Historic Construction Sites

A collection of black-and-white images showcasing various construction sites from the late 19th to early 20th century, featuring cranes, scaffolding, and building materials.

Distribution Department, Chestnut Hill Low Service Pumping Station, northwest corner, engine room, Brighton, Mass., Dec. 31, 1898 , waterworks, pumping stations, construction sites

Monthly Progress Photo, Pier F, Looking Shoreward, 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, Chestnut Hill Low Service Pumping Station, northwest corner, engine room, Brighton, Mass., Dec. 31, 1898 , waterworks, pumping stations, construction sites

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

Boundary Line Between Yard and Gas Company, near Little Street, Looking Southeast. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Monthly Progress Photo, Railroad Track Repairs, North End Causeway, Looking North, Yard Labor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

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

Monthly Progress Photo, Paving Coal Plant Pier, Looking Northwest, Joseph Balaban Company, Contractor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Pier E, Collapse of Panels 23 and 24, New York State Construction Company, Contractors. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Monthly Progress Photo, Cob Dock Dredging, Looking North from Pier, R. G. Packard 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, Looking Northeast. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Monthly Progress Photo, Piers E and F Creosoted Wood Paving Blocks, New York State Construction Company, Contractors. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Dry Dock Number 4, Caissons L 14, .... 25. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Monthly Progress Photo, Pier D From Mainland, Looking North West, E. D. V. Tompkins, Contractor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Monthly Progress Photo, Dry Dock No. 4, East Wall Looking Northeast, Holbrook, Cabot and Rollins, Contractor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Railroad Track Extension into Barracks (Store-House) Grounds, Looking Southwest, Yard Labor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Monthly Progress Photo, Pier D, Looking North From Mainland, E. D.V. Tompkins, Contractor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

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

Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, 16-inch siphon removed at Chelsea North Bridge, Mystic River; Charlestown; Chelsea, Mass., Nov. 6, 1900 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

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.

Site of Dry Dock No. 4 Looking Southeast from Building 131. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Crane for Launching Ways for U.S.S. Connecticut. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Monthly Progress Photo, Gantry Crane East of Launching Ways, Installation of Wire Cable to Protect Trolley Wires, 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 4, North East from East Side, Monthly Progress Photo. 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, Pier E Northwest Corner Looking North, 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.

Monthly Progress Photo, General View Looking Northwest from Upper End Launching Ways, Yard Labor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, 16-inch siphon removed at Chelsea North Bridge, Mystic River; Charlestown; Chelsea, Mass., Nov. 6, 1900 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Brooklyn Navy Yard. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Anefo photo collection. Ports in Rotterdam West are expanded. March 15, 1950. Rotterdam, South Holland

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

Launching Ways, Bridge, Buildings 115 - 117 Started, Looking North, Yard Labor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Monthly Progress Photo, Oxygen, Hydrogen and Acetylene Gas Pipes Alongside Building 116 (27), Looking Southwest, 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.

Monthly Progress Photo, Pier E Looking Outward from Shore, 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.

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

Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, end of tunnel and 36-inch main at Chelsea Street Bridge, Chelsea, Mass., Jan. 29, 1912 , waterworks, water tunnels, construction sites

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

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

Monthly Progress Photo, Concrete Paving at Pier D Approach, Looking West, 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.

Monthly Progress Photo, Piers E and F, Columns on Casting Platform, Looking Northeast, 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. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Dry Dock No. 4, Slump Near Oil Shed. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Dry Dock Number 4, Looking Southeast, From Building 131. 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. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, Section 8, raising 24-inch mains, Chelsea Creek, East Boston, Mass., Oct. 17, 1918 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

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.

Pier D, from Cob Dock, E. D. V. Tompkins, Contractor, Monthly Progress Photo. 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, Changes to Northwest End Building 115 (26) for Trolley Extension, Looking Northeast, 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 from Building 41, 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.

Monthly Progress Photo, Dry Dock No. 4, North End West Wall 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.

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.

Scrapping of Balkbro at Barnhusgatan

Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, Mystic River tunnel extension, laying 24-inch pipe in Charlestown shaft, Charlestown, Mass., Nov. 5, 1912 , waterworks, water tunnels, construction sites

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.

Track and Pavement Alterations, 2nd Street, Looking Northeast, from Near Dock 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 North, 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.

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

Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, Section 37, 36-inch pipe line, completed work, Congress Avenue, Chelsea, Mass., Sep. 15, 1910 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Bomb damage to harbor installations at Piombino, Italy, 30 June 1944.

Monthly Progress Photo, Gantry Crane Site, Looking Northeast. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, Section 37, 36-inch pipe line, completed work, Congress Avenue, Chelsea, Mass., Sep. 15, 1910 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Dry Dock Number 4, Monthly Progress Photo, Looking Southwest From West End of Caisson, Grading, Yard Labor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Monthly Progress Photo, Railroad Track Changes at Causeway Entrance, 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.

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.

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

Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, Section 4, parkway filling and trench excavation on the marsh, station 318+, Somerville, Mass., May 10, 1897 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Monthly Progress Photo, Gantry East of Launching Ways, Wire Rope Guard For Trolley Wires, 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, Granite for Caisson Seats, Looking North, 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, Durax Pavement at Head Dry Dock Number 4, Looking Northeast, Uvalde Asphalt 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.

Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, Section 8, 24-inch main, Chelsea Creek, East Boston, Mass., Oct. 17, 1918 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

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

Aircraft, Burma, India &ELECTRONICS,RADAR War

Monthly Progress Photo, Paving Coal Plant Pier, Looking Northwest along Northwest Bay, Joseph Balaban Company, Contractor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Anefo photo collection. Reconstruction port of Rotterdam. November 11, 1948. Rotterdam, South Holland

Fence and Crane Foundation at Pickling Tanks, Looking West, Yard Labor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Distribution Department, Chestnut Hill Low Service Pumping Station, northeast corner of boiler room, Brighton, Mass., May 25, 1899 , waterworks, pumping stations, construction sites

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

Monthly Progress Photo, Extension of Railroad Track on Cob Dock From Pier D, Looking Northwest, Yard Labor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Distribution Department, Arlington Pumping Station, construction progress, front or west wall, Arlington, Mass., Feb. 14, 1907 , waterworks, pumping stations, construction sites

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, Paving Coal Plant Pier, Looking Northwest along West Side, Joseph Balaban 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.

Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, Chelsea Creek Tunnel, land of the Commonwealth; see vessel in background, right, East Boston, Mass., May 6, 1914 , waterworks, water tunnels, construction sites

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

Anefo photo collection. Destruction: Hengelo. Destroyed factory building. 1945. Hengelo, Overijssel

Rebuilding the viaduct at Säveån.

Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, Mystic River tunnel extension, laying 24-inch pipe in Charlestown shaft, Charlestown, Mass., Nov. 5, 1912 , waterworks, water tunnels, construction sites

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.

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