Historic Construction Techniques

Images documenting various construction projects from the past, featuring wooden structures, metalworks, and abandoned sites in monochromatic tones.

Detail of construction of abandoned gold mill at Telluride, Colorado 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Colorado , Telluride, Colorado , San Miguel County

Travers device in hot house for the bridge construction at the Torne River.

NJ - Cross Ledge. Cross Ledge Light Station, New Jersey. Photographs showing construction of metalwork for foundation of elbow of Cross Ledge Light Station, Delaware Bay, New Jersey.

Labor Inspectorate Photo Collection. Construction works. Construction Nieuwenhagen. 1949. Limburg, Nieuwenhagen

Detail of construction of abandoned gold mill at Telluride, Colorado 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Colorado , Telluride, Colorado , San Miguel County

Weissenfels Extension Institute. Bathrooms with double showers. .

Contract No. 19, Dam and Substructure of Ware River Intake Works at Shaft 8, Wachusett-Coldbrook Tunnel, Barre, Ware River Intake Works, Shaft 8, Barre, Mass., Sep. 19, 1930

Steel skeleton and paneling; Construction Transformerhuis. In the background the bottom of the right stalls of the wall of the stadholder stables of Breda in the hazarded courtyard of the drucker extension during the construction of the transformer space. This wall originally forms the east facade of the fragment building.

Mute Breaking Cross.

Major Project (Reservoirs and Spillways). 1930 - 1949.. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Wawona Tunnel Ventilation. Original caption: Wawona Tunnel - Yosemite National Park, California. State: California. Place: Yosemite National Park.

Track work after derailment of train 93, Nordpilen, on the route between Simeå and Undersvik 1956-03-27.

All abducted or destroyed in the machine hall.

Building of reshaping.

Interior of Barn. 1920 - 1965. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Sisseton Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Laying Forms for Curb and Gutter - Standing Rock Avenue Project 7AB. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Contract No. 150, Installation of a Waterwheel, Generator, Switchgear, Transformer, Substation, and the Construction of a Transmission Line, Winsor Dam Power Plant, Belchertown, view below operating floor in Outlet Works showing conduit entrance to switchgear panels, Winsor Dam, Quabbin Reservoir, Belchertown, Mass., Jan. 13, 1947

Conduit. 1923 - 1955. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Track work after derailment of train 93, Nordpilen, on the route between Simeå and Undersvik 1956-03-27.

Oakland Garden branch of Stony Brook. Tunnel through railroad embankment , Tunnels, Waterways, Construction Edgar Sutton Dorr Photograph Collection

Building of reshaping.

Reinforcement work of the railway bridge over the Pite River at Sikfors on the line between Piteå and Älvsbyn. Detail of the shock bottom at location for the pump pit during the first development stage.

Top View into Pipes. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

NJ - Cross Ledge. Cross Ledge Light Station, New Jersey. Photographs showing construction of metalwork for foundation of elbow of Cross Ledge Light Station, Delaware Bay, New Jersey.

Looking down on spillway of dam on property formerly of the Robert M. Woods estate, Enfield, Mass., Nov. 29, 1939 : Parcel no. 248-61 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, dams hydraulic structures, spillways

Intermediate station of the ITL. Lime rope station. .

Oil Sayer Press Hon and Stamparnavaldemarsudde Prince Eugens oil mill

Freight car at potato shed. Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Tulelake, California , Siskiyou County, Agriculture, Freight cars, Farm produce

Construction of storage building at Örebro Södra Station.

Trap and Conveyor at Gravel Plant. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Photo collection Spaarnestad topics. Destructions 1940 Nederland - R to Z. In Wrong Map Secure Destroyed Rijnbrug Arnhem. 1945. The Netherlands

Crude Products: Bolts and Handicraft - Vermont. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Crane bridge has overturned during transport between Asea's mechanical workshop and Västerås Bangård April 1937.

Silver gelatin photograph by Martin Gerlach jun., dated 7 November 1933, showing a wholesale market hall with interior architecture, market stalls, and urban environment.

Detail picture, lane in Malmö freight wagon workshop.

Remains of steam winch in abandoned gold mine at Pinos Altos, New Mexico 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Mexico , Pinos Altos, New Mexico , Grant County

Stove made out of old oil can, squatter's camp, Arkansas. 1935. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Vehicle mechanics work under a crash -damaged bus.

Bear Creek Dam (Core Section Test). 1923 - 1955. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Götvagn manufactured by Trafikaktiebolaget Grängesberg - Oxelösund Railways, TGOJ Workshop, Eskilstuna.

Building of reshaping.

The foundation of the pillar of the Kierbezia bridge on the WiS in Warsaw during construction - from above; Beyer, Karol (1818-1877); 6.05.1861 (1861-00-00-1861-00-00);Méyet, Leopold (1850-1912) - collection, art of photography (Warsaw - exhibition - 1990), Warsaw (Masovian Voivodeship), Industrial Construction, Dar (provenance), Most Kierbezia (Warsaw), Mosty, Testament record (provenance), Photosensitive (Warsaw - exhibition - 2009)

Detail image of Gengasaggat.

Stores in Carpenter Shop. 1930 - 1949. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Remains of blacksmith's forge. Abandoned lumber camp, Craigville, Minnesota. 1937. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Minnesota , Craigville, Minnesota , Koochiching County

Florida - Key West Depot. Boat's Hoist, Key West Depot, Florida. For hoisting station boats out of water for painting and repairs. 20', 90 degrees true.

Contract No. 82, Constructing Quabbin Hill Road, Ware, copper and cork joint in retaining wall, Ware, Mass., Sep. 7, 1939

Domnarvet, hot sawing of rails.

Feet of Spanish-American woman on the pedal of loom. WPA (Works Progress Administration/Work Projects Administration) project. Costilla, New Mexico 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Mexico , Costilla, New Mexico , Taos County

Accommodation Cavern The lock placeto meadows.

Illustration of technical facilities on the Russian war showplatz.

Moulder's Helper, Baldwin Locomotive Works, Eddystone, Pennsylvania.. Lewis W. Hine, photographer (American, 1874 - 1940) 1937 Inscribed on verso print in pencil: "518". On verso in pencil: "Hine 28".

Image of a Dwarsliggers loading device on an open freight wagon in Harderwijk.

Seasoning and Shipping Lumber - California. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Working on construction of Shasta Dam, Shasta County, California. 1940 - 1940. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Shasta County

Contract No. 14, East Portion, Wachusett-Coldbrook Tunnel, West Boylston, Holden, Rutland, outlets in outlet shaft lining, Shaft 1, West Boylston, Mass., May 5, 1930

Headlight position.

Texas - Galveston. Galveston, Texas. Damage done by storm of August 16-17, 1915. Banana conveyors on Galveston Wharf.

Fire Equipment - General. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Stove made out of old oil can, squatter's camp, Arkansas. 1935. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Sparreholm Bangård 4.E Traffic Section

Unload from Ore from more than IV. Relief from ore from the hold of a ship. A pump is served from a higher deck by a Dutchman, next to him two other men, September 1921. Part of the group of loose photos about the construction of the port of Belawan on the coast for Medan, Sumatra 1921-1922.

Contract No. 44, Extension of Belchertown-Pelham Highway, New Salem, Orange, sump for 10 ft. underdrain at culvert at Sta. 1045+50, New Salem, Mass., Jun. 6, 1934

Pulp and Paper Mills - New Hampshire. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Silver gelatin photograph by Martin Gerlach jun. depicting the wholesale market hall, including vendor stalls, goods, and architectural layout in 1933.

Photo collection prints Anefo Rousel. Series Print Anefo RVD Own Without Caption. Collection of photo collection prints Anefo Rousel, photo number 157-0327. 1956

Disassembly of the Chancellery of Orleans located at 19, Rue des Bonniques, 1st arrondissement, Paris Disassembly of the Orleans Chancellery located at 19, Rue des Bonniques, Paris (Ier Arr.). 1916-1926. Anonymous photography.

Nurseries: Tree Seeds - Colorado. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Loading bulk wheat into barge at Port Kelly for shipment to Portland. Walla Walla County, Washington 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Washington (State) , Walla Walla County

Start of Foundation for Stone House. 1920 - 1965. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Sisseton Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Jewish factories in Palestine on Plain of Sharon & along the coast to Haifa. Haifa. 'Elicana Lewin' stone works. A gang-saw for marble slabbing. 1939, Israel, Haifa

Device for tar from the floor wood to open freight wagons

Major Project (Reservoirs and Spillways). 1930 - 1949.. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Headlight position.

The control tower.Forgivenesspart.seen from the top .. Kockums AB (depicted name), shark (depicted name)

Crude Products: Bolts and Handicraft - Vermont. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Torpedo room.Cabinet for rope stand.About BB .. Kockums AB (depicted name), The shark (depicted name)

State Railways, SJ, Stockholm Central Station The rebuilding, tiling in the ticket hall.

Pipe , Ordnance industry, Armories, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Putting in the Inside Form. 1923 - 1955. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Contract No. 71, WPA Sewer Construction, Holden, laying brick, manhole 4A-5, Main Street, Holden Sewer, Holden, Mass., Apr. 23, 1940

Hydraulic Machine for forming the links of large anchor chains, circa 1909

Photograph of exterior Wallabout Market, D.P. 4, Lot 25, Building 2024, 1216-18 Metz Street, Erie Freight Station Chute and General Condition. A close-up view facing the outer loading dock area with chute suspended by rope, chain and pulley, printed from negative 1246..

Freight magazine at Sundsvall C.

Looking from main tower from which serial tram and supply buckets are operated, Shasta Dam, Shasta County, California. 1941. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Shasta County

Oil dripping from olive pulp under hydraulic pressure. Lindsay, California 1942. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Lindsay, California , Tulare County

Contract No. 103, Construction of Work Boat for Quabbin Reservoir, Quincy, looking forward in forward cabin showing general view, Quincy, Mass., Dec. 11, 1940

Ore loading bin of mine. San Juan County, Colorado 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Colorado , San Juan County

George W. Wheelwright Paper Co., flume looking towards wheels, Ware, Mass., Nov. 30, 1932 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, factories structures, machinery

Lokstal for Ellok.

Elevator and pumping machine in the sewage tunnel.

Contract No. 56, Administration Buildings, Main Dam, Belchertown, plumbing in basement toilet, main administration building, Belchertown, Mass., Mar. 10, 1938

Plow points in blacksmith shop. Depew, Oklahoma 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oklahoma , Depew, Oklahoma , Creek County

Tree Seeding - Maine. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Lokstal for Ellok.

Reservoir Construction. 1938-01-01T00:00:00.. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Mine launcher at Piave Dam 15.3.18. .

Lowering trunnion extension 16' barbette carriage into bath of dry ice and acetone , Armories, Ordnance industry, Machinery, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Wheat being emptied from truck into bin of wheat elevator. Eureka Flats, Walla Walla County, Washington 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Washington (State) , Eureka, Washington (State) , Walla Walla County

Construction of storage building at Örebro Södra Station.

Serpentijnkookpan, anonymous, 1925 - 1935 photograph Test set-up inside of a serpentine cooker intended for the sugar industry, ca. 1930. Part of the Batomap with photos of machines from the N.V. Machinefabriek Braat in Surabaya, Soekaboemi and Jogyakarta, from the period 1908-1942. Surabaya photographic support gelatin silver print Java

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