Tableau explicatif général. Les effets du vol aérien actif / / lith. S...
Technical illustration shows 21 figures about aeronautics: the mechanics of insect flight (Figs. 1, 3-5), wing design (Figs. 7-9, 13-15), the effects of propellers (Figs. 2 & 6), and a man-powered device design... More
Madison County Fairgrounds, U.S. Highway 41, Twin Bridges, Madison Cou...
1984 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: These buildings were constructed by the WPA during 1936-37 for the purpose of accommodating an agricultural fair at Twin Bridges. The style of the... More
Excursion Launch TIGER, The Antique Boat Museum, 75 Mary Street, Clayt...
Significance: Excursion Launch Tiger is an example of a recreational boat. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1647 Survey number: HAER NY-339
Gillnet Fishing Vessel BUMBLE BEE 47, Pier 39 Hanthorn Cannery, Astori...
Significance: Part of an ongoing project to document the evolution of the Columbia River gillnet boat, Bumble Bee 47 is an example of a double-ended sailboat that has been converted to power. Bumble Bee 47 was ... More
Gillnet Boat ALKI II, 243 East Birnie Slough Road, Puget Island, Cathl...
Significance: Part of an ongoing project to document the evolution of the Columbia River gillnet boat, Alki II is an example of a fiberglass bowreeler with a high-power V-8 engine. Alki II represents the tran... More
Bloede Dam, Spanning Patapsco River, Avalon, Baltimore County, MD
Significance: In 1907, the Patapsco Electric and Manufacturing Company contracted Ambursen Hydraulic Construction Company to build the Bloede Dam using Nils F. Ambursen's patent. The proposed dam would generate... More
La Bajada Historic Trails and Roads, Approximately 1 mile East/Northea...
Significance: La Bajada is a prominent geologic and geographic landmark in central New Mexico, and includes trail and road traces that represents major cultural changes resulting from geopolitical activity, tec... More
Passerelle in Lincoln Park, Spanning North Lake Shore Drive (U.S. Rout...
Significance: This pedestrian bridge, or passerelle, is the only one spanning North Lake Shore Drive, a major commuter route through Chicago's Lincoln Park. The strikingly modern welded steel arch with concret... More
Riverside Bridge, Spanning Truckee River at Booth Street, Reno, Washoe...
Significance: The Riverside Bridge is one of three surviving concrete arch deck bridges in Nevada. Its significance chiefly arises from this fact, and from its comparatively early construction date (it is not,... More
Noah's Arc Covered Bridge, County Route B over Little Platte River, Ho...
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Fort Washington, Fort Washington Light, Northeast side of Potomac Rive...
Significance: A light and fog signal were located at Fort Washington to guide ships along the Potomac River, an important shipping and transportation route from the Chesapeake Bay to the cities of Alexandria an... More
Skipjack Caleb Jones, Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, Saint Michaels, ...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1236 Survey number: HAER MD-171 Building/structure dates: 1953 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 64000307
Architectural Remains, Unit B, Sub-units 89 & 97, Jamestown, James Cit...
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Hammond House, 604 Elm Street, Calvert, Robertson County, TX
1986 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: The Hammond House was designed as the Robertson County Courthouse by St. Louis architect W. P. Ingraham in 1875, and was completed in July of 1879... More
Red Bridge, Spanning Yellow river at abandoned county road, 7.3 miles ...
Significance: The Red Bridge is a 98' combination wood and iron Pratt through truss, the remaining example in Iowa of an uncovered timber truss, with only a few remaining in other parts of the United States. U... More
Haddam Neck Nuclear Power Plant, 362 Injun Hollow Road, Haddam, Middle...
The addendum report (beginning on page 107) supersedes the original report. Researchers should consider the addendum report the definitive version and consult it instead. Significance: The Haddam Neck Power Pla... More
Pilot Schooner "Alabama", Moored in harbor at Vineyard Haven, Vineyard...
Significance: ALABAMA was designed by Thomas F. McManus, a noted fishing schooner and yacht designer from Boston, Massachusetts. She was built during the final throes of the age of commercial sailing vessels i... More
North River Canal System, Locks No. 4, West side of Buena Vista, Buena...
Significance: The North River Navigation represents a rare example of stone lock construction in Virginia, exhibiting remarkable similarities to earlier structures of the Potomac Canal at Great Falls, Virginia.... More
Christ Church, 22-26 North Second Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia C...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-294 Survey number: HABS PA-1071 Building/structure dates: 1744 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1834 Subsequent Work Building/stru... More
St. Mary's Falls Canal, Soo Locks, St. Mary's River at Falls, Sault St...
Significance: The locks of the St. Mary's Falls Canal reflect a national level of significance in settlement, transportation, industrial, and engineering history. The completion of the State Locks in 1855 effe... More
Bird-Sawyer House, 41 Humphreys Street, Dorchester, Suffolk County, MA
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-81 Survey number: HABS MA-278 Building/structure dates: 16h1 Initial Construction
Maine Lobster Boat Jill Ann, Jonesport Harbor, Beals Island, Washingto...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1247 Survey number: HAER ME-94
Jet Propulsion Laboratory Edwards Facility, Test Stand C, Edwards Air ...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N196 Survey number: HAER CA-163-D
Stephanie Plantation, House, 1862 Bushville Highway (State Highway 347...
2000 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Fourth Place Significance: Located 4 miles south of Arnaudville, Louisiana on property originally owned by Martin Milony Duralde, a French Basque native of Aix Les Bains, Bayonne... More
Oakland Plantation, Route 494, Bermuda, Natchitoches Parish, LA
See also HABS No. LA-2-2 for additional documentation. 1988 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: Oakland Plantation is one of the most important agrarian settings in the U.S. The main hous... More
Ouachita River Lock & Dam No. 8, Ouachita River at River Mile 282.8, C...
Significance: The Ouachita River Lock and Dam No. 8 is one of the oldest remaining locks and dams in the State of Arkansas. It represents a vital segment in the earliest attempt by the U.S. Army Corps of Engin... More
Silver King Mining Company, Mineshaft & Main Hoist, Woodside Gulch, Pa...
Significance: The Silver King Mining Company became one of the major producers in the Park City district of Utah and attained a brief reputation as the richest silver mine in the known world. One of the smalle... More
Bubble Pond Bridge, Spanning abandoned Motor Road on Bubble Pond Carri...
Significance: Although John D. Rockefeller, Jr., had sought to have a relatively formal bridge constructed over the park motor road at Bubble Pond, his plans for the structure were rejected by the National Park... More
Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel Project, Lock & Dam No. 17, Upper Mis...
Significance: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nine-Foot Channel Project (1927-1940) represents the culmination of a 100-year effort to improve the navigability of the Upper Mississippi River between the mouth ... More
Fourty-sixth Street Bridge, Spanning Ashtabula River, Ashtabula, Ashta...
Significance: Although the materials, truss spans and construction details used to build this bridge were common to those used on many of the light weight steel truss bridges built in later part of the 19th Cen... More
Gig Harbor Net Sheds, Puratich Net Shed, 3421 Harborview Drive, Gig Ha...
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The seventeen extant net sheds in Gig Harbor, Washington, are significant as remnants of the community's cultural heritage and economic development. Families, mo... More
Badin-Roque House, State Highway 484, Natchez, Natchitoches Parish, LA
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Butler Bridge, Spans Housatonic River on Butler Road (North Glendale R...
Significance: The Butler Bridge is an apparently unique example of a small highway bridge designed by the pre-eminent American bridge engineer George Shattuck Morison, who is remembered primarily for his long-s... More
Hat Point Fire Lookout Tower, Forest Service Road #4340, 24 miles from...
Significance: One of the few remaining operational fire lookout towers in the United States. The Hat Point Lookout is manned every fire season by a Forest Service lookout. The Tower is located on the edge of ... More
House of the Seasons, 409 South Alley Street, Jefferson, Marion County...
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The Cloisters, Ephrata, Lancaster County, PA
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-70 Survey number: HABS PA-320 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 67000026
Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex, Perimeter Acquisition Radar Bu...
Significance: It is believed that the plans for deployment and initiation of construction of this facility were instrumental in obtaining Soviet agreement to the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and a subsequent d... More
Tenth Street Bridge, Spanning Missouri River, Great Falls, Cascade Cou...
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Bridge Street Bridge, Spanning Grand River, Michigan & Bridge Streets,...
Significance: The Bridge Street Bridge is a rare example of a reinforced concrete arch, earth-filled bridge, and one of great size, measuring 468 feet long overall. This bridge is the second largest known surv... More
Robert B. Morse Water Filtration Plant, 10700 and 10701 Columbia Pike,...
Significance: Constructed by the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission and opened in 1936, the Robert B. Morse Water Filtration Plant is significant for its unique filter assembly designed by Chief Engineer R... More
Pine Bluff Bridge, Spanning Big Walnut Creek, CR 950N, Bainbridge, Put...
Significance: J.A. Britton, one of Indiana's most prolific covered bridge builders, built the Pine Bluff Bridge in 1886. It is an excellent example of the Howe truss, patented in 1840 by William Howe of Massac... More
Lake Champlain Bridge, New York Route 185/Vermont Route 17 spanning La...
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Roosevelt Power Canal & Diversion Dam, Parallels Salt River, Roosevelt...
Significance: The Roosevelt Power Canal was built as an integral part of the Salt River Project and represents the U. S. Reclamation Service's first involvement in the construction of hydroelectric power facili... More
Western Maryland Railway, Cumberland Extension, Pearre to North Branch...
Significance: The westward expansion of the Western Maryland Railway, beginning with the Cumberland Extension, was one of the last new mainlines constructed during the U.S. railroads' period of extensive growth... More
Western Maryland Railway, Cumberland Extension, Pearre to North Branch...
Significance: The westward expansion of the Western Maryland Railway, beginning with the Cumberland Extension, was one of the last new mainlines constructed during the U.S. railroads' period of extensive growth... More
Wagamon Pond Dam & Bridge, Spanning Broadkill River at State Road No. ...
Significance: The structure is a combination dam and water control structure of an unusual type. The existing system has evolved through a series of reconstructions since the first bridge was replaced in 1815 ... More
Henry Gun Factory, Belfast, Northampton County, PA
Survey number: HABS PA-122 Building/structure dates: 1812 Initial Construction
Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel, Lock & Dam No. 6, Trempealeau,...
Significance: The Upper Mississippi River Lock and Dam Project represents one of the largest and most ambitious of such undertakings. With roots in the Progressive Era, the project was adopted by New Deal prop... More
Puente del Caño Carate, Spanning Cano Carate Channel, Arecibo, Arecibo...
Significance: Puente del Cano Carate (Bridge No. 53) is a two-lane, 3-span, 29.15-meter long and 8.03-meter wide steel beam bridge. Its ornamentation consists of balustrades and exposed aggregate art deco geom... More
Little Brown Church in the Vale, State Route 346, Nashua, Chickasaw Co...
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Cattle Pound, Route 220, Jefferson, Lincoln County, ME
Suggested address, State Route 126, is not verifiable in documentation. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-26 Survey number: HABS ME-60 Building/structure dates: 1829 Initial Construction
Pidge Tavern, 586 Pawtucket Avenue, Pawtucket, Providence County, RI
Significance: Built in the early eighteenth century, the four-room house was expanded around 1767. The mid century improvements included a six-bay facade and pedimented doorway. The building became a tavern in ... More
Big Dalton Dam, 2600 Big Dalton Canyon Road, Glendora, Los Angeles Cou...
Significance: The dam was built as part of a flood control and water conservation program in Los Angeles County to protect the growing community and provide water as the demand increased. The dam was designed ... More
Gil Smith P Boat KID, Long Island Maritime Museum, West Sayville, Suff...
Significance: Gil Smith was one of the most prolific boat designers and builders on Long Island, perhaps crafting more than four hundred small boats from 1876 to 1936. Primarily building shallow draft centerbo... More
Ephraim Bales Place, Roaring Fork Trail, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, TN
Significance: The grouping of two cabins occur frequently. They are usually grouped in one of two ways - with the chimney separating the two buildings or with an entry between the two buildings as the Ephraim ... More
Adirondack Iron & Steel Company, New Furnace, Hudson River, Tahawus, E...
Significance: The surviving remains of the "New Furnace" contain several very rare items, including the stack, a Nielsen-type hot blast stove, and the blowing engine, built by the Hudson River Iron and Machine ... More
National City Depot, 900 West Twenty-third Street, National City, San ...
Significance: The California Southern Transcontinental Railroad Terminus is the last original transcontinental terminus depot in the United States. It is listed on the local register as a Designated Significan... More
Lutzenberger Foundry and Pattern Shop, 502 and 505 Jane Street, New Ib...
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Coleman Bridge, Spanning Phelps Brook, on Windsor Bush Road, at easter...
Significance: In 1893 Charles H. Ball, a mechanic and inventor from East Windsor, Massachusetts, patented a design for a small truss bridge constructed of iron pipes, which he described as "a strong, cheap brid... More
Contoocook Railroad Bridge, Spanning Contoocook River at former Boston...
See HABS No. NH-21, Contoocook Covered Bridge, for further information: 6 drawings, 1 b&w photo, 5 data pages. Town lattice truss, 2 spans Significance: The Contoocook Railroad Bridge is one of eight surviving... More
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park Water Collection System, Hawaii Volcano...
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Walter-Kautz Farm, Barn, River Road (Smithfield Township), Shawnee on ...
Significance: It is representative of the barn structures found in the Delaware River Valley. It was part of a farm complex operated by a prosperous farmer. The barn is hewn and pegged with wood siding and slat... More
Nichols Saw Mill, Bow Mills, Merrimack County, NH
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Acton, 1 Acton Place, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, MD
Significance: Built in the mid-18th c. by Colonel Philip Hammond, military officer and local politician, and relative of Matthias Hammond. Philip Hammond married Sarah Brice, daughter of John Brice I. Hammond... More
Johannes Parlaman House, River Road, Montville, Morris County, NJ
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-370 Survey number: HABS NJ-49 Building/structure dates: ca. 1755 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1820 Subsequent Work
Variable Angle Launcher Complex, Camera Car & Track, CA State Highway ...
Significance: Morris Dam Test Facility (MDTF) was built at the Morris Dam Reservoir for the purpose of obtaining basic hydrodynamic data for use in design and development of Naval Ordinance, particularly air-to... More
Nike Hercules Missile Battery Summit Site, Missile Launch, Anchorage, ...
Significance: The Alaska Nike Hercules Missile Batteries were the only Nike antiaircraft installations in the United States that fired missiles from their tactical sites; the other Nike batteries fired practice... More
Reynolds-Gentry Barn, National Ranching Heritage Center (moved from Cl...
Significance: In 1877 George T. Reynolds and his wife Bettie Built, on the Clear Fork of the Brazos River, a sophisticated two-story stone house with hipped dormer windows. Shortly after, they constructed a bar... More
Ahwahnee Bridge, Spanning Merced River on service road, Yosemite Villa...
part of Yosemite National Park Roads and Bridges Recording Project, 1991; see HAER No. CA-117 for overview Significance: The only triple-arched masonry bridge in Yosemite Valley, the Ahwahnee Bridge is characte... More
Goat Trail Mining Road, Highway 20, 1.5 miles North of Newhalem, Newha...
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Santa Ana River Hydroelectric System, Warm Springs Canyon-SAR-3 Flumes...
Survey number: HAER CA-130-U Building/structure dates: 1898 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1905 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1904 Subsequent Work
Irondale Iron & Steel Plant, Port Townsend, Jefferson County, WA
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Sacramento River Bridge, Spanning Sacramento River at California State...
Significance: The Sacramento River Bridge, also known as the Tower Bridge, and as the M Street Bridge, when built, was determined eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 and l... More
Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel, Lock & Dam No. 19, Upper Mississippi...
Significance: Rare, intact example of nationally significant historic engineering listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Lock 19 National Register District. The U.S. Army Corps of ... More
Upper Mississippi River Nine-Foot Channel Project, Lock & Dam Complex ...
Significance: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nine-Foot Channel Project (1927-1940) represents the culmination of a 100-year effort to improve the navigability of the Upper Mississippi River between the mouth ... More
Cross Cut Hydro Plant, North Side of Salt River, Tempe, Maricopa Count...
Significance: This was the largest low-head hydro plant in the SRP system. From about 1915 to 1938, it represented a large percentage of the SRP generating capacity. Survey number: HAER AZ-30 Building/structu... More
Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI
Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More
Space Transportation System, Orbiter Discovery (OV-103), Lyndon B. Joh...
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Hacienda Azucarera La Concepcion, Sugar Mill Ruins, .3 Mi. W. of Junct...
Significance: Hacienda La Concepcion was established on the old banks of the Culebrinas River by the family of Dona Eulalia Quinones. In 1868, her husband, Jose Nestor Cardona, installed the steam engine and m... More
Keane Wonder Mine, Park Route 4 (Daylight Pass Cutoff), Death Valley J...
Significance: After fifty years of tenacious but comparatively unprofitable gold mining activities in Death Valley, the Keane Wonder strike in 1904 became the heart of Death Valley's most prosperous two decades... More
Fairmount Waterworks, East bank of Schuylkill River, Aquarium Drive, P...
See also HABS PA-1654 for additional documentation. Significance: The Fairmount Water Works is perhaps the premier example of early nineteenth-century American industrial architecture. It was built to supply P... More
Fort Bowie, Sutler's Store, Bowie, Cochise County, AZ
Survey number: HABS AZ-63-H Building/structure dates: 1862 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1894 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 72000194
Schooner ERNESTINA, New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park State...
Significance: ERNESTINA is an example of Essex fishing schooner design and has been used for a variety of purposes. She worked in Grand Banks fishing during the peak of sail and is the oldest surviving Grand B... More
Presbytere, Jackson Square, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-5 Survey number: HABS LA-18-5 Building/structure dates: ca. 1813 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 70000257
Bonneville Project, Powerhouse No.1, Spanning Bradford Slough, from Br...
Survey number: HAER OR-11-E Building/structure dates: 1937 Initial Construction
Amos Seavey House, Beach Boulevard, Rye, Rockingham County, NH
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-9 Survey number: HABS NH-16 Building/structure dates: 1730 Initial Construction
Moody Parsonage, Rockingham, Rockingham County, NH
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-17 Survey number: HABS NH-15 Building/structure dates: 1730 Initial Construction
Old French Fort, Pascagoula, Jackson County, MS
Significance: Sieur Jospeh de la Pointe was an Admiral in Bienville's fleet maintained on Chatahoula Lake (now called Krebs Lake) to protect Duchess de Chaumont's royal concessions at Pascagoula. In 1721 he wa... More
Kalaupapa Water Supply System, Waikolu Valley to Kalaupapa Settlement,...
The address used in title block for the measured drawings incorrectly identifies the location as Maui County. The Kalaupapa Water Supply System is located in Kalawao County. Significance: From 1866, Hawaiians ... More
Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel Project, Lock & Dam No. 5, Minn...
Significance: The Upper Mississippi River Lock and Dam Project represents one of the largest and most ambitious of such undertakings. With root in the Progressive Era, the project was adopted by New Deal propo... More
Bronx River Parkway Reservation, The Bronx to Kensico Dam, White Plain...
Significance: The Bronx River Parkway Reservation was the first public parkway designed explicitly for automobile use. The project began as an environmental restoration and park development initiative that aim... More
Fink Through-Truss Bridge, Hunterdon County Government Complex (moved ...
Significance: At the time of its demolition in 1978, the Hamden bridge was one of only two Fink Through-Truss Bridges known to remain in the U.S. (The other is in Tuscarauras County, Ohio. See The Ohio Histor... More
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
Bonneville Project, Bonneville Dam, Columbia River, Bonneville, Multno...
Survey number: HAER OR-11-F Building/structure dates: 1937 Initial Construction
Kennecott Copper Corporation, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad,...
Significance: Kennecott's significance lies in its quality, as well as quantity, of high grade ore. The mine also illustrates the history of world and U.S. copper between 1907 and 1938. The rise and decline o... More
Kennecott Copper Corporation, On Copper River & Northwestern Railroad,...
Significance: Kennecott's significance lies in its quality, as well as quantity, of high grade ore. The mine also illustrates the history of world and U.S. copper between 1907 and 1938. The rise and decline o... More
Historic Columbia River Highway, Troutdale, Multnomah County, OR
Significance: The Historic Columbia River Highway is one of the oldest scenic highways in the United States. It was an early twentieth-century technical and civic achievement, successfully mixing sensitivity t... More
Navy Yard, General Foundry, Navy Yard Annex, Washington, District of C...
Significance: The Washington Navy Yard Annex was historically significant in the manufacture of large scale ordnance during World Wars I and II. Foundry Building 137 originally housed both brass and steel found... More
Elwha River Hydroelectric System, Glines Hydroelectric Dam & Plant, Po...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N466 Survey number: HAER WA-130-B
Bulletins, from July 13, 1908 to September 28, 1908
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