1,284 Waterways Images: LOC's Public Domain Archive Public Domain Search

Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad Bridge, Spanning Sanitary & Ship Ca...

Significance: This bridge is one of the seven surviving 1899 wing bridges built across the Sanitary and Ship Canal. Survey number: HAER IL-79 Building/structure dates: 1900 Initial Construction

Voznesenskīĭ reĭd. [Rossiĭskai︠a︡ imperii︠a︡]

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Davis Island Dam & Lock No. 1, Ohio River, mile 4.7 on right bank, Pit...

Includes index to related materials in National Archives RG 77. Significance: As the first lock and dam on the Ohio River, the Davis Island Lock and Dam was an experimental project testing the skills of the 19t... More

Little Chute Lock & Dam, Fox River at Mill Street, Little Chute, Outag...

Significance: The Little Chute Locks and Dam Complex allowed passage for water craft in an otherwise unnavigable stretch of the Fox River at Little Chute created by a 36 foot drop in elevation in a little under... More

Kaukauna Lock & Dam, Fox River at Canal Street, Kaukauna, Outagamie Co...

Significance: The Kaukauna Locks and Dam Complex provides passage around drop in elevation of 50 feet in the Lower Fox River at Kaukauna. The complex served as an integral part of the Lower Fox River Waterway ... More

Obshchīĭ vid zavoda. Kovzha. [Rossiĭskai︠a︡ imperii︠a︡]

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Vytaskivanīe spit︠s︡y iz plotiny (sistema Poarė). [Rossiĭskai︠a︡ imper...

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Selo Dubno. [Rossiĭskai︠a︡ imperii︠a︡]

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Waterways Experiment Station, Hydraulics Laboratory, Halls Ferry Road,...

Significance: Established in response to a campaign to create a national hydraulics laboratory during the 1920s, the Waterways Experiment Station's activities include the resolution of hydraulic problems in wat... More

Waterways Experiment Station, Hydraulics Laboratory, Halls Ferry Road,...

Significance: Established in response to a campaign to create a national hydraulics laboratory during the 1920s, the Waterways Experiment Station's activities include the resolution of hydraulic problems in wat... More

Washington Canoe Club, 3700 Water Street Northwest, Washington, Distri...

Significance: The Washington Canoe Club, built in 1904 in the Shingle style, sits along the Potomac River, between it and the tow path of the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washingto... More

Washington Canoe Club, 3700 Water Street Northwest, Washington, Distri...

Significance: The Washington Canoe Club, built in 1904 in the Shingle style, sits along the Potomac River, between it and the tow path of the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washingto... More

Washington Canoe Club, 3700 Water Street Northwest, Washington, Distri...

Significance: The Washington Canoe Club, built in 1904 in the Shingle style, sits along the Potomac River, between it and the tow path of the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washingto... More

Washington Canoe Club, 3700 Water Street Northwest, Washington, Distri...

Significance: The Washington Canoe Club, built in 1904 in the Shingle style, sits along the Potomac River, between it and the tow path of the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washingto... More

New York Barge Canal, Gowanus Bay Terminal Pier, East of bulkhead supp...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship in New York harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Illinois Waterway, La Grange Lock and Dam, 3/4 mile south of Country 7...

Significance: La Grange Lock and Dam is significant as a component of the Illinois Waterway, which was developed to provide a navigable route from Lake Michigan to the Mississippi River and beyond. La Grange D... More

Marshall Field River Warehouse, 310 West Polk Street, Chicago, Cook Co...

Significance: The Marshall Field River Warehouse is a unique industrial structure that was designed by an important national architect for a prominent Chicago business. Its significance is derived from its desi... More

[Eglington Castle, Irvine, Scotland] view, photochrome print postcard.

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 1905. Print no. "13124". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at... More

[The castle and bridge, Pau, Pyrenees, France]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "6800". Forms part of: Views of architecture, monuments, and other sites in Franc... More

[Old Zÿds, the Kolk (canal), Amsterdam, Holland]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J, foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, c1905. Print no. "17455". Printed at bottom left: 17455. P.Z. - Amsterdam O.Z. Kolk. More inform... More

[The Harbor (Free Port), Bremen, Germany]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 1905.. Print no. "6682". Forms part of: Views of Germany in the Photochrom print collection.

[The Harbor, Kingstown. County Dublin, Ireland]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 1905.. Print no. "12106". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available a... More

[Panorama by the quay, Riga, Russia, (i.e., Latvia)]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "8834". Forms part of: Views of architecture and other sites primarily in Poland,... More

[Bona, Algeria]. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.

Title from the Detroit Photographic Co., catalogue F scenic, architectural, and marine views, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, c1899. Print no. "6277". Forms part of: Views of people and sites in ... More

[Hampton Institute campus from offshore (southern waterfront), Hampton...

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph - historical image of Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Vacation days, Belle Isle Park, exterior, Detroit, Mich.

Title from jacket. "G 5014" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 068065. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

NC-3 at Halifax - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviator, 1910s-1920s, early 20th-century aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Leaving the Poe Lock, Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan

In album prepared by Detroit Photographic Co. to use as a catalog in its office. Detroit Publishing Co., no. 51237. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1955.

Detroit Boat Club, Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Mich

Detroit Publishing Co. no. 018490. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Brooklyn Bridge [seen from East River, New York City]

Photoprint copyrighted by Irving Underhill. No. D-302. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Bridges; Ph. Ind.

Abandoned French machinery on bank of Panama Canal near Cristobal

H86865 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Keystone View Company. No. 20854.

Full view from river of Manhattan Bridge. N.Y.C. April 1909

Photo by Irving Underhill. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Pinkhus Karlinskīĭ. 84 goda. 66 li︠e︡t na sluzhbi︠e︡. Nadsmotrshchik C...

A man standing on a boat holding a pole. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Vid na Voznesenʹe. [Rossiĭskai︠a︡ imperii︠a︡]

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T︠S︡erkovʹ Voznesenʹi︠a︡ v Vytegri︠e︡. [Rossiĭskai︠a︡ imperii︠a︡]

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Selo Mandryga. [Rossiĭskai︠a︡ imperii︠a︡]

Public domain photograph - historical image of Russian Empire, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Suez Canal - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows an aerial view of the Suez Canal, Egypt, with buildings.

Vid s balkona Blizhneĭ dachi okolo Kyshtyma

Public domain photograph - historical image of Russian Empire, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Zubtsov. Uspenskii sobor (sleva) i kolokol'nia Preobrazhenskoi tserkv...

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Memorial Bridge. Progress of Arlington Memorial Bridge II

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, water, historic structure, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Railroads. Railroad yard with trucks and railroad cars III

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Iraq. (Mesopotamia). Baghdad. River scenes on the Tigris. The Tigris. ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a canal, barge, historic place, water reflection, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Iraq. (Mesopotamia). Baghdad. River scenes on the Tigris. Tigris river...

Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. From catalog: Hiddekel Gen. 2:4; Daniel 10:4. Handwritten annotation in catalog: Films were taken between Sept. 26 and Oct. 12, 1932. Gift; Epi... More

Around the Tidal Basin for a look at the cherry blossoms. Washington, ...

Public domain photograph of Washington DC, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tennessee Valley Authority power and conservation. Fort Loudoun Dam co...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a quarry, excavation or mining site, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Freeport Sulphur Company, Grand Ecaille, Louisiana. Sulphur mine, powe...

Public domain photograph of Louisiana in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[U.S. Navy tugboat docks at the Brooklyn navy yard pier as a commercia...

Official U.S. Navy photo. Date stamped on verso: Feb 14 1946. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

Jericho and Dead Sea area and River Jordan. River Jordan, the ferry

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

Communist China, roads and inland waterways.

"10-67." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy stamped on: 265. Map number cut out. Mounted on cloth and laminated.

Kaukauna Lock & Dam, Lock Shelter at Lock 5, On Northern Embankment, n...

Significance: The lock shelter provides shelter for the lockkeeper while on active duty. In addition, the lock shelter provides office space and first aid facilities for office personnel. As such the lock shelt... More

Aerial view of the St. Simons Island, Georgia, Lighthouse Museum

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Located near the village and pier, the St. Simons Lighthouse is one of only five surviving light towers in Georgia. An operational nav... More

Canal leading to the Delaware River in New Castle, Delaware

Settled by Dutch, overtaken by "New Sweden" colonists, and then re-taken by Dutch, the city eventually became the capital of colonial Delaware, which in turn became the free United States' first state. Title, d... More

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy: V Luzhskom ui︠e︡zdi︠e︡, photographic print

In album: Various views and studies, Russian Empire and Europe, LOT 10333, no. 28. Credit line: Prokudin-Gorskiĭ photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information ... More

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Smilax, U.S. Coast Guard Station Fort Macon Ea...

Significance: The Smilax is a Cosmos class inland construction tender. Survey number: HAER NC-52

Belle Isle Park skating pavilion

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue F (1899). Corresponding glass transparency (LC-D4-81 x) available on videodisc frame 1A-28724. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 03757. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy, Gorodet︠s︡kīĭ i Nikitskīĭ pogosty. Rossiĭskai...

Credit line: Prokudin-Gorskiĭ photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Corresponding photographic print is in album: Views along the Mariinskii Canal and river system, Russia... More

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy: Views in the Ural Mountains, survey of indust...

Photographic survey of the Ural Mountains industrial area circumscribed by Perm, Ufa, Cheliabinsk, and Verkhoture. Images document industrial facilities including mines (gold, copper, iron, and clay), factories... More

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy: Views in the Caucasus and Black Sea area, Rus...

Photographic survey of the Caucasus and Black Sea area. Includes scenic views of rivers, mountains, valleys, waterfalls, and mineral springs. Many images document a variety of flora (fruits, vegetables, trees, ... More

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy: Views along the Murmansk railway, Russian Emp...

Photographic survey of the construction of the Murmansk railway, including views of the railroad, excavation and construction, depots and stations, railroad bridges, workers, and officials. Also includes views ... More

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy: Views in the Ural Mountains and Western Siber...

Photographic survey of the Ural Mountains and Western Siberia, primarily of the waterways in and around Kyn, Shadrinsk, and Tiumen. Includes many views of named rocks along the Chusovaia River, as well as views... More

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy: Views in the Caucasus and Black Sea area, Rus...

Photographic survey of the Caucasus and Black Sea area. Includes scenic views of rivers, mountains, valleys, waterfalls, and mineral springs. Many images document a variety of flora (fruits, vegetables, trees, ... More

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy: Views in the Ural Mountains, survey of indust...

Photographic survey of the Ural Mountains industrial area circumscribed by Perm, Ufa, Cheliabinsk, and Verkhoture. Images document industrial facilities including mines (gold, copper, iron, and clay), factories... More

Rapide Croche Lock & Dam, Lockkeeper's Residence, Approximately 115 fe...

Significance: The Lockkeeper's house served as an on-site residence for the lockkeeper responsible for controlling the locks. In addition, the house served as a residence for the lockkeeper's family. The reside... More

Pan American Airways System Terminal Building, 3500 Pan American Drive...

Significance: At the time of its construction in 1933, the Pan American Airways System Terminal Building at Dinner Key was the largest and most modern marine air terminal in the world. Said to be one of the be... More

Dam No. 4 Hydroelectric Plant, Potomac River, Martinsburg, Berkeley Co...

Significance: Each plant epitomized the predominant low head hydroelectric technology in use at the time of its construction, Dam 4 uses tandem, multiple-runner, horizontal shaft turbines connected by rope driv... More

[Alma bridge, Paris, France] view, photochrome print postcard.

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "1055". Forms part of: Views of architecture, monuments, and other sites in Franc... More

Tennessee River Railroad Bridge, Spanning Tennessee River at Alabama H...

Significance: One of the oldest combination vehicular and railroad bridges in Alabama, the Tennessee River Railroad Bridge played a significant role in the early agricultural and industrial development of the T... More

Little Chute Lock & Dam, Fox River at Mill Street, Little Chute, Outag...

Significance: The Little Chute Locks and Dam Complex allowed passage for water craft in an otherwise unnavigable stretch of the Fox River at Little Chute created by a 36 foot drop in elevation in a little under... More

Little Chute Lock & Dam, Fox River at Mill Street, Little Chute, Outag...

Significance: The Little Chute Locks and Dam Complex allowed passage for water craft in an otherwise unnavigable stretch of the Fox River at Little Chute created by a 36 foot drop in elevation in a little under... More

Kaukauna Lock & Dam, Fox River at Canal Street, Kaukauna, Outagamie Co...

Significance: The Kaukauna Locks and Dam Complex provides passage around drop in elevation of 50 feet in the Lower Fox River at Kaukauna. The complex served as an integral part of the Lower Fox River Waterway ... More

Boating on the lagoon, Belle Isle, Detroit

Picryl description: Public domain image of an arch bridge, stone structure, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Tip olonchanina v Vytegri︠e︡. [Rossiĭskai︠a︡ imperii︠a︡]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, water, historic structure, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Tip olonchanina v Vytegri︠e︡. [Rossiĭskai︠a︡ imperii︠a︡]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge over a water stream, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Kirillo-Bi︠e︡lozerskīĭ monastyrʹ. [Rossiĭskai︠a︡ imperii︠a︡]

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Covington & Cincinnati Suspension Bridge, Spanning Ohio River, Covingt...

See also HAER No. OH-28, Cincinnati Suspension Bridge, for additional documentation. Significance: At the time of its completion this suspension bridge was the longest in the world. It remains one of the nation... More

Rapide Croche Lock & Dam, At 22.8 mile marker on Lower Fox River, Wrig...

Significance: The Rapide Croche Lock and Dam Complex allowed water navigation around rapids in the Fox River for boats traveling between Kaukauna and Green Bay. This complex served as an integral part of the Lo... More

Washington Canoe Club, 3700 Water Street Northwest, Washington, Distri...

Significance: The Washington Canoe Club, built in 1904 in the Shingle style, sits along the Potomac River, between it and the tow path of the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washingto... More

Washington Canoe Club, 3700 Water Street Northwest, Washington, Distri...

Significance: The Washington Canoe Club, built in 1904 in the Shingle style, sits along the Potomac River, between it and the tow path of the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washingto... More

Illinois Waterway, La Grange Lock and Dam, 3/4 mile south of Country 7...

Significance: La Grange Lock and Dam is significant as a component of the Illinois Waterway, which was developed to provide a navigable route from Lake Michigan to the Mississippi River and beyond. La Grange D... More

Illinois Waterway, La Grange Lock and Dam, 3/4 mile south of Country 7...

Significance: La Grange Lock and Dam is significant as a component of the Illinois Waterway, which was developed to provide a navigable route from Lake Michigan to the Mississippi River and beyond. La Grange D... More

Illinois Waterway, La Grange Lock and Dam, 3/4 mile south of Country 7...

Significance: La Grange Lock and Dam is significant as a component of the Illinois Waterway, which was developed to provide a navigable route from Lake Michigan to the Mississippi River and beyond. La Grange D... More

[Hotel and beach, Colberg, Pomerania, Germany (i.e.,Kołobrzeg, Poland)...

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 1905, where Pomerania is misspelled Pommeraina. Title on piece: Colberg. Strandhotel & strandle... More

[Three Bridges, Venice, Italy] view, photochrome print postcard.

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "6975". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at ht... More

Canal de Suez, navire et drague

Title in Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905: "Egypt. Suez Canal. Vessel and dredging machine." Print no. "2163. P.Z." Purchase; Marc Walter; ... More

[Grand Canal by moonlight, Venice, Italy]

Historic Sites Public domain photograph - photochrome print, colorized, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

China, Kiangsu Province, Soochow, bridge over canal - Frank G. Carpent...

Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain scan of American poster, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[The Port Militaire from swing bridge, Brest, France]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "9757". Forms part of: Views of architecture, monuments, and other sites in Franc... More

[Bridge and canal, Venice, Italy]. Photochrom print, 1880-1890.

Print no. "1103". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.pgz Forms part of: Views of architecture and other sites in Italy in the Photochrom print ... More

[St. Augustine's Bridge, Bristol, England] view, photochrome print pos...

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "10899". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at h... More

[The cathedral and museum, Lubeck, Germany]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., catalogue J foreign section. Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Photographic Company, 1905. Print no. "1878". Forms part of: Views of Germany in the Photochrom print collection.

[Vicinity of Seven Sisters' Rocks, River Wye, Monmouth, Wales]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "10963". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at h... More

[The Hohenzollern in Venice Harbor, Venice, Italy]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "6878". More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at ht... More

Bridge over the Santa Rosa, Mexico

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Stone bridge, Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Mich

"I-32" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 070321. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Erie Canal, Tonawanda, N.Y. - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, water, historic structure, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Northern views. Boat filled with fish Tiberias

Title from: Catalogue of photographs & lantern slides ... [1936?]. Caption on negative: [F]ish. Identified as Tiberias based on captions for negatives with neighboring numbers. Date from Matson LOT cards. Gift;... More

[Charleston, S.C., lake and bandstand, Hampton Park]

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Grand Canal, Belle Isle Park, Detroit

In album prepared by Detroit Photographic Co. to use as a catalog in its office. Detroit Publishing Co., no. 51235. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1955.