19th Century Construction Projects

Historical images of construction sites and water works from the 1800s, depicting laborers and machinery in early engineering techniques.

Digger Indian Camp. Knight's Ferry, Stanislaus county.. Lawrence & Houseworth

Boston water works, Sudbury River Conduit, 1876, Dam no. III, north end of Dam, looking south towards Hauer's(). 1876. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Sudbury River (Mass.), Hydraulic facilities , Massachusetts, Dam construction

Boston water works, Sudbury River Conduit, Nov. 6th, 1876, Division 1, Section 1, view of Farm Pond gate house foundations, showing west end of coffer dam. 1876. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Sudbury River (Mass.), Hydraulic facilities , Massachusetts, Foundations, Cofferdams

Workers with wheelbarrows at a construction site, Enghien, Belgium ..

Penna Coal Cos machine shops at Dunmore. Ride over the Penn'a Coal Co.'s gravity road into the coal regions. 1403. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Coal mining , Pennsylvania, Hawley (Pa.), Pennsylvania Coal Company

Railroad workers at a railroad construction area. Iowa views. 1870. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Iowa, Railroads construction & maintenance, Machinery, Railroad tracks, Railroad sidings

Yards, showing moulds and travelling crane, steel works, Pittsburg, Pa., U.S.A. 1886 - 1915. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh (Pa.)

Boston water works, Sudbury River Conduit, Nov. 6th, 1876, Division 1, Section 1, view of Farm Pond gate house foundations, showing west end of coffer dam. 1876. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Sudbury River (Mass.), Hydraulic facilities , Massachusetts, Foundations, Cofferdams

Digger Indian Camp. Knight's Ferry, Stanislaus county.. Lawrence & Houseworth

Quarrying Granite for Mormon Temple.. William Henry Jackson (American, 1843 - 1942)

Represents arks in process of construction. A.J. Russell (American, 1830 - 1902)

Photograph showing glass production processes captured by Underwood & Underwood on gelatin paper in 1903.

B.W.W. div. 1, sec A, Winter Street bridges and conduit below Dam I, and excavation for river wall, July 14, 1877. 1877. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Sudbury River (Mass.), Hydraulic facilities , Massachusetts, Bridges, Construction

Men laying down train tracks. Unknown

Bridge under construction. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Railroad bridges

Georgetown Quarry, Germiston.. J. Wilbur Read (American, 1866 - 1946)

Man with a hand saw in the marble mines of Carrara; Sawing Marble Slabs by Hand (About 4 in. Per Day) in The Famous Old Quarries of Carrara, Italy ...

Lobster factory, Mt. Desert Island, Me. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Maine, Mount Desert Island (Me.)

Stamps of the first Quartz Crushing Mill erected in California - Amador City, 1850.. Eadweard J. Muybridge (American, born England, 1830 - 1904)

Holyoke Camp. Snake River gold fields. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Idaho, Mining camps

Lapper Room, Granite Mill, Fall River, Mass. over Engine Room; Joseph W. Warren (American, active 1870s); 1870s; Albumen silver print

Sing Sing Prison. (Prisoners at work at the R.R. tracks.) Hudson River scenery. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), Sing Sing (N.Y.)

Williamsport, Penn. = Lumber Yard. Unknown maker, American

Concord, New Hampshire Granite Co. Quarries. Howard A. Kimball (American, 1845 - about 1930)

Mr. Sander's cellar in which the family took refuge. Views of Grinnell, Iowa, after the tornado of June 17, 1882. 1882. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Iowa, Debris, Tornadoes, Grinnell (Iowa), Basements

Unloading cotton at gin by pnematic suction pipe, Georgia; Underwood & Underwood (American, 1881 - 1940s); about 1900; Gelatin silver print;

Echo Bridge, Newton, Massachusetts , Bridge construction, Construction workers

Placer Mining at Volcano, Amador County, working in the dump-box. no.947. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1865 - 1876. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California, Gold mining, Amador County (Calif.)

Primitive methods of carrying freight and passengers-Transportation Bldg. no. 33. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1903 - 1905. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Missouri, Exhibitions , Missouri , Saint Louis (Mo.), Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.)

Peasants drying the great Japanese radishes.. Carleton H. Graves (American, 1867 - 1943)

Curve 16, sec. 7. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Sudbury River (Mass.), Hydraulic facilities , Massachusetts, Pipes (Conduits)

Interior section of the Chicago Lake tunnel. Views of Chicago and vicinity. 121. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Illinois, Water supply, Chicago (Ill.), Hydraulic facilities , Illinois , Chicago, Tunnels

Granite Quarry, Quincy, Mass.. Deloss Barnum (American, 1825 - 1873)

Sanders Saw Mill, Steubenville, Ohio. 1886. Photographs, Stereographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Steubenville (Ohio)

Stereo gelatin photograph by Underwood & Underwood from 1906 showing a wooden reduction system used for paper recovery in Marinette, Wisconsin.

Shipyard. Washington County, Maine. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Maine

Solar Salt Works Stereoscopic Views of Syracuse and Vicinity. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1870. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), Syracuse (N.Y.), Salt industry

Workers at mouth of tunnel. Hoosac tunnel route series. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Hoosac Tunnel (Mass.), Tunnels , Massachusetts

Hydraulic mining - The gate, Yuba County. no. 792. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1865 - 1876. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California, Yuba County (Calif.), Hydraulic mining

Corliss engine, Machinery Hall. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1876. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Exhibitions, Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)

April 1877, gate house. 1877. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Sudbury River (Mass.), Hydraulic facilities , Massachusetts, Stonework

West side, Triumph Hill, 50 derricks. Large stereoscopic views of the Pennsylvania oil region. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Petroleum chemical industry , Environmental aspects, Petroleum industry , New York (State), Petroleum industry , Pennsylvania

Front view of ladle , Iron industry, Molds Shaping tools, Cast ironwork, Machinery

Combined reaper and thrasher, San Joaquin Valley, Cal., U.S.A. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1897. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California, Farms , California, Harvesting machinery

The Camera's Story of Raftman's Life on the Wisconsin. Puting sic in a twister.. Henry Hamilton Bennett (American, born Canada, 1843 - 1908)

Interior View of the large Iron Sugar Warehouse at Havana..

Precipitation barrels at the Robinson Mine, Johannesburg, Anonymous, Underwood and Underwood, 1901 stereograph Johannesburgpublisher: New York (city) (possibly) cardboard. paper albumen print mining Johannesburg

Two men on a table about to paint a room, another man smoking a pipe in between the folds of the ladder. Unknown

Drawing logs up the incline, Washington , Sawmills, Lumber, Lumber industry, Conveying systems

B.W.W. dam division, Dam I, gate house and overflow from north side of river, Oct. 1, 1877. 1877. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Sudbury River (Mass.), Hydraulic facilities , Massachusetts, Charles River (Mass.), Dam construction

Machinery for compressing air, central shaft. Hoosac tunnel and vicinity. 272. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Hoosac Tunnel (Mass.), Tunnels , Massachusetts

The Grinding machine, Mon Sugar Estate, near Kingston, Jamaica. The 'Perfec-Stereograph', 7641.. Photographs. 1904. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division. Jamaica, Sugar plantations, Grinding machines

Transport of the banana bunches in a boat, anonymous, c. 1912 - c. 1913 photograph Transport of the banana bunches in a boat on Plantage Peperpot in Suriname. In the background a shed in which the supervisors were located. Part of the photo album from ca. 1912-1913 with 92 photos of the Peperpot and Dordrecht plantations in Suriname and Mount Pleasant in Curaçao. Suriname photographic support. paper gelatin silver print plantation. fruits: banana Suriname. PEPERPOT PLANTAGE

Miners descending the west shaft. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Hoosac Tunnel (Mass.), Tunnels , Massachusetts

Life saving station. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Nantucket (Mass.), Boats, Lifesaving stations

Rock crushing machine (), at either Augusta or Columbus, Georgia; Tucker & Perkins; about 1860; Albumen silver print

Sugar landing. New Orleans and vicinity. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Louisiana, New Orleans (La.)

Hope pumping engine , Engines, Pumping stations, Water pumps, Waterworks

View of a shipyard. American scenery, New York City and vicinity. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), New York (N.Y.)

V Flume discharging Lumber, Carson.. Carleton Watkins (American, 1829 - 1916)

Cart, Plow and Bake Ovens Of the Pueblo Indians, Taos, New Mexico.... Bryon H. Gurnsey (American, 1833 - 1880)

Miners coming out of shaft on "cage", Scranton, Pa., U.S.A. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1905. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Scranton (Pa.)

Sugar cane mill. Southern Stereoscopic Views, no. 198. 1885. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Georgia, Sugar factories

Five blacksmiths near an anvil, each holding a large hammer; about 1890; Gelatin silver print

Genesee Valley Sand Stone Quarry, Showing All The Operations of Quarrying. Gardner Blandin (American, active Providence, Rhode Island 1860s - 1870s)

Amoskeag Mills, Drawing and Fly Frames. Manchester views. 1875 - 1875. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Hampshire, Manchester (N.H.), Textile industry

Hydraulic Mining - Timbuctoo Diggings, Yuba Co. no.798. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1865 - 1876. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California, Yuba County (Calif.), Hydraulic mining, Mineral industries , Environmental aspects

Saratoga Water Works. Saratoga views. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), Health resorts , New York (State) , Saratoga Springs (N.Y.), Saratoga Springs (N.Y.), Waterworks

Steam shovel at work. Hoosac tunnel route series. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Hoosac Tunnel (Mass.), Tunnels , Massachusetts

Precipitation vessels at the Robinson Mine at Johannesburg; Precipitating Vats - Extracting Gold From The Ore, Robinson Mine, Johannesburg, S.A.- The World's Richest Gold District ..

Mill yard. American scenery. Orange & vicinity, Mass. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts

Photograph of a Japanese blacksmith working in Yokohama, captured by Underwood & Underwood on gelatin paper in 1896.

Preparing the Bake. 1875. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Rhode Island, Warwick (R.I.), Clambakes

Plants on display in an exhibition hall , Exhibitions, Plants

Hanging room, Pacific Mills , Textile industry, Pacific Mills

Manufacturer of wooden tonnes on the street.

Pacific mills,finisher carding. The "best" series. Lawrence & vicinity. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Lawrence (Mass.), Interiors, Textile industry, Textile machinery

Drawing logs up the incline, Washington , Sawmills, Lumber, Lumber industry, Conveying systems

Cordova - A Persian Water Wheel. The same as used in Egypt for raising water for irrigation.. Frank Mason Good (English, 1839 - 1928)

Mining town in Pennsylvania. Unknown maker, American

Machinery Hall, S. Avenue from E. End. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1876. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Exhibitions, Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)

New York Iron Mine. Lake superior views. 1865 - 1880. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Michigan, Marquette (Mich.), Iron mining

Pump, Annex, Machinery Hall. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1876. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Exhibitions, Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)

Cleanup after a fire, possibly at Fall River, Massachusetts. Gay's Gallery of Art

From Wireless Tel. Tower west over huge Manufactures Bldg. to the Pike. no. 52. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1904. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Missouri, Exhibitions , Missouri , Saint Louis (Mo.), Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.)

B.W.W. dam division, Dam II, temporary sheeting fro outer wall, north side of gate house, July 14th, 1877. 1877. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Sudbury River (Mass.), Hydraulic facilities , Massachusetts, Dam construction

Remains of crockery store, Johnstown, Pa. , Disasters, Floods

Pearl's stripping coal bank. Paris & Danville R.R. Stereoscopic views. 719. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Illinois, Coal mining, Paris (Ill.)

Two people for a rag house in Amsterdam, 1890 - 1930 stereograph Amsterdam baryta paper. cardboard large-scale structure for storage, e.g.: warehouse, depot, silo Amsterdam

Building failure: floor cave in revealing machinery below. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Brockton (Mass.), Building failures

Underwood & Underwood photographed sanding of large mobile tree trunks for transport to the loading area in California in 1902 on gelatin paper in stereo format.

View of Pueblo cart and ovens. Gurnsey's Rocky Mountain views. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Mexico, Indians of North America , New Mexico

The pumps. Annex, Machinery Hall. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1876. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Exhibitions, Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)

View in the Jackson Iron Mine. Views of Lake Superior and vicinity 1865 - 1880. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Michigan, Iron mining

The stern of the Tigress in drydock , Boat & ship industry, Construction workers

Corliss engine. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1876. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Exhibitions, Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)

Cotton warehouse, drying cotton, Charleston, S.C. Women working on roof of cotton warehouse drying cotton, Charleston, S.C. 1879. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. South Carolina, Charleston (S.C.), Cotton industry, Women , Employment

Sayerman's Saw Mill, Catawissa Creek. A trip on the Catawissa. Penn. and Delaware views. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Catawissa Creek (Pa.)

Engine room, mechnics mill. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Fall River (Mass.), Interiors, Machinery

Coal breaker. Scenery of the L & S division, Central R.R. of New Jersey. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Mauch Chunk (Pa.), Coal mining, Industrial facilities

Refining oil. The agitator, or treating tank. Views of the Penna. oil region. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Petroleum chemical industry , Environmental aspects, Petroleum industry , New York (State), Petroleum industry , Pennsylvania

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