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The grave of my mother Poetry and music composed and respectfully dedicated to Miss Megee of Philadelphia by the author of Mary's beauty / / Queen ; C. Schuessele del. ; P.S. Duval & Co. steam lith. press.

The grave of my mother Poetry and music composed and respectfully dedi...

Print showing title page illustration with girl looking sadly at "the grave of my mother." Drawn on stone by James Queen.

United States "Auxiliary Screw" steam frigate "Merrimac" 60 guns. Off the entrance to New York harbour / T.G. Dutton, del et lith. ; Day & Son, Lithrs. to [the Queen].

United States "Auxiliary Screw" steam frigate "Merrimac" 60 guns. Off ...

Print showing a broadside view of the port side of the steam frigate U.S.S. Merrimack undersail near the entrance to New York harbor.

U.S. Steam Frigate "Susquehannah" [and] U.S. War Steamer "Bienville"

U.S. Steam Frigate "Susquehannah" [and] U.S. War Steamer "Bienville"

Broadside view of two sidewheel steamships. Title inscribed below images. Inscribed below image of Bienville: N.B. The "De Soto" is just like the above. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.1099 verso) For... More

Shoulder to shoulder. Sung by Bessie Bonehill. W. S. Fortey, general Steam Printer and Publisher, 3 & 3, Monmouth Court, Seven Dials

Shoulder to shoulder. Sung by Bessie Bonehill. W. S. Fortey, general S...

Public domain song - scan of American song sheet, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Steam Sloop Pensacola brought to Washington under canvas from Pensacola, some time 1861

Steam Sloop Pensacola brought to Washington under canvas from Pensacol...

Broadside view of frigate. Signed upper right: Waud. Title inscribed below image. Formerly Waud no. B-54. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.819) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Vulcan's steam works, California, 19th century sterescope card.

Vulcan's steam works, California, 19th century sterescope card.

Small buildings at foot of hill near stream in Sonoma County, California. On verso: Julian H. Hatch, West Medford. No. 11.

U.S.S. Brooklyn steam windlass - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

U.S.S. Brooklyn steam windlass - Public domain image. Dry plate negati...

Public domain image of a American navy warship, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

U.S.S. Massachusetts, steam steering gear

U.S.S. Massachusetts, steam steering gear

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

Steam yacht Rheclair - Public domain image of a steam ship or boat

Steam yacht Rheclair - Public domain image of a steam ship or boat

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

Steam hammer, Westinghouse works /

Steam hammer, Westinghouse works /

From what appears to be a furnace, a large, glowing block is lifted with the help of a crane over to a table by a group of men. A hammer comes from above and pounds down on the block repeatedly as the men turn ... More

Langley's steam model airplane - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Langley's steam model airplane - Glass negative photogrpah. Public dom...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, aeronautics, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Plowing by steam in South Dakota

Plowing by steam in South Dakota

Photograph shows men on tractor plowing up large field. Copyright title: Plowing and seeding by steam in S.D. Copyright 1907 by J.Q. Miller, Aberdeen, South Dakota.

Threshing by steam engine on W.M. Fellows farm near Kearney, Nebraska.

Threshing by steam engine on W.M. Fellows farm near Kearney, Nebraska.

original size: 6x8 Public domain photograph of a tractor, bulldozer, construction vehicle, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Dinkey engine and steam shovel]

[Dinkey engine and steam shovel]

J196151 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by L. Hollard, no. 542. Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, engine, train, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

General railway map engraved expressly for the Official guide of the railways and steam navigation lines of the United States, Porto[sic] Rico, Canada, Mexico and Cuba : comprising maps of the United States, Cuba, Porto [sic] Rico.

General railway map engraved expressly for the Official guide of the r...

Relief shown by hachures. Includes nine inset maps. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

[Wayne County Road Commissioners' steam shovel at road construction site, Mich.]

[Wayne County Road Commissioners' steam shovel at road construction si...

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

Mrs. Alice Robertson of Okla. shown getting description of steam table in a restaurant she expects to run after March 4

Mrs. Alice Robertson of Okla. shown getting description of steam table...

A group of people standing around a table with pots and pans. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hammering out a draw bar on the steam drop hammer in the blacksmith shop, Santa Fe R.R. shops, Albuquerque, N[ew] Mex[ico)

Hammering out a draw bar on the steam drop hammer in the blacksmith sh...

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.

Giant tire manufacturer. Here a workman is drawing off steam from U.S. Army truck tires just removed from vulcanizing units at a large Eastern rubber plant. Once the steam is released from the air bags inside the tires, the tires will be moved on to the final inspection department before being shipped to the armed forces

Giant tire manufacturer. Here a workman is drawing off steam from U.S....

Public domain photograph of the 1930s-1940s World War Two, armed forces, military production, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland. Studying a steam engine

U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland. Studying a steam engine

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Steam power plant equipment. Maintenance men on a 6,000-ton press used to form parts for high-pressure boiler. Steam boilers and other power-house equipment to supplement the hydroelectric installations of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) system are produced in the large Chattanooga shops of the Combustion Engineering Company

Production. Steam power plant equipment. Maintenance men on a 6,000-to...

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.

Fiberglass manufacture, Owens-Corning, Toledo, Ohio. From an overhead feed, two bands of all-glass warp yarns are fed into a standard type loom that converts them into a narrow fiberglass fabric to wrap high-pressure steam lines on modern war vessels

Fiberglass manufacture, Owens-Corning, Toledo, Ohio. From an overhead ...

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

Production. Steam power plant equipment. Filling tube holes on a high-pressure boiler drum. Steam boilers and other power-house equipment to supplement the hydroelectric installations of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) system are produced in the large Chattanooga shops of the Combustion Engineering Company

Production. Steam power plant equipment. Filling tube holes on a high-...

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

Washington, D.C. Steam hammer used to drive piles

Washington, D.C. Steam hammer used to drive piles

Picryl description: Public domain image of a construction site, industrial or commercial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. Steam power plant equipment. Chipping slag from a long arc-welded seam of a new high-pressure boiler. Steam boilers and other power-house equipment to supplement the hydroelectric installations of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) system are produced in the large Chattanooga shops of the Combustion Engineering Company

Production. Steam power plant equipment. Chipping slag from a long arc...

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

Conversion. Farm implements to cargo winches. Steam cargo winches for the Maritime Commission roll off the assembly line of a converted Midwestern plant which formerly produced power farming implements

Conversion. Farm implements to cargo winches. Steam cargo winches for ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Washington, D.C. Steam cleaning a bank building at 14th and G Streets, N.W.

Washington, D.C. Steam cleaning a bank building at 14th and G Streets,...

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

American "steam chickens" arrive in Africa. Arriving at an African airport, a crate containing a P-40 fighter plane is backed up into place alongside other crates lined up on the field. American tractor crane equipment is employed to hoist the load from the truck

American "steam chickens" arrive in Africa. Arriving at an African air...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s US industrial development, Second World War, US war production, indusry, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mora (vicinity), New Mexico. The operator of a flour mill driven by water and steam

Mora (vicinity), New Mexico. The operator of a flour mill driven by wa...

Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Topeka, Kansas. Workmen manipulating a hot forging which is being hammered under a steam hammer in the blacksmith shop of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad

Topeka, Kansas. Workmen manipulating a hot forging which is being hamm...

Public domain photograph of military personnel, army, militia, infantry, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pitcairn, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Katie Sablejack, forty-five, a Hungarian, employed as a blacksmith's helper in the Pennsylvania Railroad yards, earning seventy-two cents per hour. She is operating a half-ton steam hammer. Mrs. Sablejack is a widow and mother of two children

Pitcairn, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Katie Sablejack, forty-five, a Hungarian,...

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

U.S. mail steam ship Atlantic - Public domain image of steamship

U.S. mail steam ship Atlantic - Public domain image of steamship

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 6831

Steam ship Southerner, Capt. Berry. Regular packet between New York & Charleston, South Carolina

Steam ship Southerner, Capt. Berry. Regular packet between New York & ...

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Endicott, G. & W.

The life of a fireman: the new era, steam and muscle

The life of a fireman: the new era, steam and muscle

Artist: Charles Parsons. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 3785

Carnegie Steel-Ohio Works, Steam Engines, 912 Salt Springs Road, Youngstown, Mahoning County, OH

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, Youngstown, Mahoning County, OH

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, Youngstown, Mahoning County, OH

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

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

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

The U.S. Steam Frigate Mississippi, Com..re M.C. Perry--Going out to the relief of the American steamer Hunter a French bark [her prize] and an American pilot boat wrecked on Green Island reef near Vera Cruize March 21st, 1847 / lith. of Sarony & Major ; executed by H. Walke Lt. U.S.N.

The U.S. Steam Frigate Mississippi, Com..re M.C. Perry--Going out to t...

Naval Portfolio No. 1. Naval scenes in the Mexican War by H. Walke Lieut. U.S. Navy. Copyright by Sarony & Major.

[Steam engine, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C. Transverse section - engine]

[Steam engine, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C. Transverse secti...

Inscriptions on recto: "Philadelphia March 17th 1810" "Engine Navy Yard Washington" "James Smallman" "21." Lined with paper on verso. Forms part of: Benjamin Henry Latrobe Archive (Library of Congress).

[Steam engine, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C. Transverse section - engine]

[Steam engine, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C. Transverse secti...

Inscriptions on recto: "Philadelphia March 17th 1810" "Engine Navy Yard Washington" "James Smallman" "21." Lined with paper on verso. Forms part of: Benjamin Henry Latrobe Archive (Library of Congress).

[Steam engine, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C. Plan of the forge tilt-hammer]

[Steam engine, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C. Plan of the forg...

Inscriptions: "B Henry Latrobe, Surveyor of PLC Bldgs U.S." "Plan and Elevation of the standards " "Plan & section of the Cam wheel." "Plan of the Tilt Hammer, Navy Yard Washington." "2" "13" Forms ... More

The Kelly & Jones Co.; Wrought Iron Pipe and Fittings; Mine, Mill, Oil and Gas Well; Steam and Plummers supplies; Pumps, Boilers, Radiators

The Kelly & Jones Co.; Wrought Iron Pipe and Fittings; Mine, Mill, Oil...

H74115 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; R.W. Johnston; February 28, 1906. On front: "131 to 137 Water St., Pittsburgh, 132 to 138 First Ave., Bell Telephone 203 Court, P&A 434 Main". Date on image Aug. 27, '05.

Steam ship Washington: belonging to the Ocean Steam Navigation Company, Frederick Hewitt Commander

Steam ship Washington: belonging to the Ocean Steam Navigation Company...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 6212

Newport Steam Factory, 449 Thames Street, Newport, Newport County, RI

Newport Steam Factory, 449 Thames Street, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: The Newport Steam Factory is an important surviving example of the nineteenth century industrial development of the Newport waterfront, as well as an interesting large example of early mill constr... More

Double-Compound Steam Engine "Sierra Nevada", Seaplane Anchorage vicinity, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

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

Double-Compound Steam Engine "Sierra Nevada", Seaplane Anchorage vicinity, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

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

Double-Compound Steam Engine "Sierra Nevada", Seaplane Anchorage vicinity, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

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

[Steam engine, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C. Plan with boiler, cistern, and fly wheel]

[Steam engine, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C. Plan with boiler...

Inscriptions on recto: "Philadelphia March 19th 1810" "Engine Navy Yard Washington" "James Smallman" "20." Lined with paper on verso. Reference copy available in LOT 4249. Forms part of: Benjamin Henry La... More

East Boston Steam Pump Station, 20 Addison Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

East Boston Steam Pump Station, 20 Addison Street, Boston, Suffolk Cou...

Significance: The East Boston Steam Pumping Station was constructed in 1894 and was one of three state-of-the-art pumping stations in the Metropolitan Sewerage System. The station is significant as one of the ... More

East Boston Steam Pump Station, 20 Addison Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

East Boston Steam Pump Station, 20 Addison Street, Boston, Suffolk Cou...

Significance: The East Boston Steam Pumping Station was constructed in 1894 and was one of three state-of-the-art pumping stations in the Metropolitan Sewerage System. The station is significant as one of the ... More

Globe Steam Mills, Federal Street, Newburyport, Essex County, MA

Globe Steam Mills, Federal Street, Newburyport, Essex County, MA

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-98 Survey number: HABS MA-295 Building/structure dates: 1845 Initial Construction

Norfolk & Southern Steam Locomotive No. 1218, Norris Yards, East of Ruffner Road, Irondale, Jefferson County, AL

Norfolk & Southern Steam Locomotive No. 1218, Norris Yards, East of Ru...

Survey number: HAER AL-39 Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, engine, train, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hacienda Azucarera la Igualdad, Sugar Mill Ruins & Steam Engine, PR Route 332, Guanica, Guanica Municipio, PR

Hacienda Azucarera la Igualdad, Sugar Mill Ruins & Steam Engine, PR Ro...

Significance: Still extant at the ruins of Hacienda Azucarera La Igualdad is a single column, slide-valve, side-crank beam engine of unknown manufacture that drove a three-role cane crushing mill. The plantati... More

Hacienda Azucarera la Igualdad, Sugar Mill Ruins & Steam Engine, PR Route 332, Guanica, Guanica Municipio, PR

Hacienda Azucarera la Igualdad, Sugar Mill Ruins & Steam Engine, PR Ro...

Significance: Still extant at the ruins of Hacienda Azucarera La Igualdad is a single column, slide-valve, side-crank beam engine of unknown manufacture that drove a three-role cane crushing mill. The plantati... More

Hacienda Azucarera la Igualdad, Sugar Mill Ruins & Steam Engine, PR Route 332, Guanica, Guanica Municipio, PR

Hacienda Azucarera la Igualdad, Sugar Mill Ruins & Steam Engine, PR Ro...

Significance: Still extant at the ruins of Hacienda Azucarera La Igualdad is a single column, slide-valve, side-crank beam engine of unknown manufacture that drove a three-role cane crushing mill. The plantati... More

Hacienda Azucarera la Igualdad, Sugar Mill Ruins & Steam Engine, PR Route 332, Guanica, Guanica Municipio, PR

Hacienda Azucarera la Igualdad, Sugar Mill Ruins & Steam Engine, PR Ro...

Significance: Still extant at the ruins of Hacienda Azucarera La Igualdad is a single column, slide-valve, side-crank beam engine of unknown manufacture that drove a three-role cane crushing mill. The plantati... More

[Steam engine, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C. Transverse elevation of boiler, cistern, etc.]

[Steam engine, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C. Transverse eleva...

Inscriptions on recto: "Transverse Elevation" "September 29th 1808" "Boiler" "Flue" "Chimney flue" "Cylinder selle" "Cistern" "Ash pit." Delineator: James Smallwood. (Source: The Engineering Drawi... More

Over-the-Horizon Backscatter Radar Network, Moscow Radar Site Transmit Sector Two Antenna Array, At the end of Steam Road, Moscow, Somerset County, ME

Over-the-Horizon Backscatter Radar Network, Moscow Radar Site Transmit...

Significance: The Over-the-Horizon Backscatter radar network was an important physical and scientific product of the Cold War. From theories that had been conceived in the days of early long-distance radio tran... More

[Steam engine, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C. Working gears]

[Steam engine, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C. Working gears]

Inscriptions on recto: "Philada Jany 18th 1810" "31." Delineator: James Smallwood. (Source: The Engineering Drawings of Benjamin Henry Latrobe, New Haven, Conn. : Published for the Maryland Historical Society... More

Norfolk & Southern Steam Locomotive No. 611, Norris Yards, East of Ruffner Road, Irondale, Jefferson County, AL

Norfolk & Southern Steam Locomotive No. 611, Norris Yards, East of Ruf...

Survey number: HAER AL-38 Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, engine, train, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Burden Iron Works, Lower (Steam) Works, Hudson River, Wynants Kill Vicinity, Troy, Rensselaer County, NY

Burden Iron Works, Lower (Steam) Works, Hudson River, Wynants Kill Vic...

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

Steam Tug HERCULES, Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Steam Tug HERCULES, Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco, San Francisco Cou...

Significance: The Steam Tug HERCULES is a National Historic Landmark, significant as the only oceangoing steam tug on the West Coast. Typical in the early 20th century, this steam tug hauled log floats, large ... More

Steam Tug HERCULES, Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Steam Tug HERCULES, Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco, San Francisco Cou...

Significance: The Steam Tug HERCULES is a National Historic Landmark, significant as the only oceangoing steam tug on the West Coast. Typical in the early 20th century, this steam tug hauled log floats, large ... More

Steam Tug HERCULES, Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Steam Tug HERCULES, Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco, San Francisco Cou...

Significance: The Steam Tug HERCULES is a National Historic Landmark, significant as the only oceangoing steam tug on the West Coast. Typical in the early 20th century, this steam tug hauled log floats, large ... More

Steam Tug HERCULES, Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Steam Tug HERCULES, Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco, San Francisco Cou...

Significance: The Steam Tug HERCULES is a National Historic Landmark, significant as the only oceangoing steam tug on the West Coast. Typical in the early 20th century, this steam tug hauled log floats, large ... More

Steam Tug HERCULES, Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Steam Tug HERCULES, Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco, San Francisco Cou...

Significance: The Steam Tug HERCULES is a National Historic Landmark, significant as the only oceangoing steam tug on the West Coast. Typical in the early 20th century, this steam tug hauled log floats, large ... More

Steam Tug EPPLETON HALL, Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Steam Tug EPPLETON HALL, Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco, San Francisc...

Significance: The steam side paddlewheel tugboat EPPLETON HALL was the last of the famed British paddleboats to be built. Its engine is the once-common, but now rare, twin sidelever "grasshopper" engine. It ... More

Steam Tug EPPLETON HALL, Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Steam Tug EPPLETON HALL, Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco, San Francisc...

Significance: The steam side paddlewheel tugboat EPPLETON HALL was the last of the famed British paddleboats to be built. Its engine is the once-common, but now rare, twin sidelever "grasshopper" engine. It ... More

Steam Tug EPPLETON HALL, Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Steam Tug EPPLETON HALL, Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco, San Francisc...

Significance: The steam side paddlewheel tugboat EPPLETON HALL was the last of the famed British paddleboats to be built. Its engine is the once-common, but now rare, twin sidelever "grasshopper" engine. It ... More

Steam Schooner WAPAMA, Kaiser Shipyard No. 3 (Shoal Point), Richmond, Contra Costa County, CA

Steam Schooner WAPAMA, Kaiser Shipyard No. 3 (Shoal Point), Richmond, ...

The Schooner was moved from Sausalito, California to Richmond, California Significance: The last surviving example afloat of some 225 steam schooners specially designed for use in the 19th and 20th century Paci... More

Steam Schooner WAPAMA, Kaiser Shipyard No. 3 (Shoal Point), Richmond, Contra Costa County, CA

Steam Schooner WAPAMA, Kaiser Shipyard No. 3 (Shoal Point), Richmond, ...

The Schooner was moved from Sausalito, California to Richmond, California Significance: The last surviving example afloat of some 225 steam schooners specially designed for use in the 19th and 20th century Paci... More

Steam Schooner WAPAMA, Kaiser Shipyard No. 3 (Shoal Point), Richmond, Contra Costa County, CA

Steam Schooner WAPAMA, Kaiser Shipyard No. 3 (Shoal Point), Richmond, ...

The Schooner was moved from Sausalito, California to Richmond, California Significance: The last surviving example afloat of some 225 steam schooners specially designed for use in the 19th and 20th century Paci... More

Steam Schooner WAPAMA, Kaiser Shipyard No. 3 (Shoal Point), Richmond, Contra Costa County, CA

Steam Schooner WAPAMA, Kaiser Shipyard No. 3 (Shoal Point), Richmond, ...

The Schooner was moved from Sausalito, California to Richmond, California Significance: The last surviving example afloat of some 225 steam schooners specially designed for use in the 19th and 20th century Paci... More

Steam Schooner WAPAMA, Kaiser Shipyard No. 3 (Shoal Point), Richmond, Contra Costa County, CA

Steam Schooner WAPAMA, Kaiser Shipyard No. 3 (Shoal Point), Richmond, ...

The Schooner was moved from Sausalito, California to Richmond, California Significance: The last surviving example afloat of some 225 steam schooners specially designed for use in the 19th and 20th century Paci... More

Steam Schooner WAPAMA, Kaiser Shipyard No. 3 (Shoal Point), Richmond, Contra Costa County, CA

Steam Schooner WAPAMA, Kaiser Shipyard No. 3 (Shoal Point), Richmond, ...

The Schooner was moved from Sausalito, California to Richmond, California Significance: The last surviving example afloat of some 225 steam schooners specially designed for use in the 19th and 20th century Paci... More

Steam Schooner WAPAMA, Kaiser Shipyard No. 3 (Shoal Point), Richmond, Contra Costa County, CA

Steam Schooner WAPAMA, Kaiser Shipyard No. 3 (Shoal Point), Richmond, ...

The Schooner was moved from Sausalito, California to Richmond, California Significance: The last surviving example afloat of some 225 steam schooners specially designed for use in the 19th and 20th century Paci... More

Hacienda Azucarera La Esperanza, Steam Engine & Mill, 2.65 Mi. N of PR Rt. 2 Bridge over Manati River, Manati, Manati Municipio, PR

Hacienda Azucarera La Esperanza, Steam Engine & Mill, 2.65 Mi. N of PR...

Significance: The La Esperanza's decorated steam engine is the only West Point Foundry beam engine known to survive. It is also the only known 6-column beam engine by any American manufacturer. Additionally, i... More

Hacienda Azucarera La Esperanza, Steam Engine & Mill, 2.65 Mi. N of PR Rt. 2 Bridge over Manati River, Manati, Manati Municipio, PR

Hacienda Azucarera La Esperanza, Steam Engine & Mill, 2.65 Mi. N of PR...

Significance: The La Esperanza's decorated steam engine is the only West Point Foundry beam engine known to survive. It is also the only known 6-column beam engine by any American manufacturer. Additionally, i... More

Hacienda Azucarera La Esperanza, Steam Engine & Mill, 2.65 Mi. N of PR Rt. 2 Bridge over Manati River, Manati, Manati Municipio, PR

Hacienda Azucarera La Esperanza, Steam Engine & Mill, 2.65 Mi. N of PR...

Significance: The La Esperanza's decorated steam engine is the only West Point Foundry beam engine known to survive. It is also the only known 6-column beam engine by any American manufacturer. Additionally, i... More

Plan of Mr. Fitch's steam boat - Public domain image of a steam boat

Plan of Mr. Fitch's steam boat - Public domain image of a steam boat

Print shows broadside view of John Fitch's design for ferry boat with steam-driven oars. Illus. in: The Columbian magazine, or monthly miscellany,.... Philadelphia : Printed for T. Seddon, W. Spotswood, C. Cis... More

Origin of steam navigation... - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Congress

Origin of steam navigation... - Public domain graphic arts, Library of...

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Hutchings, John.

U.S. steam boat "Kanawha" - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Congress

U.S. steam boat "Kanawha" - Public domain graphic arts, Library of Con...

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Shearman & Hart. Copyright deposit, Southern District of N.Y.

[Washington, District of Columbia]. Brazilian Steam Frigate at Navy Yard. Yards manned on the occasion of the President's visit

[Washington, District of Columbia]. Brazilian Steam Frigate at Navy Ya...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

U.S.S. Colorado, screw steam frigate

U.S.S. Colorado, screw steam frigate

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship in the sea, harbor, maritime, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Steam pilot boat New Jersey - Public domain image of a steam boat

Steam pilot boat New Jersey - Public domain image of a steam boat

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Steam drills, Rutland R.R. [Railroad]

Steam drills, Rutland R.R. [Railroad]

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Steam yacht Anita - Public domain image of a steam ship or boat

Steam yacht Anita - Public domain image of a steam ship or boat

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Steam pilot boat New Jersey - Public domain image of a steam ship or boat

Steam pilot boat New Jersey - Public domain image of a steam ship or b...

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Steam yacht Winyah - Public domain image of a steam ship or boat

Steam yacht Winyah - Public domain image of a steam ship or boat

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The Steam windlass, S.S. J.H. Sheadle

The Steam windlass, S.S. J.H. Sheadle

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Threshing crew on Slater's farm east of Kearney, Nebraska.

Threshing crew on Slater's farm east of Kearney, Nebraska.

summary: In 1993, David DeVries identified the the man with his hands on his hips standing third from the left as Charlie Krapp. Standing next to hims with his arms folded is Frederick DeVries. original size: 6x8

Threshing machine on farm of J.R. Reynolds, west of Wood River, Nebraska.

Threshing machine on farm of J.R. Reynolds, west of Wood River, Nebras...

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Steam shovel at work at paper mill. Lufkin, Texas

Steam shovel at work at paper mill. Lufkin, Texas

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Crab cooker which holds about seven barrels of crabs. The cooking process lasts for thirty minutes and is done by live steam from boiler in background. Rock Point, Maryland

Crab cooker which holds about seven barrels of crabs. The cooking proc...

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Cans, after sterilizing in steam, travel in conveyor belt to canning room. Phillips Packing Company, Cambridge, Maryland

Cans, after sterilizing in steam, travel in conveyor belt to canning r...

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Steam cleaning an Army halftrac scout car for final painting. One of the last touches a large Midwest plant gives the cars is a good paint job that provides protection against the weather and puts the car "into Army uniform." White Motor Company, Cleveland, Ohio

Steam cleaning an Army halftrac scout car for final painting. One of t...

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Giant tire manufacturer. Giant vulcanizer used in the vulcanization of bullet-sealing gasoline tanks, eight-foot high bomber tires and huge 3,600-pound earth mover tires. This unit at a large Eastern tire plant is the largest of its kind in the world. It must be thoroughly and constantly inspected as it is in frequent service on war production. Here the inspector is checking the steam and pressure fittings. The mold, when open, stands more than two-and-a-half stories high and weighs over 300,000 pounds. Firestone

Giant tire manufacturer. Giant vulcanizer used in the vulcanization of...

Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A poster comes to life. Squinting against the terrific glare and bursts of steam charging up from a strip of red-hot steel which moves slowly past them, Sergeant Vineyard and Chief Evans pause with welder Woolslayer to watch precious river, which comes off the blooming mill and rolls toward the four-high strip mill at Allegheny-Ludlum. They're learning a lot, these servicemen of the "Men Working Together" poster, learning how their lives depend on the production workers of the country, without whose skill and strength the weapons of war could not be forged. Allegheny-Ludlum Steel, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

A poster comes to life. Squinting against the terrific glare and burst...

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Production. Steam power plant equipment. A header for a new high-pressure boiler is drilled through a jig. Steam boilers and other power-house equipment to supplement the hydroelectric installations of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) system are produced in the large Chattanooga shops of the Combustion Engineering Company

Production. Steam power plant equipment. A header for a new high-press...

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