corporation Shipyard, Outfitting Pier No. 2, 97 East ...
Significance: Constructed in circa 1901 and substantially rebuilt in 1940/40, Pier 2 is significant as the oldest and primary outfitting pier in the Quincy-Fore River Shipyard. It has been an integral componen... More
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad & Ferry Terminal, Ferry Slips ...
Significance: Throughout the early decades of the twentieth century, this terminal played a central role in commuter transportation in the metropolitan area. The ferry facilities are significant as an integral... More
Central of Georgia Railway, 1860 Brick Arch Viaduct, Spanning West Bou...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-45 Survey number: HAER GA-4 Building/structure dates: 1860 Initial Construction
Snowden Bridge, Spanning Missouri River, Nohly, Richland County, MT
Survey number: HAER MT-27 Building/structure dates: 1913 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1925 Subsequent Work
Central of Georgia Railway, Savannah Repair Shops & Terminal Facilitie...
See HAER GA-1, Central of Georgia Railway, Savannah Repair Shops, for additional information. Significance: The firm of Mueller and Schwab designed and built the structure and Benjamin F. Armstrong did the orig... More
Lowell Canal System, Merrimack & Concord Rivers, Lowell, Middlesex Cou...
Significance: The City of Lowell is generally considered to be the birthplace of large-scale manufacturing in the U.S. Begun as a transportation canal, the Lowell Canal System evolved, during the 19th century,... More
Lowell Canal System, Merrimack & Concord Rivers, Lowell, Middlesex Cou...
Significance: The City of Lowell is generally considered to be the birthplace of large-scale manufacturing in the U.S. Begun as a transportation canal, the Lowell Canal System evolved, during the 19th century,... More
Old Croton Aqueduct, Quarry Railroad Bridge, Aqueduct Lane at Williams...
Significance: The Old Croton Aqueduct is an outstanding example of 19th century civil engineering and was New York City's first municipal water project. The Quarry Railroad Bridge is a representative example o... More
Pennsylvania Railroad Station, South Baggage Passage & Canopy, 1101 Li...
Written data includes photocopies of photographs. Significance: The South Baggage Passage and Canopy are functional appendages of the historically and architecturally significant Pennsylvania Railroad Station, ... More
Hoboken Piers Headhouse, River Street at Hudson River, Hoboken, Hudson...
Public domain image of a train station in Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Hoboken Piers Headhouse, River Street at Hudson River, Hoboken, Hudson...
Public domain photograph of industrial architecture, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
!["Harney Range." Horseshoe Curve on the B[urlington] and M[issouri River] Ry. near Custer City, S.D.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMjkvaGFybmV5LXJhbmdlLWhvcnNlc2hvZS1jdXJ2ZS1vbi10aGUtYnVybGluZ3Rvbi1hbmQtbWlzc291cmktcml2ZXItcnktbmVhci1jdXN0ZXItMzY1NDM1LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/30/webp "\"Harney Range.\" Horseshoe Curve on the B[urlington] and M[issouri River] Ry. near Custer City, S.D.")
"Harney Range." Horseshoe Curve on the B[urlington] and M[issouri Rive...
Full view of train in a valley with mountains in background. Copyright deposit. Title transcribed from item. Forms part of the John C. H. Grabill Collection.
Green Pond drive - Public domain scan / drawing
Railroad station. Title inscribed below image. Bust of man on verso. Formerly Waud no. B-18. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.783) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, Wissahickon Creek Viaduct, Spanning W...
Significance: The Wissahickon Creek Viaduct marks the beginning of a resurgence in major stone arch bridge construction on American railroads after the panic of 1873. Unprocessed Field note material exists for... More
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, Wissahickon Creek Viaduct, Spanning W...
Significance: The Wissahickon Creek Viaduct marks the beginning of a resurgence in major stone arch bridge construction on American railroads after the panic of 1873. Unprocessed Field note material exists for... 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
Milwaukee Light, Heat & Traction Company, 8336 West Lapham Street, Wes...
Significance: A turn of the century objective of The Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company, through its subsidiary The Milwaukee Light Heat and Traction Company, was to establish an interurban rail syste... More
Milwaukee Light, Heat & Traction Company, 8336 West Lapham Street, Wes...
Significance: A turn of the century objective of The Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company, through its subsidiary The Milwaukee Light Heat and Traction Company, was to establish an interurban rail syste... More
Milwaukee Light, Heat & Traction Company, 8336 West Lapham Street, Wes...
Significance: A turn of the century objective of The Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company, through its subsidiary The Milwaukee Light Heat and Traction Company, was to establish an interurban rail syste... More
Ambler Railroad Station, Freight Station, North side of Butler Avenue,...
Survey number: HABS PA-6051-C Public domain photograph of train station platform, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Boston & Albany Railroad Station, Wellesley, Norfolk County, MA
Significance: Commissioned in 1884, this is one of a series of railroad stations designed by H.H. Richardson for the Boston and Albany Railroad. Henry Russell Hitchcock in The Architecture of H.H. Richardson a... More
Lime Kiln Near Morrison, Junction of Highway 8 & Rooney Road, Morrison...
Significance: It is an intact structure associated with the late 19th century lime burning industry which played a brief, but important, role in the early development of Morrison and the surrounding area. Surv... More
Pennsylvania Railroad Station, Broad Street Station, Broad & Market St...
Survey number: HABS PA-1527 Public domain photograph of shopping center, department store building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Delaware River Viaduct, Spann...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, train viaduct, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
World War I in Palestine and the Sinai
Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More
World War I in Palestine and the Sinai
Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More
World War I in Palestine and the Sinai
Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More
World War I in Palestine and the Sinai
Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More
World War I in Palestine and the Sinai
Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More
Western Maryland Railway, Cumberland Extension, Pearre to North Branch...
Significance: The westward expansion of the Western Maryland Railway, beginning with the Cumberland Extension, was one of the last new mainlines constructed during the U.S. railroads' period of extensive growth... More
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, Susquehanna River Bridge, Spanning Su...
Significance: The structure is significant as a late example of a reinforced concrete arch design by the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, and perhaps the longest such structure on the former P&R system. Its des... More