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Elevation of a light house & shaft of wrought iron

Elevation of a light house & shaft of wrought iron

Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

N.A. Berlin, Head-house at shaft no. 3

N.A. Berlin, Head-house at shaft no. 3

Photo shows 6 men and a mule outside a shaft ruding construction of the Wachusett Acqueduct, Berlin, Mass. and photographer from Massachuetts Archives. No. 698. Glass negative for this photograph is at the Com... More

William Besson and mine shaft abandoned by him near Winton, Minnesota

William Besson and mine shaft abandoned by him near Winton, Minnesota

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Conversion. Electric shaver plant. Normal peacetime work of this New England plant is the production of electric dry shavers. The worker on this Norton type C six-inch semi-automatic cylindrical grinder normally grinds the rotor shaft for the motor of the shaver using this set-up. He has since been shifted to the making of spring collets to be used in machine tools being made to further the war production effort (see pix #D-2973). Schick Inc., Stamford, Connecticut

Conversion. Electric shaver plant. Normal peacetime work of this New E...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

This Norton cutter-grinder which had been specially adapted to grind cams on the motor shaft for the electric dry shaver which this New England plant normally produces, has now been converted to grind permanent magnet rotors for machine tool motors. The conversion was accomplished with new jigs and fixtures and slight changes in the head. This is a tricky job well suited to the skill of this plant's workers. The metal is alnico and the octagonal shape consists of surfaces which are arcs drawn from the center of the piece. Schick Inc., Stamford, Connecticut

This Norton cutter-grinder which had been specially adapted to grind c...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a car, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Potomac Electric Power Co. Alexandria plant. Damaged shaft I

Potomac Electric Power Co. Alexandria plant. Damaged shaft I

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Maryland Shaft No. 2, Blacksmith Shop, East of State Route 160, Wilmore, Cambria County, PA

Maryland Shaft No. 2, Blacksmith Shop, East of State Route 160, Wilmor...

Survey number: HAER PA-182-A Building/structure dates: 1945 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: after. 1969- before. 1980 Subsequent Work

Shaft House Pueblito, Cuervo Canyon, Dulce, Rio Arriba County, NM

Shaft House Pueblito, Cuervo Canyon, Dulce, Rio Arriba County, NM

Significance: The Pueblo Revolt of 1680 and subsequent Spanish reconquest of 1692 forced many Pueblo tribes to flee westward and seek temporary refuge with the Navajo. Shaft House Pueblito was one such refugee... More

At the close of the day. Waiting for the cage to go up. The cage is entirely open on two sides and not very well protected on other two, and is usually crowded like this. Small boy in front is Jo Pume, a Nipper, 163 Pine Street. Shaft #6, Pennsylvania Coal Co.,.  Location: South Pittston, Pennsylvania.

At the close of the day. Waiting for the cage to go up. The cage is en...

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The Great Shaft in the Cave, Israel

The Great Shaft in the Cave, Israel

Jebel Usdum, Dead Sea, Jordan. No. 1248. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Forms part of: the G. Eric and Edith Matson Photograph Collection. Caption card tracings: Shelf.; Geogr.; Caves.

Electric Institute of Washington. Three kitchens made for Chicago Flexible Shaft Co. IV

Electric Institute of Washington. Three kitchens made for Chicago Flex...

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Electric Institute of Washington. Three kitchens made for Chicago Flexible Shaft Co. II

Electric Institute of Washington. Three kitchens made for Chicago Flex...

Public domain photograph of living room, apartment, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The old Hardin mine shaft near Two Bit Creek, South Dakota

The old Hardin mine shaft near Two Bit Creek, South Dakota

Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural landscape with a watermill, water, decayed building, 18th, 19th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Shenandoah (vicinity), Pennsylvania. Second shaft tower at Maple Hill mine seen from first tower

Shenandoah (vicinity), Pennsylvania. Second shaft tower at Maple Hill ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a coal mine, mining, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

NYA (National Youth Administration) work center, Brooklyn, New York. Two welders, who are receiving training in machine shop practice, building up an undersize shaft by arc welding to be re-machined to size

NYA (National Youth Administration) work center, Brooklyn, New York. T...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Joe Kachler using a jig to drill holes in a small shaft while it is mounted on the drill press.

Joe Kachler using a jig to drill holes in a small shaft while it is mo...

Forms part of a group of images documenting the daily work activities of people at Watson Machine International, a machine tool manufacturing company located at 74 Railroad Avenue, Paterson, NJ, on August 6, 1994.

Iron miners before shaft house, ready for work in underground shafts, Hibbing, Minn.

Iron miners before shaft house, ready for work in underground shafts, ...

Stereograph showing a group of miners waiting outside in front of shaft house. H73732 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1906 by Underwood & Underwood. U-85469. On mount: Works and Studios Arlington, N.J., Little... More

Shaft House Pueblito, Cuervo Canyon, Dulce, Rio Arriba County, NM

Shaft House Pueblito, Cuervo Canyon, Dulce, Rio Arriba County, NM

Significance: The Pueblo Revolt of 1680 and subsequent Spanish reconquest of 1692 forced many Pueblo tribes to flee westward and seek temporary refuge with the Navajo. Shaft House Pueblito was one such refugee... More

Shaft House Pueblito, Cuervo Canyon, Dulce, Rio Arriba County, NM

Shaft House Pueblito, Cuervo Canyon, Dulce, Rio Arriba County, NM

Significance: The Pueblo Revolt of 1680 and subsequent Spanish reconquest of 1692 forced many Pueblo tribes to flee westward and seek temporary refuge with the Navajo. Shaft House Pueblito was one such refugee... More

Mary Murphy Mining Complex, Mine Shaft House, Iron City (historical), Chaffee County, CO

Mary Murphy Mining Complex, Mine Shaft House, Iron City (historical), ...

Survey number: HAER CO-26-C Public domain photograph - historical image of Colorado, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mule power and motor power. A Young Driver, Shaft #6, Pennsylvania Coal Company.  Location: Pittston, Pennsylvania.

Mule power and motor power. A Young Driver, Shaft #6, Pennsylvania Coa...

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At the close of the day. Just up from the shaft. All work below ground in aPennsylvania Coal Mine. Smallest boy, next to right hand end is a nipper. On his right is Arthur, a driver, Jo on Arthur's right is a nipper. Frank, boy on left end of photo, is a nipper, works a mile underground from the shaft, which is 5000 Ft. down.  Location: [South Pittston?], Pennsylvania.

At the close of the day. Just up from the shaft. All work below ground...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a child labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Inside workers shaft #6 Pennsylvania Coal Company,.  Location: South Pittston, Pennsylvania.

Inside workers shaft #6 Pennsylvania Coal Company,. Location: South P...

Picryl description: Public domain image of boy workers, child labor, working children, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

In centre is one of the young boys working underground in the Bliss Shaft of the D.L. & W. at Nanticoke, Pennsylvania  Location: Nanticoke, Pennsylvania.

In centre is one of the young boys working underground in the Bliss Sh...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a child labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

New elevator installed in Washington Monument. A new elevator has been installed in the Washington Monument and the thousands of sightseers to the Capital this summer can be accomodated in their climb to the top of this 555 feet granite shaft. This elevator makes more trips per day. In addition to the new elevator, precautions are being taken to prevent suicides, four having been committeed since the Monument was built. William Lohmer, the elevator operator is shown in the photograph

New elevator installed in Washington Monument. A new elevator has been...

A black and white photo of a group of men. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Conversion. Floor waxer plant. Now making machine-gun cover plates, this machine was converted from a line shaft drive to motor drive when a small Eastern manufacturing company converted its product from floor waxers to small parts for war equipment. Unable to purchase new equipment for his defense work, the plant's owner bought second hand equipment and remodelled it. Delivery of first orders was made 30 days after contract, an amazingly short time considering that conversion of the machinery took two weeks of it. Floorola Products Inc., York, Pennsylvania

Conversion. Floor waxer plant. Now making machine-gun cover plates, th...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a machine, industrial equipment, engine, generator, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

NYA (National Youth Administration) work center, Brooklyn, New York. Two Negro welders, who are receiving their training in machine shop practice, building up an undersize shaft by arc welding to be re-machined to size

NYA (National Youth Administration) work center, Brooklyn, New York. T...

Picryl description: Public domain image of industrial or agricultural worker, 1930s, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

Production. Ship propellers, etc. A huge ship propeller shaft is gauged on the lathe of a large war production plant. Tanks and locomotives are turned out in other parts of the plant. Baldwin Locomotive Works

Production. Ship propellers, etc. A huge ship propeller shaft is gauge...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s industrial development, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The shaft of the 30,000 kilowatt waterwheel generator which Westinghouse Electric Company is manufacturing for the Watts Bar Dam of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). This is the central rotating part of the generator. It weighs 75,000 pounds and is the heaviest single part in the construction of the generator. In the background, men are working in the stator frame of the generator

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The shaft of the 30,000 kilowatt waterwheel ...

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

Baltimore, Maryland. Fitting the shaft to the screw during the construction of the Liberty ship Frederick Douglass at the Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards

Baltimore, Maryland. Fitting the shaft to the screw during the constru...

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Richie Takach and Bob Dale (foreground), Pete Wychman (l) and John Weatherwacks (r) working on drive shaft on the yoke of the planetary strander.

Richie Takach and Bob Dale (foreground), Pete Wychman (l) and John Wea...

Forms part of a group of images documenting the daily work activities of people at Watson Machine International, a machine tool manufacturing company located at 74 Railroad Avenue, Paterson, NJ, on August 6, 1994.

Pete Wychman drilling holes in a drive shaft using the large vertical drill press.

Pete Wychman drilling holes in a drive shaft using the large vertical ...

Forms part of a group of images documenting the daily work activities of people at Watson Machine International, a machine tool manufacturing company located at 74 Railroad Avenue, Paterson, NJ, on August 8, 1994.

Joe Kachler using a jig to drill holes in a small shaft while it is mounted on the drill press.

Joe Kachler using a jig to drill holes in a small shaft while it is mo...

Forms part of a group of images documenting the daily work activities of people at Watson Machine International, a machine tool manufacturing company located at 74 Railroad Avenue, Paterson, NJ, on August 6, 1994.

Pete Wychman drilling holes in a drive shaft using the large vertical drill press.

Pete Wychman drilling holes in a drive shaft using the large vertical ...

Forms part of a group of images documenting the daily work activities of people at Watson Machine International, a machine tool manufacturing company located at 74 Railroad Avenue, Paterson, NJ, on August 8, 1994.

Mule power and motor power. A Young Driver, Shaft #6, Pennsylvania Coal Company.  Location: Pittston, Pennsylvania.

Mule power and motor power. A Young Driver, Shaft #6, Pennsylvania Coa...

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Marianna mine disaster, crowd waiting at mouth of shaft

Marianna mine disaster, crowd waiting at mouth of shaft

A group of people standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Serafino driving Chub, his mule. Shaft #7, Pennsylvania Coal Co., South Pittston, Pennsylvania  Location: South Pittston, Pennsylvania.

Serafino driving Chub, his mule. Shaft #7, Pennsylvania Coal Co., Sout...

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Arthur Havard, a young driver, Shaft #6, Pennsylvania Coal Company.  Location: South Pittston, Pennsylvania.

Arthur Havard, a young driver, Shaft #6, Pennsylvania Coal Company. L...

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Potomac Electric Power Co. Alexandria plant. Shaft water pump

Potomac Electric Power Co. Alexandria plant. Shaft water pump

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Shaft House, Active Mine, Virginia City, Storey County, NV

Shaft House, Active Mine, Virginia City, Storey County, NV

Survey number: HABS NV-15-84 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000458

Shaft House, Consolidated California & Virginia Mine, Virginia City, Storey County, NV

Shaft House, Consolidated California & Virginia Mine, Virginia City, S...

Survey number: HABS NV-15-85 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000458

Checking the alignment of a turbine shaft at the top of the guide bearing in TVA's hydroelectric plant, Watts Bar Dam, Tenn. Located 530 miles above the mouth of the Tennessee River, the dam has an authorized power installation of 90,000 kw., which can be increased to a possible ultimate of 150,000 kw. The reservoir at the dam adds 370,000 acre-feet of water to controlled storage on the Tennessee River system

Checking the alignment of a turbine shaft at the top of the guide bear...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a power dam, cascade, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. Welding is one of the most important advances in shipbuilding during the present century with the torch resulting in immense savings in time, material and weight in the building of ships. This welder is joining side plates to angle frames forming section of the propeller shaft tunnels on a new member of Uncle Sam's "Liberty fleet," under construction at a large Eastern shipyard.All parts are prefabricated in thus huge Eastern plant which formerly turned out freight cars. The completed sections are then carried six miles to the ways on flat cars

Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. Welding is one of the most important ad...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a church, crypt, chamber, underground vault architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Newport News, Virginia. Worker attaching wire cable preparatory to lifting a cast propellor for a C-3. Formerly propeller blades were bolted on to the shaft, but today the propeller is cast in one piece

Newport News, Virginia. Worker attaching wire cable preparatory to lif...

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

A lonely job. Waiting all alone in the dark for a trip[?] to come through. It was so damp that Willie said he had to go to the doctor for his cough. A short distance from here, the gas was pouring into the mine so rapidly that it made a great torch when the foreman lit it. Lives at 164 Center St., Pittston, Pennsylvania This is Willie Bryden[?], a nipper. Been working there 4 mos. 500 ft. from the shaft, and a quarter of a mile underground from there. Shaft #6 Pennsylvania Coal Co. Walls have been whiterewashed to make it lighter. Jan 16 I found Willie at home sick, His mother admitted he is only 13 yrs old; will be 14 next July. She said 4 months after the mine boss told the father to take Willie to work, and they obtained a certificate from Squire Barrett. The only thing the squire could do was to make Willie out to be 16 yrs. Willie's father & brother are miners and the home is that of a frugal German family.  Location: Pittston, Pennsylvania.

A lonely job. Waiting all alone in the dark for a trip[?] to come thro...

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Maryland Shaft No. 2, Headframe, East of State Route 160, Wilmore, Cambria County, PA

Maryland Shaft No. 2, Headframe, East of State Route 160, Wilmore, Cam...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a mine, mining, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Miners panning for gold ; entering a mine shaft ; miners with equipment ; and miners cooking at camp] / Lith. of Britton & Rey, California St. corn. Montgomery St., S. Francisco.

[Miners panning for gold ; entering a mine shaft ; miners with equipme...

Pictorial lettersheet shows four images of mining life; attached blank leaf.

Shaft No. 2, Quincy [Copper] Mine, Hancock, Mich.

Shaft No. 2, Quincy [Copper] Mine, Hancock, Mich.

Public domain photograph of industrial architecture, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Electric Institute of Washington. Three kitchens made for Chicago Flexible Shaft Co. III

Electric Institute of Washington. Three kitchens made for Chicago Flex...

Public domain photograph of kitchen, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Corn being dumped into shaft of grain elevator, near Gibson City, Illinois

Corn being dumped into shaft of grain elevator, near Gibson City, Illi...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Shenandoah (vicinity), Pennsylvania. Shaft of the Maple Hill mine as seen from the top of the shaft tower

Shenandoah (vicinity), Pennsylvania. Shaft of the Maple Hill mine as s...

Public domain photograph of industrial architecture, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A group of men standing next to each other, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A group of men standing next to each other, West Virginia. Farm Securi...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of coal miners, workers, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Conversion. Automobile plant. A back shaft that holds the flywheel and clutch mechanism of a 90T96 Cleveland press awaits assembly into the big 120-ton machine. This press will perform a major operation on hood panels for 4 x 4 army trucks. It was moved piece by piece for another plant that is being completely dismantled for conversion to other war production. Chevrolet Motors, Detroit, Michigan

Conversion. Automobile plant. A back shaft that holds the flywheel and...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). Dressing down a key on a propeller shaft that will transmit the driving power of a new motor torpedo boat. The big Southern shipyard where many of these speedy wooden fighters are built also produces steel boats for the Navy

Production. Motor torpedo boats (wooden). Dressing down a key on a pro...

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. Pratt and Whitney airplane engines. A propeller shaft of a Pratt and Whitney airplane engine is carefully checked for concentricity in a large Eastern plant steadily producing at a high rate for our armed forces. Pratt and Whitney Aircraft

Production. Pratt and Whitney airplane engines. A propeller shaft of a...

Public domain photograph of a machine part, motor, equipment, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pete Wychman drilling holes in a drive shaft using the large vertical drill press.

Pete Wychman drilling holes in a drive shaft using the large vertical ...

Forms part of a group of images documenting the daily work activities of people at Watson Machine International, a machine tool manufacturing company located at 74 Railroad Avenue, Paterson, NJ, on August 8, 1994.

Joe Kachler using a jig to drill holes in a small shaft while it is mounted on the drill press.

Joe Kachler using a jig to drill holes in a small shaft while it is mo...

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Holding the door open while a trip? goes through. Willie Bryden, a nipper, 164 Center St. A lonely job. Waiting all alone in the dark for a trip to come through. It was so damp that Willie said he had to be doctoring all the time for his cough. A short distance from here, the gas was pouring into the mine so rapidly that it made a great torch when the foreman lit it. Willie had been working here for four months, 500 feet down the shaft, and a quarter of a mile underground from there. (Shaft #6 Pennsylvania Coal Co.) Walls have been whitewashed to make it lighter. January 16th, I found Willie at home sick, His mother admitted that he is only 13 yrs old; will be 14 next July. Said that 4 mos. ago the mine boss told the father to take Willie to work, and that they obtained the certificate from Squire Barrett. (The only thing the Squire could do was to make Willie out to be 16 yrs old.) Willie's father and brother are miners and the home is that of a frugal German family. Location: Pittston, Pennsylvania

Holding the door open while a trip? goes through. Willie Bryden, a nip...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Coal mines. Hine no. 1922. Reproduction no. LC-USZ6-1212. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Cong... More

Holding the door open while a trip[?] goes through. Willie Bryden, a nipper, 164 Center St. A lonely job. Waiting all alone in the dark for a trip to come through. It was so damp that Willie said he had to be doctoring all the time for his cough. A short distance from here, the gas was pouring into the mine so rapidly that it made a great torch when the foreman lit it. Willie had been working here for four months, 500 feet down the shaft, and a quarter of a mile underground from there. (Shaft #6 Pennsylvania Coal Co.) Walls have been whitewashed to make it lighter. January 16th, I found Willie at home sick, His mother admitted that he is only 13 yrs old; will be 14 next July. Said that 4 mos. ago the mine boss told the father to take Willie to work, and that they obtained the certificate from Squire Barrett. (The only thing the Squire could do was to make Willie out to be 16 yrs old.) Willie's father and brother are miners and the home is that of a frugal German family.  Location: Pittston, Pennsylvania.

Holding the door open while a trip[?] goes through. Willie Bryden, a n...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a coal mine, mining, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Holding the door open while a trip[?] goes through. Willie Bryden, a nipper, 164 Center St. A lonely job. Waiting all alone in the dark for a trip to come through. It was so damp that Willie said he had to be doctoring all the time for his cough. A short distance from here, the gas was pouring into the mine so rapidly that it made a great torch when the foreman lit it. Willie had been working here for four months, 500 feet down the shaft, and a quarter of a mile underground from there. (Shaft #6 Pennsylvania Coal Co.) Walls have been whitewashed to make it lighter. January 16th, I found Willie at home sick, His mother admitted that he is only 13 yrs old; will be 14 next July. Said that 4 mos. ago the mine boss told the father to take Willie to work, and that they obtained the certificate from Squire Barrett. (The only thing the Squire could do was to make Willie out to be 16 yrs old.) Willie's father and brother are miners and the home is that of a frugal German family.  Location: Pittston, Pennsylvania.

Holding the door open while a trip[?] goes through. Willie Bryden, a n...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a miner, coal mine, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mary Murphy Mining Complex, Mine Shaft House, Iron City (historical), Chaffee County, CO

Mary Murphy Mining Complex, Mine Shaft House, Iron City (historical), ...

Survey number: HAER CO-26-C Public domain photograph of quarry, mining industry, miners, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A lonely job. Waiting all alone in the dark for a trip[?] to come through. It was so damp that Willie said he had to go to the doctor for his cough. A short distance from here, the gas was pouring into the mine so rapidly that it made a great torch when the foreman lit it. Lives at 164 Center St., Pittston, Pennsylvania This is Willie Bryden[?], a nipper. Been working there 4 mos. 500 ft. from the shaft, and a quarter of a mile underground from there. Shaft #6 Pennsylvania Coal Co. Walls have been whiterewashed to make it lighter. Jan 16 I found Willie at home sick, His mother admitted he is only 13 yrs old; will be 14 next July. She said 4 months after the mine boss told the father to take Willie to work, and they obtained a certificate from Squire Barrett. The only thing the squire could do was to make Willie out to be 16 yrs. Willie's father & brother are miners and the home is that of a frugal German family.  Location: Pittston, Pennsylvania.

A lonely job. Waiting all alone in the dark for a trip[?] to come thro...

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At the close of the day. Just up from the shaft. All work below ground in aPennsylvania Coal Mine. Smallest boy, next to right hand end is a nipper. On his right is Arthur, a driver, Jo on Arthur's right is a nipper. Frank, boy on left end of photo, is a nipper, works a mile underground from the shaft, which is 5000 Ft. down.  Location: [South Pittston?], Pennsylvania.

At the close of the day. Just up from the shaft. All work below ground...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a child labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Consolidation Coal Company Mine No. 11, Air-Manway Shaft, East side of State Route 936, Midlothian, Allegany County, MD

Consolidation Coal Company Mine No. 11, Air-Manway Shaft, East side of...

Significance: The air/manway shaft contained both escape stairs and an air shaft for Consolidation Coal Company Mine No. 11. It was a significant portion of the safety features of the mine. The air shaft was ... More

A young leader and a driver, Shaft #6, Pennsylvania Coal Company. Pasquale Salvo and Sandy Castina.  Location: Pittston, Pennsylvania.

A young leader and a driver, Shaft #6, Pennsylvania Coal Company. Pasq...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a miner, coal mine, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Valleys of Jehoshaphat and Hinnom. Dragon's shaft, Siloam Tunnel.

Valleys of Jehoshaphat and Hinnom. Dragon's shaft, Siloam Tunnel.

Public domain photograph of 1920s Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Just up, Hecla [i.e. Calumet and Hecla Mine] shaft No. 2, Calumet, Mich.

Just up, Hecla [i.e. Calumet and Hecla Mine] shaft No. 2, Calumet, Mic...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Michigan, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a man in a straw hat. Great Depression and Dust Bowl.

A black and white photo of a man in a straw hat. Great Depression and ...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Shenandoah, Pennsylvania. A wheel, over which the car cable runs, at the top of a shaft tower at the Maple Hill mine

Shenandoah, Pennsylvania. A wheel, over which the car cable runs, at t...

Public domain image of a romantic landscape with windmill, Netherlands, 16th-17th century artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Abandoned mine shaft. South Range, Michigan

Abandoned mine shaft. South Range, Michigan

Public domain photograph of life in the United States in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Conversion. Silverware plant. An Eastern factory which produces bomb shackles for Uncle Sam's birdmen was once one of the country's best-known manufacturers of table silver. Above is closeup of a shaft assembly in specially made milling jig. Held at left is unmilled shaft while at right are completed shafts in milling jigs. Oneida Ltd., Oneida, New York

Conversion. Silverware plant. An Eastern factory which produces bomb s...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Cliff Shaft Mine Head Frame, Ishpeming, Marquette County, MI

Cliff Shaft Mine Head Frame, Ishpeming, Marquette County, MI

Significance: Because of its prominent location, the Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company believed it to be important that its new shaft house (replacing an earlier wooden structure) be architecturally pleasing as wel... More

Webb shaft house, Mesabi Range, Minn., U.S.A.

Webb shaft house, Mesabi Range, Minn., U.S.A.

Stereograph showing two men standing in foreground; railroad car filled with iron ore near shaft house in background. H68689 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1905 by Keystone View Company. No. 6970.

To the right hon'able Wills Hill, Earl of Hillsborough, this plate representing a perspective view of a scutch mill, with the method of breaking the flax with groved [sic] rollers, and scutching it with blades fixt on a shaft, both turn'd by the main wheel; great improvements in the method of breaking and scutching of flax; is most respectfully dedicated by ... William Hincks / William Hincks, delin. et sculp.

To the right hon'able Wills Hill, Earl of Hillsborough, this plate rep...

Print shows an interior view of a "scutch" mill where rollers and blades are used to break and beat flax in order to remove the woody fiber. Plate V. Incorporated into the title is a coat-of-arms "Perdeum et F... More

[Unknown object with open-work base, ornamental shaft, and cord(?)]

[Unknown object with open-work base, ornamental shaft, and cord(?)]

Inscribed in pencil on lower left corner of paper mount: Kano Dec. 1878. From figure in [blank]. From the "Metal work" series. Gift; Mrs. David Murray; 1909. Forms part of: David Murray collection. Forms part ... More

Miners turning in lamps after getting out of cage from shaft, which goes down sixty feet to tunnel, which is two miles long. Caples, West Virginia

Miners turning in lamps after getting out of cage from shaft, which go...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of coal miners, workers, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Stunning light shaft in Slot canyon, Page, Arizona

Stunning light shaft in Slot canyon, Page, Arizona

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Shaft House Pueblito, Cuervo Canyon, Dulce, Rio Arriba County, NM

Shaft House Pueblito, Cuervo Canyon, Dulce, Rio Arriba County, NM

Significance: The Pueblo Revolt of 1680 and subsequent Spanish reconquest of 1692 forced many Pueblo tribes to flee westward and seek temporary refuge with the Navajo. Shaft House Pueblito was one such refugee... More

Shaft House Pueblito, Cuervo Canyon, Dulce, Rio Arriba County, NM

Shaft House Pueblito, Cuervo Canyon, Dulce, Rio Arriba County, NM

Significance: The Pueblo Revolt of 1680 and subsequent Spanish reconquest of 1692 forced many Pueblo tribes to flee westward and seek temporary refuge with the Navajo. Shaft House Pueblito was one such refugee... More

Shaft house over Summit Tunnel, American Peak in distance

Shaft house over Summit Tunnel, American Peak in distance

No. 196. Part of series: Central Pacific Railroad, California. Scenes in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

Maryland Shaft No. 2, Headframe, East of State Route 160, Wilmore, Cambria County, PA

Maryland Shaft No. 2, Headframe, East of State Route 160, Wilmore, Cam...

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A young leader and a driver, Shaft #6, Pennsylvania Coal Company. Pasquale Salvo and Sandy Castina.  Location: Pittston, Pennsylvania.

A young leader and a driver, Shaft #6, Pennsylvania Coal Company. Pasq...

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At the close of the day. Waiting for the cage to go up. The cage is entirely open on two sides and not very well protected on other two, and is usually crowded like this. Small boy in front is Jo Pume, a Nipper, 163 Pine Street. Shaft #6, Pennsylvania Coal Co.,.  Location: South Pittston, Pennsylvania.

At the close of the day. Waiting for the cage to go up. The cage is en...

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The Channel Tunnel Work at Dover [England]: view showing where the shaft is sunk & Beaumont & English's compressed-air tunneling machine

The Channel Tunnel Work at Dover [England]: view showing where the sha...

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Around the Dead Sea. The great shaft in the cave [Jebel Usdum]

Around the Dead Sea. The great shaft in the cave [Jebel Usdum]

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Electric Institute of Washington. Kitchen made for Chicago Flexible Shaft Co.

Electric Institute of Washington. Kitchen made for Chicago Flexible Sh...

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Electric Institute of Washington. Three kitchens made for Chicago Flexible Shaft Co. I

Electric Institute of Washington. Three kitchens made for Chicago Flex...

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Shenandoah, Pennsylvania. A bulletin board at the foot of number one shaft in the Maple Hill colliery, showing a miner reading safety notices, Christmas greeting advertisements, etc.

Shenandoah, Pennsylvania. A bulletin board at the foot of number one s...

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Production. Milling machines and machine castings. Many minds, many heads, many skills went into the construction of this large, hydraulically-operated milling machine. The slender shaft just below the figure "100" in the upper right is a tracer finger, so called because it feels its way gently around the edge of a pattern so that the cutters reproduce the pattern exactly in tough steel. This tracer, so sensitive that it can be deflected with the edge of a piece of cardboard, controls the movement of tons of machinery exerting fifteen or twenty horsepower of cutting force

Production. Milling machines and machine castings. Many minds, many he...

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NYA (National Youth Administration) work center, Brooklyn, New York. Two welders, who are receiving training in machine shop practice, building up an undersize shaft by arc welding to be re-machined to size

NYA (National Youth Administration) work center, Brooklyn, New York. T...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Ben Bow chromite mine, Stillwater County, Montana. Maintenance shaft leading to one of the tunnels of the mine

Ben Bow chromite mine, Stillwater County, Montana. Maintenance shaft l...

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Automobile salvage. The torch man cuts the motor from the frame, and the frame from the body, then these parts are sorted for shipment. The springs and drive shaft are cut from the frame by torch, as are the differential and transmission

Automobile salvage. The torch man cuts the motor from the frame, and t...

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Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. Shaft alley sections

Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. Shaft alley sectio...

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Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. Flanges of a propeller shaft

Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. Flanges of a prope...

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To the right hon'able Wills Hill, Earl of Hillsborough, this plate representing a perspective view of a scutch mill, with the method of breaking the flax with groved [sic] rollers, and scutching it with blades fixt on a shaft, both turn'd by the main wheel; great improvements in the method of breaking and scutching of flax; is most respectfully dedicated by ... William Hincks / William Hincks, delin. et sculp.

To the right hon'able Wills Hill, Earl of Hillsborough, this plate rep...

Print shows an interior view of a "scutch" mill where rollers and blades are used to break and beat flax in order to remove the woody fiber. Plate V. Incorporated into the title is a coat-of-arms "Perdeum et F... More

Maryland Shaft No. 2, Blacksmith Shop, East of State Route 160, Wilmore, Cambria County, PA

Maryland Shaft No. 2, Blacksmith Shop, East of State Route 160, Wilmor...

Survey number: HAER PA-182-A Building/structure dates: 1945 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: after. 1969- before. 1980 Subsequent Work

Shaft House Pueblito, Cuervo Canyon, Dulce, Rio Arriba County, NM

Shaft House Pueblito, Cuervo Canyon, Dulce, Rio Arriba County, NM

Significance: The Pueblo Revolt of 1680 and subsequent Spanish reconquest of 1692 forced many Pueblo tribes to flee westward and seek temporary refuge with the Navajo. Shaft House Pueblito was one such refugee... More

Shaft House Pueblito, Cuervo Canyon, Dulce, Rio Arriba County, NM

Shaft House Pueblito, Cuervo Canyon, Dulce, Rio Arriba County, NM

Significance: The Pueblo Revolt of 1680 and subsequent Spanish reconquest of 1692 forced many Pueblo tribes to flee westward and seek temporary refuge with the Navajo. Shaft House Pueblito was one such refugee... More

Town of Standard Shaft, North of State Route 819, Standard Shaft, Westmoreland County, PA

Town of Standard Shaft, North of State Route 819, Standard Shaft, West...

Significance: Built to house workers at one of the largest coal and coke works in the United States, houses are of construction typical of coal and coke communities throughout western Pennsylvania. Many retain... More

Shaft house over Summit Tunnel, American Peak in distance

Shaft house over Summit Tunnel, American Peak in distance

No. 196. Part of series: Central Pacific Railroad, California. Scenes in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

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