Historic Brownstone Quarries

Depicts brownstone quarries with a river and ships in the background, showcasing quarrying activities and landscape from 1850-1930.

Echo Bridge, Newton, Massachusetts , Bridge construction

Boston water works, Sudbury River Conduit, 1876, Division III, Section 12, showing fill over conduit at Great Plains Ave. 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, Pipes (Conduits)

Brownstone quarries, Portland, Conn. The Middlesex Quarry. Brownstone quarries near Portland, showing the river and sailing vessels beyond, the quarries are dug below the level of the river. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Connecticut, Middlesex County (Conn.), Quarrying, Portland (Conn.)

Road workers (presumably) in France ..

Rock cut, sta. 290, sec. 8. 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, Tunnels

Echo Bridge, Newton, Massachusetts , Bridge construction

Front view of ladle emptying molten iron into moulds, pig iron machine, 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.)

View of a house under construction, showing men finishing the chimney. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Boston (Mass.), Streets , Massachusetts , Boston

Breaker at Hollywood Colliery. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Coal mining

Pipes that supply the water for hydraulic mining. 1865. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California, mining , California, Pipes (Conduits), Hydraulic mining

Water Tanks and Frost Work, Mt. Washington. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Hampshire, Washington, Mount (N.H.)

Selmser and Son Dry Goods Store Opening Day May 6th 1879. Unknown maker, American

Boston water works, Sudbury River Conduit, 1876, Dam II, view of foundations, looking west. 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

Hydraulic mining - the sluice. no.797. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1865 - 1876. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California, Gold mining, Hydraulic mining, Sluices

Dumping culm, slate pile, anthracite coal mining, Scranton, Pa. , Coal, Coal mining

View in the Jackson Iron Mine. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1867. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Michigan, Chicago and North Western Railway Company, Iron mining, Strip mining

The great Kinzua Bridge near Alton, Pa. During construction. Stereoscopic views of the oil country. 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

G.B. Bryan's Safe Depository. Views in Chicago & vicinity before and after the fire . still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1871. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Illinois, Chicago (Ill.), Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871, Fires , Illinois , Chicago

Interior of an iron furnace. Gems of Lake Superior scenery, No. 104. 1870 - 1879. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Michigan, Superior, Lake, Furnaces, Iron industry

Brick yard where the new Moravian church is to be built. Stereoscopic views of Hope and vicinity. 1875. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Indiana, Hope (Ind.), Brick industry

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

Modern pig iron machine at rest , Iron industry, Cast ironwork, Machinery, Iron & steel workers

Stereo albumin photograph showing a cannon displayed in the Krupp pavilion at the 1873 World Exhibition in Vienna. Mounted on a box frame, depicting military technology and exhibition setup.

Sheldon's Marble quarry, West Rutland. Vermont scenery. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Vermont, Rutland (Vt.)

Photograph by Underwood & Underwood showing workers monitoring the porcelain firing process at Kinkosan workshops in Kyoto, Japan, in 1904, on gelatin paper in stereo format.

Hydraulic mining - The Palm claim, Timbuctoo, Yuba County. no. 794. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1865 - 1876. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California, Gold mining, Yuba County (Calif.), Hydraulic mining, Mineral industries , Environmental aspects

Description: Loading timber by hand - Borneo. Location: Borneo asia, malaysia, borneo, sabah, asiathroughalens

Vermont Marble Co.'s quarries, West Rutland, Vt. Vermont scenery. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Vermont, Rutland (Vt.)

Str. Henry Frank, unloading cotton. 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.)

Deck of ship "Tennessee", Brooklyn Navy Yard. Stereoscopic gems of Brooklyn & 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.), Naval yards & naval stations , New York (State) , New York, Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.), Brooklyn Heights (New York, N.Y.)

Stereo gelatin photograph showing an Egyptian irrigation system transporting water to agricultural fields, taken by Underwood & Underwood in 1896.

Laying Corner Stone of New Capitol. Unknown maker, American

Iron Mountain R.R. from Work House, St. Louis, Missouri. 1885. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Missouri, Saint Louis (Mo.), Railroads, Wooden fences

Steel works, Pittsburgh, Pa., beam of hot iron in rolling mill, drawn out 00 feet long. 1886 - 1915. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh (Pa.)

Granite Quarries - Derricks, Cars and Finished Blocks.. Underwood & Underwood (American, founded 1881, dissolved 1940s)

Port Blakely Mills, largest in the world, near Seattle, Puget Sound, Washington, U.S.A. 1915. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Washington (State), Lumber industry, Sawmills, Port Blakely (Wash.)

Dumping cars of coal into hopper , Ore industry, Coal, Machinery

Corliss engine, Machinery Hall. Centennial views, Phila., new excelsior series. 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.)

Bacon's waste weir, 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, Arches

Running gear of Mount Washington Engine. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Hampshire, Washington, Mount (N.H.), Engines, Mountain railroads, Gearing

Rosemary siphon, looking east from conduit, June 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, Pipes (Conduits)

Dumping culm, slate pile, anthracite coal mining, Scranton, Pa. , Coal, Coal mining

Cutting out a section of the big tree. Fresno big trees. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California, Trees , California, Redwoods , California, Forests , California, Tourism , California, Fresno County (Calif.)

Charcoal Kilns - Katahdin Iron Works, on Pleasant River, Maine. William P. Dean (American, born Canada, 1835 - 1911)

Coal shutes, Mauch Chunk. American views. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Mauch Chunk (Pa.)

Cleaning and repairing ladle , Iron industry, Iron & steel workers, Machinery

Lumber yard, Paddy's Run, Clinton Co., Pa. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Hunters

Miners, Johannesburg, South Africa. J. Wilbur Read (American, 1866 - 1946)

The Dutch sea dikes with pole work strengthened, 1466, Hendrik D. Jzn Sluyter, After Johannes Hubertus Leonardus de Haas, 1865 - 1870 print The Dutch sea dikes with pole work strengthened, 1466. Four oxen drag two tree trunks to the coast. In the distance a kind of hoist or pile -driving machine. Netherlands paper. steel engraving water course. building activities Netherlands

Polishing plate glass after grinding, Rossford, Ohio. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Ohio

Shaft house, Anthracite coal mining, Scranton, Pa. , Coal mining, Headframes Mining

Tuna Valley. The Bradford oil region. 1876. 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

Sudbury River Conduit, B.W.W., div. 4, sec. 17, Nov. 13, 1876. View of brickmason gang, near rock cut, west of Walnut St. 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, Bricklaying

Stripping coal at Hazleton, Pa., U.S.A. 20048 still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1905. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Coal mining , Pennsylvania, Hazleton (Pa.)

P. R. R. shops Altoona, Pa. interior of locomotive black-smith shop. Views among the Alleghenies. Penna. Railroad. 146. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Railroad, Allegheny Mountains, Railroad shops & yards, Railroad locomotive industry, Altoona (Pa.)

Cutting out a section of the big tree. Fresno big trees. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California, Trees , California, Redwoods , California, Forests , California, Tourism , California, Fresno County (Calif.)

Str. S.H. Parisot, unloading cotton. 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.)

A twelve-ton bite , Ore industry, Hoisting machinery, Cargo holds, Cargo ships

Bow of ship while in drydock , Boat & ship industry, Construction workers

Miners going into the slope, Hazleton, Pa., U.S.A. (75) 20049 1904 - 1905. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Coal miners, Hazleton (Pa.)

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

Stafford dredge, Westland, circa 1906, West Coast, maker unknown.

Miners coming up out of shaft on cage, Scranton, Pa. , Coal miners, Headframes Mining, Coal mining

Brownstone quarries, Portland, Conn. The Middlesex Quarry. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Connecticut, Middlesex County (Conn.), Quarrying, Portland (Conn.)

Group of men outside a mill. Stereoscopic views of Fellows Falls scenery. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Vermont, Bellows Falls (Vt.)

Silver Cliff mine. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Colorado, Custer County (Colo.)

Port Blakely Mills, largest in the world, near Seattle, Puget Sound, Washington, U.S.A. 1915. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Washington (State), Lumber industry , United States, Sawmills, Port Blakely (Wash.)

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

Sudbury River Conduit, B.W.W., div. 4, sec. 15, Nov. 13, 1876. View from inside of conduit; brickmasons at work in the east terminal chamber of bridge. 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), Bricklaying

Petties' Mach. Shop & Bushic Boiler Works. Chicago in Ruins. After the Great Conflagration of Oct. 9th, 1871.. Lewis Dowe (American, active 1870s - 1880s)

Interior view of snow shed, C.P.R.R. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California, Central Pacific Railroad Company

Smelters at base of Anaconda hill, Butte, Mont., richest mining city in U.S.A. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1899 - 1915. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Montana

Photograph showing coal miners having lunch underground, captured by Underwood & Underwood on gelatin paper in 1903.

Dressing machine which practically completes the combimg process. Silk industry (spun silk), South Manchester, Conn., U.S.A. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1914. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Connecticut, Silk industry , Connecticut , South Manchester, Textile machinery, Textile mill workers

Champion Well, Pioneer Run. Wager (American, active Pennsylvania 1860s)

Sugar beets stored mountain high, Grand Island, Neb.. Underwood & Underwood (American, founded 1881, dissolved 1940s)

Workers at the crane for factory, Jules Marinier, 1855 - 1875 tissue stereograph photographic support. paper. cardboard albumen print vertical transport, hoisting (industrial processes)

Albumin paper photograph by Charles Paul Furne showing the Reichenbach sawmill in Switzerland, produced between 1857 and 1864 in stereo format, depicting industrial building and surrounding landscape.

Gathering eggplants , Harvesting, Farming, Eggplants

Sing Sing Prison. (Prisoners at work at the quarries.) 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.)

View of a fire in large industrial building with men spraying water. 1870 - 1879. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Fall River (Mass.), Fires, Carriages & coaches, Fire fighting, Disasters

View of a Paltrok wood sawmill in Zaandam, Anonymous, Merkelbach & Co., 1900 - 1902 stereograph Zaanda Publisher: AmsterdamAmsterdam cardboard. paper albumen print windmill in landscape Zaandam

Placer Mining - The Arastra.. Thomas Houseworth & Company

Scaffolding of the East Chinese railroad in Port Arthur. .

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.)

Hydraulic mining - washing down the bank into the sluice. no. 796. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1865 - 1876. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California, Pipes (Conduits), Gold mining, Hydraulic mining

Top of 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

Plantage Accaribo met contractarbeiders.Plantation Accaribo with contract workers. Men work in a ditch between trees.

Filling the Torpedo Shell, Bradford, Penna.. Detlor & Waddell

Plant of a blast furnace , Iron industry, Furnaces, Factories

Mayfield Slate Quarry. Maine. S.S. Vose (American, active Maine and Vermont 1870s)

Moving drying ovens, where each Domino Sugar Plate travels for two days, N.J.. Underwood & Underwood (American, founded 1881, dissolved 1940s)

Section of the burning mines. Mauch Chunk, the Switzerland of America. 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

Covering the boiler with magnesia lagging. Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.A. Engines being manufactured at Baldwin Locomotive works. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (Pa.)

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

Men at Work Beside the Launching Chains of the "Great Eastern" November 18, 1857 Robert Howlett British. Men at Work Beside the Launching Chains of the "Great Eastern" 285910

Lumber yards. American views ; Savannah, Ga. 1875. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Georgia, Savannah (Ga.), Railroads, Sailing ships, Savannah River (Ga. and S.C.), Lumberyards

Shipping coal - coal breaker in background, Ashley, Pa. , Coal, Shipping, Railroad freight cars, Coal mining, Machinery

Spooling room, Lawrence Mill, Lowell, Mass., U.S.A. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Lowell (Mass.)

Steam Threshing Machine (#1946). Carleton Watkins (American, 1829 - 1916)

A mountain of oysters ready for planting - oyster culture, Hampton, Va , Oyster industry, Oysters

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