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Manchester Street Generating Station, Breaker House, 460 Eddy Street, Providence, Providence County, RI

Manchester Street Generating Station, Breaker House, 460 Eddy Street, ...

Significance: This structure, along with the three Transfer Houses (HAER No. RI-35-C) and the Conveyors (HAER No. RI-35-D) form the yard coal delivery and handling system constructed between 1940 and ca. 1950. ... More

Bonneville Power Administration Burley Substation, 1221 Albion Avenue, Burley, Cassia County, ID

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

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

Potomac Electric Power Co. Control board of PEPCO I

Potomac Electric Power Co. Control board of PEPCO I

Public domain photograph of midcentury American architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Utah Power Company, Granite Hydroelectric Plant, Holladay, Salt Lake County, UT

Utah Power Company, Granite Hydroelectric Plant, Holladay, Salt Lake C...

Survey number: HAER UT-4 Building/structure dates: 1896 Initial Construction

Utah Power Company, Granite Hydroelectric Plant, Holladay, Salt Lake County, UT

Utah Power Company, Granite Hydroelectric Plant, Holladay, Salt Lake C...

Survey number: HAER UT-4 Building/structure dates: 1896 Initial Construction

Utah Power Company, Granite Hydroelectric Plant, Holladay, Salt Lake County, UT

Utah Power Company, Granite Hydroelectric Plant, Holladay, Salt Lake C...

Survey number: HAER UT-4 Building/structure dates: 1896 Initial Construction

Potomac Electric Power Co. Control board of PEPCO II

Potomac Electric Power Co. Control board of PEPCO II

Public domain photograph of midcentury American industry, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Shoshone Falls Hydroelectric Project, 1907 Powerhouse, North Bank of Snake River, at West end of penstock, Tipperary Corner, Jerome County, ID

Shoshone Falls Hydroelectric Project, 1907 Powerhouse, North Bank of S...

Significance: The powerhouse, with its two horizontal shaft systems, was the focal point of the first hydroelectric development at Shoshone Falls. In 1907, the powerhouse generated 500 kilowatts of power. With ... More

Bonneville Power Administration Burley Substation, 1221 Albion Avenue, Burley, Cassia County, ID

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

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

Bonneville Power Administration Burley Substation, 1221 Albion Avenue, Burley, Cassia County, ID

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

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

Bonneville Power Administration Burley Substation, 1221 Albion Avenue, Burley, Cassia County, ID

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

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

Picryl description: Public domain image related to an industrial revolution, 19th century industry, factory, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Picryl description: Public domain image related to an industrial revol...

Public domain image with Picryl description as title Potomac Electric Power Company (PEPCO) is a publicly traded utility company that provides electric service to customers in the Washington D.C. metropolitan ... More

Utah Power Company, Granite Hydroelectric Plant, Holladay, Salt Lake County, UT

Utah Power Company, Granite Hydroelectric Plant, Holladay, Salt Lake C...

Survey number: HAER UT-4 Building/structure dates: 1896 Initial Construction

Shoshone Falls Hydroelectric Project, 1907 Powerhouse, North Bank of Snake River, at West end of penstock, Tipperary Corner, Jerome County, ID

Shoshone Falls Hydroelectric Project, 1907 Powerhouse, North Bank of S...

Significance: The powerhouse, with its two horizontal shaft systems, was the focal point of the first hydroelectric development at Shoshone Falls. In 1907, the powerhouse generated 500 kilowatts of power. With ... More

Bonneville Power Administration Burley Substation, 1221 Albion Avenue, Burley, Cassia County, ID

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

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

Utah Power Company, Granite Hydroelectric Plant, Holladay, Salt Lake County, UT

Utah Power Company, Granite Hydroelectric Plant, Holladay, Salt Lake C...

Survey number: HAER UT-4 Building/structure dates: 1896 Initial Construction

Shoshone Falls Hydroelectric Project, 1907 Powerhouse, North Bank of Snake River, at West end of penstock, Tipperary Corner, Jerome County, ID

Shoshone Falls Hydroelectric Project, 1907 Powerhouse, North Bank of S...

Significance: The powerhouse, with its two horizontal shaft systems, was the focal point of the first hydroelectric development at Shoshone Falls. In 1907, the powerhouse generated 500 kilowatts of power. With ... More

Shoshone Falls Hydroelectric Project, 1907 Powerhouse, North Bank of Snake River, at West end of penstock, Tipperary Corner, Jerome County, ID

Shoshone Falls Hydroelectric Project, 1907 Powerhouse, North Bank of S...

Significance: The powerhouse, with its two horizontal shaft systems, was the focal point of the first hydroelectric development at Shoshone Falls. In 1907, the powerhouse generated 500 kilowatts of power. With ... More

Shoshone Falls Hydroelectric Project, 1907 Powerhouse, North Bank of Snake River, at West end of penstock, Tipperary Corner, Jerome County, ID

Shoshone Falls Hydroelectric Project, 1907 Powerhouse, North Bank of S...

Significance: The powerhouse, with its two horizontal shaft systems, was the focal point of the first hydroelectric development at Shoshone Falls. In 1907, the powerhouse generated 500 kilowatts of power. With ... More

Manchester Street Generating Station, Breaker House, 460 Eddy Street, Providence, Providence County, RI

Manchester Street Generating Station, Breaker House, 460 Eddy Street, ...

Significance: This structure, along with the three Transfer Houses (HAER No. RI-35-C) and the Conveyors (HAER No. RI-35-D) form the yard coal delivery and handling system constructed between 1940 and ca. 1950. ... More

Rochester, New York. Madison E. Butler, assistant chief inspector for the Stromberg-Carlson Telephone Manufacturing Company, who developed a visual-lamp indicator to test field telephone switchboards and which the U.S. Army Signal Corps claims has saved the equivalent of almost thirty-seven years work, shown at his testing instrument. He received one of the first five "Citations of Individual Production Merit" for his idea which has an outstanding effect on the entire war effort

Rochester, New York. Madison E. Butler, assistant chief inspector for ...

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

Shoshone Falls Hydroelectric Project, 1907 Powerhouse, North Bank of Snake River, at West end of penstock, Tipperary Corner, Jerome County, ID

Shoshone Falls Hydroelectric Project, 1907 Powerhouse, North Bank of S...

Significance: The powerhouse, with its two horizontal shaft systems, was the focal point of the first hydroelectric development at Shoshone Falls. In 1907, the powerhouse generated 500 kilowatts of power. With ... More

Bonneville Power Administration Burley Substation, 1221 Albion Avenue, Burley, Cassia County, ID

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

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

Bonneville Power Administration Burley Substation, 1221 Albion Avenue, Burley, Cassia County, ID

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

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

Bonneville Power Administration Burley Substation, 1221 Albion Avenue, Burley, Cassia County, ID

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

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

Utah Power Company, Granite Hydroelectric Plant, Holladay, Salt Lake County, UT

Utah Power Company, Granite Hydroelectric Plant, Holladay, Salt Lake C...

Survey number: HAER UT-4 Building/structure dates: 1896 Initial Construction

Utah Power Company, Granite Hydroelectric Plant, Holladay, Salt Lake County, UT

Utah Power Company, Granite Hydroelectric Plant, Holladay, Salt Lake C...

Survey number: HAER UT-4 Building/structure dates: 1896 Initial Construction

Utah Power Company, Granite Hydroelectric Plant, Holladay, Salt Lake County, UT

Utah Power Company, Granite Hydroelectric Plant, Holladay, Salt Lake C...

Survey number: HAER UT-4 Building/structure dates: 1896 Initial Construction

C & P TELEPHONE CO. SWITCHBOARDS

C & P TELEPHONE CO. SWITCHBOARDS

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

Potomac Electric Power Co. Control board of PEPCO III

Potomac Electric Power Co. Control board of PEPCO III

Public domain photograph of midcentury American industry, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Potomac Electric Power Co. Buzzard Point plant. New control panel at Buzzard Point plant II

Potomac Electric Power Co. Buzzard Point plant. New control panel at B...

Public domain photograph of midcentury American architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bonneville Power Administration Burley Substation, 1221 Albion Avenue, Burley, Cassia County, ID

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

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

Bonneville Power Administration Burley Substation, 1221 Albion Avenue, Burley, Cassia County, ID

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

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

Bonneville Power Administration Burley Substation, 1221 Albion Avenue, Burley, Cassia County, ID

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

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

Bonneville Power Administration Burley Substation, 1221 Albion Avenue, Burley, Cassia County, ID

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

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

Detail of a switchboard in a dynamo room

Detail of a switchboard in a dynamo room

Title from jacket. "B" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 043131. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Potomac Electric Power Co. Buzzard Point plant. New control panel at Buzzard Point plant I

Potomac Electric Power Co. Buzzard Point plant. New control panel at B...

The Theodor Horydczak Collection documents the architecture and social life of the Washington DC metropolitan area in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s.

Shoshone Falls Hydroelectric Project, 1907 Powerhouse, North Bank of Snake River, at West end of penstock, Tipperary Corner, Jerome County, ID

Shoshone Falls Hydroelectric Project, 1907 Powerhouse, North Bank of S...

Significance: The powerhouse, with its two horizontal shaft systems, was the focal point of the first hydroelectric development at Shoshone Falls. In 1907, the powerhouse generated 500 kilowatts of power. With ... More

Utah Power Company, Granite Hydroelectric Plant, Holladay, Salt Lake County, UT

Utah Power Company, Granite Hydroelectric Plant, Holladay, Salt Lake C...

Survey number: HAER UT-4 Building/structure dates: 1896 Initial Construction

Potomac Electric Power Co. Control board of PEPCO I

Potomac Electric Power Co. Control board of PEPCO I

Titles devised. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1910s to the 19... More

Potomac Electric Power Co. Buzzard Point plant. Operator at switchboard at Buzzard Point plant

Potomac Electric Power Co. Buzzard Point plant. Operator at switchboar...

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

Potomac Electric Power Co. Buzzard Point plant. Operator at switchboard at Buzzard Point plant

Potomac Electric Power Co. Buzzard Point plant. Operator at switchboar...

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

Bonneville Power Administration Burley Substation, 1221 Albion Avenue, Burley, Cassia County, ID

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

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

Potomac Electric Power Co. Control board of PEPCO II

Potomac Electric Power Co. Control board of PEPCO II

Titles devised. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1910s to the 19... More

Potomac Electric Power Co. Buzzard Point plant. New control panel at Buzzard Point plant II

Potomac Electric Power Co. Buzzard Point plant. New control panel at B...

The Theodor Horydczak Collection documents the architecture and social life of the Washington DC metropolitan area in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s.

Potomac Electric Power Co. Control board of PEPCO III

Potomac Electric Power Co. Control board of PEPCO III

Titles devised. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1910s to the 19... More

Potomac Electric Power Co. Buzzard Point plant. New control panel at Buzzard Point plant I

Potomac Electric Power Co. Buzzard Point plant. New control panel at B...

Public domain photograph of midcentury American architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Subtle light and shadows an old-style switchboard (salvaged from another classic hotel in town) in Tucson, Arizona's historic Hotel Congress

Subtle light and shadows an old-style switchboard (salvaged from anoth...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The property is known, though, not so much for its lovely decor as it is for being the site of the capture of John Dillinger in Januar... More

[Detail of a switchboard in a dynamo room]

[Detail of a switchboard in a dynamo room]

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