Demolition and Destruction

Photos capturing the aftermath of explosions, demolitions, and construction work, revealing debris, destruction, and workers managing hazardous sites.

Anefo photo collection. Explosion in Dordrecht at chemical factory, overview of havoc. January 3, 1966. Dordrecht

Anefo photo collection. Oosterdoksdijk almost disappeared. September 29, 1971

Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)

Anefo photo collection. Explosion in Dordrecht at chemical factory, overview of havoc. January 3, 1966. Dordrecht

Anefo photo collection. Explosion at Akzo Chemistry in Deventer; Large havoc on akzo site. July 23, 1974. Deventer

Builder: Building company Contractor, Stockholm. The foundation for Kungsgatan 28 was extremely difficult. The picture shows the aspire and undergoing for the rebound of underlying properties at the Brunkeberg sauce.

Work on rail accident with staff and freight wagons in the picture.

Destitution In Shanghai - A group of Chinese refugees, some of those who poured into Shanghai in the face of advancing Chinese communists, huddle in a makeshift dwelling of bamboo poles and straw matting amidst the ruins of a fire which destroyed many homes and left 15,000 homeless in Shanghai's Brenan and Jessfield Roads district May 4. May 12, 1949. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

Rebuilding Trollhätte Canal, Trollhättan. The eastern threshold of the control dust.

View of the N.S. station Utrecht et al. in Utrecht during the 1st phase of the demolition.

Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)

London Shows the Flag- Life Goes on in Wartime London, England, 1940 A Coronation Plaque, last displayed in 1937, is hung up by salvage workers on a pile of rubble where a house once stood, as a reminder to passers-by that 'London can take it'.

Federal Civil Defense Administration "Rescue Street" - Rescuers mount a ladder to search for "casualties" in the "ruins" of a two-story brick row-house, FCDA Warden and Rescue Training School, Olney, Md. January 21, 1955.

Anefo photo collection. Perse excursion IJ tunnel construction of the municipality of Amsterdam, reporting of tunnel construction work. October 2, 1962. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Reconstruction of Steel Plants - Reconstruction of War Destroyed Steel Plants in Northern France (Before and After Reconstruction Shots). Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Anefo photo collection. In the night from Tuesday on Wednesday, Upper Part Va Holiday Inn Hotel was destroyed by fire in Utrecht. December 31, 1980. Utrecht

Anefo photo collection. Fire on the Swifterband industrial estate (Municipality of Dronten); Fire brigade during Nablusen. 2 June 1980. Dronten, Swifterbant

Anefo photo collection. Destructions air attack London. Crane hoisting rubble. 1940-1945}. Britain, London

Anefo photo collection. Conflict between cattle farmer Theo de Leeuw and Mayor Tydeman of Blaricum over a lion shed. The broken shed. September 13, 1966. Blaricum, Noord-Holland

Builder: Building company Contractor, Stockholm. Matfors power plant.

Anefo photo collection. Large Fire Paper Factory Van Gelder in Velsen. August 1, 1954. Noord-Holland, Velsen

Anefo photo collection. Fire at the Houthandel Jongeneel in Utrecht. June 30, 1958. Utrecht

Cyclone - Weather. February 03, 1932.

Builder: Building company Contractor KV. The adler.

Anefo photo collection. Demolition of distillery in the Westergasfabriek on the Haarlemmer. February 21, 1961

Reconstruction of Steel Plants - Reconstruction of War Destroyed Steel Plants in Northern France (Before and After Reconstruction Shots). Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Anefo photo collection. Collapse in The Hague from the potato package in the Elzemoerstraat. September 2, 1963. The Hague, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. Fire in warehouse Simon de Wit, Zaandam. September 8, 1971. Noord-Holland, Zaandam, Zaanstad

Anefo photo collection. Shell station Amsterdam burned completely attack. 16 June 1986. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Demolition of the old magazines at Bantorget

Poured Side Wall Being Heated After Snow. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)

Vintage Photograph. Aftermath of fire in office.

Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)

Lottefor's power station. Reconstruction. Left turbine chamber.

Anefo photo collection. Large fire at Metaalwarenfabriek in Rotterdam. June 5, 1959

Anefo photo collection. Whirlporm Teared Tricht at Geldermalsen. One of the many destroyed farms. June 25, 1967. Gelderland, Tricht

Japan - The Musashino Aircraft Engine Plant Was Divided Into Two Parts. The Part Shown In This Photo, Built Of Reinforced Concrete, Was Relatively Undamaged By Bombing Attacks.

Work Lucerne. Kehlfront Mit Worksingang.

Anefo photo collection. Explosion in the gas factory in Leerdam. November 25, 1959. Leerdam

Anefo photo collection. Debris on a factory site. January 23, 1946

Anefo photo collection. Explosion in a banana store shed in Tilburg. 11 February 1962. Noord-Brabant, Tilburg

Lottefor's power station. Construction site.

Dharavi slum Bombay Mumbai Maharashtra India Copyright: xHarixMahidhar/DinodiaxPhotox

Malmön's quarry in 1926.

Destroyed building industrial. Building demolition by explosion. Abandoned concrete building with rubble and scrap. Earthquake ruin. Damaged or collapsed building from hurricane disaster.

Anefo photo collection. Demolition of the gallery for the construction of the new office of the Dutch bank. 3 February 1961. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Progress On Isle OF Grain Refinery -- Work goes ahead on the cooling water channel at the new Kent refinery. April 25, 1952.

Anefo photo collection. Viaduct under construction collapsed in Purmerend, the collapsed part of the viaduct. September 20, 1974. Purmerend

Builder: Building company Contractor, Stockholm. Supporting neighboring neighborhoods. No 2 kv. The buck.

Poll photo collection. Rothaar Mountains. Gender pig, tensioned to a ladder. undated. Germany, Girkhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany

Air Raid Precautions Dog at work in Poplar, London, England, 1941 Air Raid Precautions workers, including a female warden, and 'Rip' the dog search amongst brick rubble and large timbers for survivors, Latham Street, Poplar. The damage was called by a land mine.

Anefo photo collection. Fire at V and D in Tilburg, the Noun works. August 10, 1965. Noord-Brabant, Tilburg

Anefo photo collection. Structure in the Betuwe (1945). Series: East home 8 Construction workers push a frame and a wall. 1945. Betuwe

Anefo photo collection. Demolition of the "golden head" on Rembrandt Square in Amsterdam. Demolition buildings, gripping cranes. October 14, 1982. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Vacant factory from Van Leer en Co, Rustenburgerstraat 19 Amsterdam, burned out. Destroyed factory premises. June 20, 1975. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)

Anefo photo collection. Shopping center in Alblasserdam burned out, retardation overview. 12 July 1976. Alblasserdam, South Holland

Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)

Builder: Building company Contractor, Stockholm. Power station and sewage channel.

Krylbo accident. Burned out freight wagon.

Ruins of paper mill and railroad bridge, Richmond. Title from item. War damage, Virginia, Richmond, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Destruction & pillage.

Madrid, 07/15/1905. Fire in a wood sawing factory in the San Bernardo roundabout.

The construction of the Swedish metalworks in Västerås, 1899.

Image of the control device damaged by a derailed train for the closing trees at the railway crossing on the Govert van Wijnkade at Blokpost III in Maassluis.

Reinforcement work of the railway bridge over the Pite River at Sikfors on the line between Piteå and Älvsbyn.

Anefo photo collection. Burned pension Tamils Wijk aan Zee cleaned. 25 April 1986. Noord-Holland, Wijk aan Zee

Anefo photo collection. Gasontploffig in Utrecht. Heavily damaged viaduct. November 7, 1966. Utrecht (province), Utrecht (city)

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Photo reportage Palembang. Slum palembang. A dog scrolls through waste. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Excavation at Lövstabanan.

Rebuilding the roof, old workshop

Anefo photo collection. Inflate from chimneys at the Westergasfabriek. The chimneys are about. December 14, 1961

Anefo photo collection. Construction crane on the Burgemeester Roellstraat wounded. December 19, 1965. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Vintage Photograph. Making Flag stones at Granville New York.

Forestfors use. Interior from the forge. The bar iron hammer with hammer head of cast steel, weight against the pen 340 kg. The shaft 3 meters long. "The lifting arm ring" with the 4 lugs 1.7 meters in diameter.

HDA high pressure breakdown.

Anefo photo collection. Fire in cigar factory Karel I, Eindhoven; Silk hats factory also burned down. February 19, 1971. Eindhoven

Anefo photo collection. Excavations Nieuwendijk Amsterdam expose foundations. October 19, 1987. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Builder: Building company Contractor, Stockholm. The foundation for Kungsgatan 28 was extremely difficult. The picture shows the aspire and undergoing for the rebound of underlying properties at the Brunkeberg sauce.

Factory Hermann: Shared headlight facility.Timpled on 2.5.1916. .

Anefo photo collection. Fire on the Amstel industrial estate. After the fire. August 1, 1968. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Builder: Building company Contractor, Stockholm. Excavation in the drain channel.

Lottefor's power station. Reconstruction. Demolitions t v. About the tube intake.

The southern workshop rebuilt

Anefo photo collection. Hot air heaters heating Rijswijk building, with freezing weather. December 28, 1955. Rijswijk, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. Resumption IJ tunnel work. Municipal administration faces. October 2, 1961

The coking plant of the Gneisenau colliery in Dortmund-Oespel was rocked by an explosion on 17 July 1974. The damage to property was considerable, Germany, Europe

Builder: Building company Contractor, Stockholm. Matfors power plant.

Builder: Building company Contractor, Stockholm. Power facility.

Anefo photo collection. Fire in garage company at Vlissingstraat in Amsterdam Overview of the garage. August 1, 1958. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Destroyed Machinery In The Residential Section Of Yokohama, Japan. Most Of The Homes Here Produced Small Parts For The War Effort. Sept. 1945.

Anefo photo collection. Fallen homachine in Amsterdam. The heath machine destroyed the roof of a bank on Amstelstraat. August 30, 1966. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Labor Inspectorate Photo Collection. 9x12 Steel explosion. undated

Equipment. 1930 - 1949. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Negative. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. Agricultural machinery and equipment, work, drainage machines, ende van der, perfect. undated

Trucks Blast Rips Holland Tunnel. Debris Litters the Holland Tunne's east bound tube, May 13, following an explosion of drums of chemicals on a truck. The explosion was touches off when the truck (center) caught fire near the New Jersey end of the Tunnel. Flames spread to other trucks and the under water highway was filled with carbon disulphide fumes. Firemen wearing gas masks brought the fire under control. May 13, 1949. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).;Trucks Blast Rips Holland Tunnel. Debr

Anefo photo collection. Mn Merchant Navy / Anefo London series. Loading scrap Dutch coastal boat, Allied service, London. {1940-1945}. Britain, London

Anefo photo collection. Demolition of the gallery for the construction of the new office of the Dutch bank. February 3, 1961

First Photos Wilkins-Hearst Antarctic Expedition -- A huge steam saw is used to cut the huge heads of whales into small sections so that they fit into the boilers. This photo made on Deception Island, the headquarters of the Wilkins-Hearst expedition in South polar regions. March 14, 1929.

July 1937. Interior of a wood sawing factory, in Colmenar Viejo (Madrid), completely destroyed by a bombing.

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