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Garrett Snuff Mill, Route 82, Yorklyn, New Castle County, DE

Significance: The founding of the Garrett Snuff Mills represented the continuance of a 50-year tradition of Garrett enterprises on Red Clay Creek. Garrett's mills spanned the first two centuries of American in... More

Garrett Snuff Mill, Route 82, Yorklyn, New Castle County, DE

Significance: The founding of the Garrett Snuff Mills represented the continuance of a 50-year tradition of Garrett enterprises on Red Clay Creek. Garrett's mills spanned the first two centuries of American in... More

Garrett Snuff Mill, Route 82, Yorklyn, New Castle County, DE

Significance: The founding of the Garrett Snuff Mills represented the continuance of a 50-year tradition of Garrett enterprises on Red Clay Creek. Garrett's mills spanned the first two centuries of American in... More

Garrett Snuff Mill, Route 82, Yorklyn, New Castle County, DE

Significance: The founding of the Garrett Snuff Mills represented the continuance of a 50-year tradition of Garrett enterprises on Red Clay Creek. Garrett's mills spanned the first two centuries of American in... More

Estate Reef Bay, Sugar Factory, Reef Bay, St. John, VI

Significance: The factory at Estate Reef Bay affords one of the finest surviving examples of the sugar industry in the West Indies. Boiling coppers, used for processing cane-juice, remain in place in their maso... More

Estate Reef Bay, Sugar Factory, Reef Bay, St. John, VI

Significance: The factory at Estate Reef Bay affords one of the finest surviving examples of the sugar industry in the West Indies. Boiling coppers, used for processing cane-juice, remain in place in their maso... More

Estate Reef Bay, Sugar Factory, Reef Bay, St. John, VI

Significance: The factory at Estate Reef Bay affords one of the finest surviving examples of the sugar industry in the West Indies. Boiling coppers, used for processing cane-juice, remain in place in their maso... More

Estate Reef Bay, Sugar Factory, Reef Bay, St. John, VI

Significance: The factory at Estate Reef Bay affords one of the finest surviving examples of the sugar industry in the West Indies. Boiling coppers, used for processing cane-juice, remain in place in their maso... More

Philadelphia fire company mobile steam driven water pump

Photograph shows a piece of firefighting equipment on display in front of a firehouse in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Several men are standing around a horsedrawn steam driven water pump. (DLC/PP-1999:126). For... More

Carriage or fire engine - Public domain drawing

(DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Forms part of: Documentary drawing filing series (Library of Congress).

Political caricature. No. 3, The abolition catastrophe. Or the Novembe...

Lincoln's support of abolition is portrayed here as a liability in his race to the White House against Democratic candidate George B. McClellan. At top a smoothly run train "Union" heads straight for the White... More

Constantinople--Fire-engine and firemen

Men posed before backdrop carrying machine used to fight fire. In album: Constantinople, Smyrna, Beyrout, Ba'albec, Damascus, p. 13A, pl. 25.

[Close up view of front of locomotive, showing light, smoke stack and ...

Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, engine, train, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Locomotive [at station] - Public domain engraving

Steel engraving copyrighted by the American Bank Note Co. No. 684. Line neg.? This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Railroads Locomotive; Railroads Stations; Shelf.

First steam fire engine, and trip hammer

2375H U.S. Copyright Office. No. 2775. Public domain photograph - ship, port, harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Arrival of the first locomotive in Arizona

Stereograph showing men posing on and near a locomotive, probably in Yuma, Arizona. Written in pen on back of mount: Fort Yuma, Cal. on bluff in background. "Descriptive views of the American Continent" printed... More

[Engines 4704 and 4051 of the L.S. and M.S. railroad]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a locomotive, train tracks, rail transportation, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Mexican Central Railway train at station, Mexico]

Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, train car, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[The Brighton Beach Hotel, Brooklyn, N.Y., being moved away from beach...

Hotel moved using flatcars on 20 railroad tracks, pulled by locomotives. Title derived from P&P catalog card for corresponding copy negative. Source unknown..

Richon le Zion. Engine room. American Colony, Jerusalem

Title from: list, Matson Collection negative numbers 13816-13914. Caption continues from catalog: H-13. Caption on negative: Big engine room, Rishon. On negative: 778. Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978.

Train from Aleppo arriving at Homs

Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, engine, train, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sunset Limited, Southern Pacific Ry. /

"Taken at Fingal, Cal., where the world-renowned "Sunset Limited" trains pass each other. One runs on a side track, and the other dashes by at a high rate of speed. Switch is then turned, and the train passes o... More

Oiling up before the start - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, train car, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Frank Shields, Lexington, Nebraska.

original size: 6x8 Public domain photograph of excavation, bulldozer, land management, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

C. May, Kearney, Buffalo County, Nebraska.

original size: 6x8 Public domain photograph - historical image of Nebraska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Radford & Sons, near Newark, Kearney County, Nebraska.

summary: Subject: Plowing with a steam tractor. original size: 6x8 Public domain photograph - historical image of Nebraska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hump pusher, L.S. & M.S. R. R., Elkhart, Ind.

Postcard showing train engine on the railroad tracks of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway with row of men in front. J172354 U.S. Copyright Office. On photo: "Copr. Inbody." On back: Made by J. Inbod... More

Germans helping refugees returning to Antwerp

Photograph shows German soldiers on train tracks carrying bundle for Belgian refugees in Antwerp. Belgium during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)

[Railroad trains, Utah] - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

B.&G. passenger leaving Bingham Canyon. Photoprint copyrighted by L. Hollard, Salt Lake City, Utah. No. 636. No copyright renewal. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card traci... More

Construction of a railroad engine. Boiler shell

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial equipment, workshop, assembly line, factory, power engine, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Railroads. Men working on locomotive II

Picryl description: Public domain image of a locomotive, train tracks, rail transportation, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Largest electric locomotive in world, 6/25

Picryl description: Public domain image of a locomotive, train tracks, rail transportation, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Man lying in front of train on tracks]

Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, train car, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Steam threshing machines. Sibley, Illinois

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

Old steam tractor and threshing machine, idle for nine years. Ellisvil...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military vehicle, automobile, tractor truck, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Yard brakeman oiling locomotive, Elkins, West Virginia

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Santa Fe R.R. trains going through Cajon Pass in the San Bernardino Mo...

Public domain photograph of rural landscape, California, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

World's Fair, railroad exhibit, modern locomotives. Canadian Northern ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a locomotive, train tracks, rail transportation, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions. The New York World's Fair was a large i... More

Old steam tractor on farm of Indian in McIntosh County, Oklahoma

Picryl description: Public domain image of a tractor, farming equipment, agriculture, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Locomotives in roundhouse. Durango. Colorado

Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, train car, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

These four photographs were taken at the railroad station when a noon ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a train station, railroad tracks, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Chicago, Illinois. Washing a locomotive at the coaling station at an I...

Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, train car, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Needles, California. Filling the sand dome of a locomotive near the ro...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a locomotive, train cars, railroad tracks, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Aberdeen Station, Pennsylvania Railroad, Aberdeen, Maryland. Southboun...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a locomotive, train tracks, rail transportation, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark, Birmingham, Alabama

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

A meeting of the engines at the Golden Spike National Historic Site, U...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Location where the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Ra... More

A meeting of the engines at the Golden Spike National Historic Site, U...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Location where the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Ra... More

A Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad steam train pulls into the tiny Osi...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The C&TS is a three-foot narrow gauge heritage railroad running between Chama, New Mexico and Antonito. It runs over 10,015-foot Cumbr... More

Steam locomotive and coal tender in on a roundhouse turntable in the t...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More

A steam train operated by the Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad, a herita...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The railroad was started in 1983 by a group of volunteers who wanted to preserve a scenic section of the former Fort Dodge, Des Moines... More

Columbia Canal & Power Plant, Waterfront of Broad River, Columbia, Ric...

Significance: Designed to enable the navigation of the Broad and Congaree Rivers at their confluence in Columbia, the canal was completed in 1824 and enlarged in 1891; the 1891 portion of the canal is the signi... More

Lightship 116, Pier 3, Inner Harbor, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Significance: Lightship 116 is one of the last extant lightships in the United States and has had few modifications during its service. Four generations of lightships were in use in the United States from 1820 ... More

Carnegie Steel-Ohio Works, Steam Engines, 912 Salt Springs Road, Young...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-1 Survey number: HAER OH-33

Carnegie Steel-Ohio Works, Steam Engines, 912 Salt Springs Road, Young...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-1 Survey number: HAER OH-33

Washington Terminal Company Power Plant, First Avenue Northeast, Washi...

Significance: This steam power plant was torn down to make way for the Washington "Metro" subway system. It was originally constructed to provide heat and electric power for Union Station, and compressed air f... More

Silver King Mining Company, Ore Mill, Park City West, Park City, Summi...

Significance: At the beginning of the twentieth century the Silver King Coalition Mine in Park City, Utah, was both the largest producer of ore and ore-concentrates in the region and the largest dividend-payer ... More

Estate Rust-Op-Twist, Steam Engine & Cane Mill, Christiansted, St. Cro...

Significance: Rust-op-Twist's long and troubled history as a sugar producing estate is typical of many other St. Croix plantations. An animal mill, and windmill, and a steam mill - representative of the evoluti... More

Brandywine Pumping Station, Sixteenth & Market Streets, Wilmington, Ne...

Significance: It has historically been difficult for American cities to meet the ever-increasing demands of their citizens for water. The Brandywine Station represents an attempt made by one major city in the ... More

Estate Whim, Horizontal Steam Engine, Frederiksted vicinity, Frederiks...

Survey number: HAER VI-5-D

Utah Sugar Company, Garland Beet Sugar Refinery, Factory Street, Garla...

Significance: The history of the beet sugar industry in Utah began at the Lehi Plant of the Utah Sugar Company. In that plant on 15 October 1891, Edward Dyer reached into a whirling centrifugal and withdrew a h... More

Estate Clifton Hill, Sugar Factory & Rum Distillery, South Central Str...

Significance: Estate Clifton Hill produced cane sugar and rum from its initial settlement in the early 1750s to about 1900. An animal mill was in use to crush sugar cane by 1754 and was replaced a few years lat... More

Estate Clifton Hill, Sugar Factory & Rum Distillery, South Central Str...

Significance: Estate Clifton Hill produced cane sugar and rum from its initial settlement in the early 1750s to about 1900. An animal mill was in use to crush sugar cane by 1754 and was replaced a few years lat... More

U.S.M. steam ship Baltic. Collins line builders, hull by Brown & Bell ...

Print shows a port side view of the U.S. Mail Steam Ship Baltic at sea.

Estate Adrian, Cruz Bay, St. John, VI

Survey number: HAER VI-6 Public domain photograph of ruins in United States, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Estate Adrian, Cruz Bay, St. John, VI

Survey number: HAER VI-6

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

The world's railroad scene / Swain & Lewis, des. & lith. 103 State, Ch...

Print showing well-dressed passengers waiting as the Illinois Central Railroad train pulls into the station; also shows a steamship, horse-drawn carriage, stagecoach, and canal boat, along with a large globe di... More

Houston-White Company Mill & Basket Factory, Main Street & Railroad Av...

Significance: The history of the Houston-White company demonstrates how changes in agricultural production significantly altered the produce basket industry in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Unprocess... More

Creque Marine Railway, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, VI

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.

Creque Marine Railway, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, VI

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial equipment, workshop, assembly line, factory, power engine, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Creque Marine Railway, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, VI

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

Creque Marine Railway, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, VI

Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, train car, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Creque Marine Railway, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, VI

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

Creque Marine Railway, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, VI

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial equipment, workshop, assembly line, factory, power engine, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

USS MISSOURI, Batttleship Row, Ford Island, Pearl City, Honolulu Count...

Significance: USS MISSOURI was the last battleship built by the United States. Her type dominated naval strategy and tactics until World War II when aircraft carriers supplanted battleships as the dominant cap... More

Fair Lane, Powerhouse, 4901 Evergreen Road, Dearborn, Wayne County, MI

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

USS Arizona, Submerged off Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, Honolulu, Honolu...

Significance: USS ARIZONA, a steel hulled battleship, was destroyed during the Japanese attach on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Struck by a bomb and possibly torpedoes, this ship was sunk, along with other... More