Construction and Infrastructure

Historic images of construction sites, including waterworks and naval facilities, illustrating early 20th-century engineering practices.

Historic photographs of the Norfolk Naval shipyard located in the Fifth Naval District. Operating under the Department of Defense and the Department of the Navy.

Railroad Track Scales Foundation, Looking West, Monthly Progress Photo, Yard Labor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Distribution Department, supply pipe lines, Section 1, Charles River, outer end of cofferdam, interior, Weston, Mass., Oct. 24, 1902 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Distribution Department, Southern High Service Forbes Hill Reservoir, Gatehouse, Quincy, Mass., Nov. 6, 1900 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, gatehouses, construction sites

Dry Dock Number 4, Monthly Progress Photo, Suction Pipe Trench Near Water Front, Holbrook Cabot and Rollins Corporation, Contractor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Historic photographs of the Norfolk Naval shipyard located in the Fifth Naval District. Operating under the Department of Defense and the Department of the Navy.

Monthly Progress Photo, Dry Dock No. 4, Sidewall Bracing and Floor Caissons, Looking South, Holbrook, Cabot and Rollins Corporation, Contractors. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

General Motors Plant - Petone, 1926, Petone, by Gordon Burt, Gordon H. Burt Ltd.

Marblehead, boatyards , Boat & ship industry, Harbors, Boats. Samuel Chamberlain Photograph Negatives Collection

Dry Dock 4, Looking North West. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Historic photographs of the Norfolk Naval shipyard located in the Fifth Naval District. Operating under the Department of Defense and the Department of the Navy.

Dry Dock No. 4, Sewer, General View. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Dry Dock Number 4, Showing the Sinking of the Ground. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Dry Dock Number 4, Showing the Sinking of the Ground. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Distribution Department, Arlington Pumping Station, extension of coal pocket, Arlington, Mass., Aug. 13, 1918 , waterworks, pumping stations, construction sites

Dry Dock Number 4, Caisson Construction. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Dry Dock No. 4, Overturned Brown Hoist Locomotive Crane, Looking South, Holbrook, Cabot and Rollins, Contractor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Historic photographs of the Norfolk Naval shipyard located in the Fifth Naval District. Operating under the Department of Defense and the Department of the Navy.

Historic photographs of the Norfolk Naval shipyard located in the Fifth Naval District. Operating under the Department of Defense and the Department of the Navy.

Monthly Progress Photo, New Quay Wall Across Old Launching Ways, Looking West from Pier C, Yard Labor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Dry Dock 4, Contractor's Storage Yard, Twisted Rods 2 inch, Holbrook Cabot and Rollins Corporation, Contractor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Historic photographs of the Norfolk Naval shipyard located in the Fifth Naval District. Operating under the Department of Defense and the Department of the Navy.

Historic photographs of the Norfolk Naval shipyard located in the Fifth Naval District. Operating under the Department of Defense and the Department of the Navy.

Dry Dock Number 4, Monthly Progress Photo, Caisson Bracing East Side Looking North, Holbrook, Cabot & Rollins Corporation, Contractor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Dry Dock Number 4, Monthly Progress Photo, Timber on Dock Floor, Looking South, Holbrook, Cabot, and Rollins Corporation, Contractor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Dry Dock Number 4, Monthly Progress Photo, Looking North, Holbrook, Cabot and Rollins, Contractors. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Dry Dock No. 4, Changing Bracing at Entrance from Horizontal to Batter, Holbrook, Cabot and Rollins, Contractor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Historic photographs of the Norfolk Naval shipyard located in the Fifth Naval District. Operating under the Department of Defense and the Department of the Navy.

Installation of the range on the bridge over the Västra Branch of the Klarälven.

Monthly Progress Photo, Dry Dock 2, Repairs to Altars West Side, Near Head, Looking North West, Yard Labor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Dry Dock Number 4, Monthly Progress Photo, Caisson Bracing Looking SouthEast, Holbrook, Cabot & Rollins Corporation, Contractor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Dry Dock 4, Coffer Dam Bracing, Looking Northeast, Monthly Progress Photo, The Holbrook Cabot and Rollins Corporation, Contractor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Dry Dock Number 2. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Historic photographs of the Norfolk Naval shipyard located in the Fifth Naval District. Operating under the Department of Defense and the Department of the Navy.

Dry Dock No. 4, Forms Inside of Pump Well, Holbrook, Cabot and Rollins, Contractor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

General Motors Plant - Petone gelatin silver negatives, black-and-white negatives

Historic photographs of the Norfolk Naval shipyard located in the Fifth Naval District. Operating under the Department of Defense and the Department of the Navy.

Weston Aqueduct, Section 15, substructure at Terminal Chamber, Weston, Mass., Nov. 15, 1902 , waterworks, aqueducts, construction sites

Building 115 (26), Ball Table. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Historic photographs of the Norfolk Naval shipyard located in the Fifth Naval District. Operating under the Department of Defense and the Department of the Navy.

Repairing Quay Wall East Side of Dry Dock 1, Looking Southeast, Yard Labor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Dry Dock 4, Pumpwell, Holbrook Cabot and Rollins Corporation, Contractor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Phenix before launch.

Monthly Progress Photo, Oil Storage Shed in Rear of Building 120, Looking East, Yard Labor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Monthly Progress Photo, Cantilever Crane Extension, Steel in Process of Fabrication, Yard Labor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Historic photographs of the Norfolk Naval shipyard located in the Fifth Naval District. Operating under the Department of Defense and the Department of the Navy.

Dry Dock Number 2. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Historic photographs of the Norfolk Naval shipyard located in the Fifth Naval District. Operating under the Department of Defense and the Department of the Navy.

Historic photographs of the Norfolk Naval shipyard located in the Fifth Naval District. Operating under the Department of Defense and the Department of the Navy.

Dry Dock Number 2, Reconstruction of Altars, Yard labor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Bomb Damage In The Sterkrade-Holten Oil Refinery At Sterkrade-Holten, Germany.

Monthly Progress Photo, Forms For Concrete Wall Across Launching Ways (Maine), Looking Southeast, Yard Labor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Distribution Department, Northern High Service Pipe Lines, Section 26, Saugus River crossing, Western Avenue, method employed to lower 20-inch siphon box, Lynn, Mass., Jun. 21, 1899 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, tunnel at Chelsea North Bridge, sections of shield, Mystic River; Charlestown; Chelsea, Mass., Oct. 10, 1900 , waterworks, water tunnels, construction sites

View of the deck of a ship upon arrival at Glasgow, Scotland after heavy seas washed one plane overboard and forced two others from their lashings causing considerable damage. The planes were being transported from the United States for use in the

The Skeleton Structure Of The I.G. Farben Plant In Ludwigshaven, Germany On The West Bank Of The Rhine, Presents A Picture Far Removed From The Synthetic Oil Producing Section It Was A Year Ago. The Main Plant Was Reported To Have An Annual Pre-War Outpu

Historic photographs of the Norfolk Naval shipyard located in the Fifth Naval District. Operating under the Department of Defense and the Department of the Navy.

Stiff Leg Derrick, Test Weight, 3400 Pounds, Suspended. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Monthly Progress Photo, Pier F, Looking Northwest from Near Center, New York State Construction Company, Contractor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Distribution Department, supply pipe lines, Section 1, Charles River, concreting around 60-inch pipes, Weston, Mass., Dec. 18, 1902 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Dry Dock No. 2. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Dry Dock No. 4 Cribbing - East Bank. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Raising Roof of Building 29, Method of Placing Trusses, Looking East. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Monthly Progress Photo, Pier F, Placing Floor Concrete Looking Southwest, New York State Construction Company, Contractor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Dry Dock Number 4, Monthly Progress Photo, General View Looking South, Holbrook, Cabot and Rollins, Contractor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Pointing Out To Allied Correspondents Destruction Int He Russelsheim Plant, Herman Daier, Chief Engineer Of This Opel Factory, Explains He Had Both American And German Made Machinery To Produce Steering Gear, Radiators And Wheels For Tanks And Trucks Befo

Dry Dock Number 4, Monthly Progress Photo, Pump Well Roof, Looking Northeast, Holbrook Cabot and Rollins Corporation, Contractor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

View from S.S. Pierce Building of site, construction of the McKim Building , Public libraries, Foundations, Building construction, Boston Public Library

AG(Spar) , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

Monthly Progress Photo, Repairs to Outer End, Little Street Wharf, Looking North, Yard Labor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Historic photographs of the Norfolk Naval shipyard located in the Fifth Naval District. Operating under the Department of Defense and the Department of the Navy.

Historic photographs of the Norfolk Naval shipyard located in the Fifth Naval District. Operating under the Department of Defense and the Department of the Navy.

Thru The Ties Of The Violently Wrenched Railway Tracks A Gi Is Seen Surveying The Damage In The Lutherwerke Aircraft Factory At Wilhelmitor, Germany, Which Was Hit In The Course Of 12 Separate Bombing Attacks.

Only a few posts and scattered pieces of equipment remain of the National Harvester Building; after a successful bombing attack on Cebu City, Cebu Island in the Philippines.

Launching Ways for Battle Ship Construction, Pile Driving South End, Looking West, Yard Labor, Monthly Progress Photo. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Concrete Floors Were Peeled Back, Foundation Piling Uprooted And Parted Aircraft Destroyed By The 6 April 1945 Strike Of Mockau Airport At Leipzig, Germany.

Monthly Progress Photo, Pier C, Railroad Track or C Column Has Not Been Rubbed or Painted, Snare and Triest Company, Contractor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Old Anchor Excavated Near Building Number 225 (19-3), Looking North. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Dry Dock Number 4, Monthly Progress Photo, Addition Building 41, Condenser System Piping, Holbrook, Cabot, and Rollins Corporation. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Monthly Progress Photo, Coal and Auto Shed, Back of Junior Officers' Quarters, Marine Barracks. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Track Scales (150 Ton) Foundations, Starting Excavation, Looking East, Yard Labor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Monthly Progress Photo, Hot Water Heating System, Looking Southeast in Building 11 (34) towards Third Street, Yard Labor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Dry Dock Number 4, Monthly Progress Photo, General View, Looking South, Holbrook, Cabot and Rollins Corporation, Contractor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Monthly Progress Photo, Building 131 (47), Jib Crane Foundation at Northeast End Looking Southeast, Yard Labor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Historic photographs of the Norfolk Naval shipyard located in the Fifth Naval District. Operating under the Department of Defense and the Department of the Navy.

Crane Hercules, Reconstruction of, Erection of Superstructure, Looking Southeast. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

At Broad Channel -- fishing at your front door

Historic photographs of the Norfolk Naval shipyard located in the Fifth Naval District. Operating under the Department of Defense and the Department of the Navy.

Wachusett Aqueduct, laying brick invert at the west end of the Assabet Bridge, Section 8, from the east, Northborough, Mass., Jul. 23, 1897 , waterworks, aqueducts, construction sites, arch bridges

Electrolysis, effect of electrolysis on rails, which were connected with and buried near 48-inch water pipe No. 64 from July 1903 to November 1910, Boylston Street, Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 1910 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites, electrolysis

Wachusett Aqueduct, railroad crossing, station 469, Section 10, from the east, Northborough, Mass., Nov. 19, 1896 , waterworks, aqueducts, construction sites

Pier F, Looking Outward from East Side of Causeway, New York State Construction Company, Contractor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Historic photographs of the Norfolk Naval shipyard located in the Fifth Naval District. Operating under the Department of Defense and the Department of the Navy.

Dry Dock 4, East Side Wall, Looking Northeast, Holbrook Cabot and Rollins Corporation, Contractor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Dry Dock Number 4, Monthly Progress Photo, Looking North East in Pump Well, Showing Valves, Holbrook Cabot and Rollins Corporation, Contractor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Photograph showing the engineering works associated with the widening of Blackfriars Bridge, London, 1908. Date: 18/04/1908

Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, relocation of 48-inch main over subway in Harvard Square, Cambridge, Mass., Oct. 11, 1910 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Picture from the Department of Photography at the Royal Institute of Technology. Men's group in groups.

Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, 30-inch siphon removed at Chelsea North Bridge, partly protected by copper sheeting, Mystic River; Charlestown; Chelsea, Mass., Nov. 6, 1900 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

AGEH-1 Plainview , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

Foundation at corner of Boylston and Dartmouth Streets, construction of the McKim Building , Public libraries, Foundations, Building construction, Boston Public Library

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