Historic Engineering Blueprints

Detailed engineering blueprints showcasing hydraulic systems, excavators, and special tractors used in maritime and land construction projects from the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Image shows a Model of 1917 Six Ton Special Tractor, a small tank used during World War One. This photograph was taken on September 18, 1918, and is marked "Not for Publication" and "For Official Use Only." The image includes various technical details about the tractor's design and components.

Hagen Ludwig (1829-1892), Free defeat (warehouses etc.) for maritime goods. Schinkel competition 1858 (1858): Crane: floor plan and cuts to hydraulics; 2 scale strips. Tusche watercolor on the box, 46.5 x 64.4 cm (including scan edges) Hagen Ludwig (1829-1892): Freie Niederlage (Lagerhallen etc.) für seewärtsgehende Waren. Schinkelwettbewerb 1858

Unknown author, steam engine excavator for the deepening of the fairway at Stralsund (1834): cross-sections through the excavator barge (from: Construction of the Prussian State, Vol. 1, Bl. 64). Stitch on paper, 28.8 x 71.1 cm (including scan edges) unbek. Verfasser : Dampfmaschinen-Bagger für die Vertiefung des Fahrwassers bei Stralsund. (Aus: Bauausführungen des preußischen Staats, Bd. 1)

Image shows a Model of 1917 Six Ton Special Tractor, a small tank used during World War One. This photograph was taken on September 18, 1918, and is marked "Not for Publication" and "For Official Use Only." The image includes various technical details about the tractor's design and components.

N.N., steam feature excavator No. X for or regulation: cuts, details 1:50, 1:25, 1:10, 1: 5. Lithograph on cardboard, 74.2 x 99.2 cm (including scan edges)

N.N., swimming excavator, Stade: bucket conductor: cuts 1:20, 1:10, 1: 5. Lithograph on cardboard, 63.9 x 118.8 cm (including scan edges) N.N. : Schwimmbagger, Stade

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

N.N., steaming excavator »Thor«: cuts 1: 100, 1:20. Lithograph on cardboard, 29.3 x 68.6 cm (including scan edges)

N.N., Großschiffahrtsweg, Wroclaw. Grossy lock: lifting device and details of the cylinder shooter: views, cuts 1: 5. Lithograph on cardboard, 69.5 x 49.7 cm (including scan edges)

N.N., Homberg-Ruhrorter Rhein-Trajektanstalt, Duisburg. (From: Atlas to the magazine for Building, ed. V. G. Erbkam, Jg. 7, 1857.) (1857-1857): floor plan, longitudinal section of machine buildings. Stitch on paper, 44.8 x 59.6 cm (including scan edges) N.N. : Homberg-Ruhrorter Rhein-Trajektanstalt, Duisburg. (Aus: Atlas zur Zeitschrift für Bauwesen, hrsg. v. G. Erbkam, Jg. 7, 1857)

N.N., Elevator »Loki« of the hydraulic engineering inspection, Tönning: Winden, chain shaft: cuts 1:50, 1:20. Lithograph on cardboard, 32.2 x 48.8 cm (including scan edges) N.N. : Elevator »Loki« der Wasserbauinspektion, Tönning

N.N., Extension of the locomotive hub at the train station, Greifswald. (From: Atlas to the magazine for Building, ed. V. Ministry of Public Work, Jg. 50, 1900): Department 1: 1800, cuts 1:45, 1: 22.5, 1: 9. Stitch on paper, 56.9 x 42.5 cm (including scan edges)

N.N., steam excavator »Skirwieth«: view, floor plan, cuts 1:50, 1:20. Lithograph on cardboard, 53.8 x 73.1 cm (including scan edges)

Tanana River Bridge Pier Footing Details. Original caption: Revised Pier Footing Details Tanana River Bridge - August 1944 (Bridge No. 704). State: Alaska.

Engineering Plans, 30-inch gate valve, with 6-inch By-Pass, Sheet No. 1, Mass., Apr. 1896 , waterworks, engineering maps, valves hardware

N.N., new sea lock, Emden: sliding gates, towing car 1: floor plan 1:20. Lithograph on cardboard, 65.6 x 50.4 cm (including scan edges)

N.N., traffic jam system in the Jeglinner channel, large mines: lock gate: view, cuts, detail 1:20. Lithography on cardboard, 66.4 x 47 cm (including scan edges)

Lupus healing, steps to the steam boiler house, cut A-B, floor plan, steps in front of the entrance to the boiler house Cut C-D, cut e-F, Layout, Otto Wagner -, artist

N.N., new turning bridge in the harbor, Emden: Machine systems on the short arm of the swing bridge: views, supervision 1:15. Lithograph on cardboard, 69.7 x 99.8 cm (including scan edges)

Builder: Building company Contractor, Stockholm. Drawing: Concrete Lords.

N.N., washer of the port construction inspection, Swinemünde: cuts 1:50. Lithograph on paper, 45.8 x 62.8 cm (including scan edges) N.N. : Spüler der Hafenbauinspektion, Swinemünde

Engineering Plans, Distribution Department; Wachusett Aqueduct, Chestnut Hill High Service Pumping Station, support for hoist in screen well; registering apparatus for Terminal Chamber, Brighton; Marlborough, Mass., Dec. 1897 , waterworks, pumping stations, engineering maps

Distribution Department, Saugus River Siphon Box, elevation plan and sections (engineering plan), Mass., 1899 , waterworks, pipes conduits, engineering maps

N.N., New boiler smithy of the locomotive workshops, Witten. (From: Atlas to the magazine for Building, ed. V.F. Endell, Jg. 35, 1885.) (1885-1885): Details. Lithograph on paper, 46 x 29.3 cm (including scan edges) N.N. : Neue Kesselschmiede der Lokomotivwerkstätten, Witten. (Aus: Atlas zur Zeitschrift für Bauwesen, hrsg. v. F. Endell, Jg. 35, 1885)

Engineering Plans, Distribution Department, Northern High Service Middlesex Fells Reservoir, Gatehouse, gate hoist and floor plate, Stoneham, Mass., Jun. 1898 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, engineering maps

N.N., loading bridges for the open -air places in the outer port, Emden: cuts 1: 200, 1: 100, details 1: 5. Lithograph on paper, 62.8 x 84.7 cm (including scan edges)

Engineering Plans, Distribution Department; Wachusett Aqueduct, Chestnut Hill High Service Pumping Station, support for hoist in screen well; registering apparatus for Terminal Chamber, Brighton; Marlborough, Mass., Dec. 1897 , waterworks, pumping stations, engineering maps

Drawing. Electric power station at Ramnäs Mill.

Drawing to the regulator for the turbines at Hellsjö power station.

Engineering Plans, Distribution Department, hydraulic cylinder for 30-inch gate valve, Sheet No. 3, Mass., Feb. 6, 1899 , waterworks, engineering maps

N.N., steam excavator machine of the hydraulic engineering inspection, Diez: excavator bucket: cuts 1:10. Lithograph on paper, 21 x 33.4 cm (including scan edges)

Böhmer Franz (1907-1943), Eisenhochbau Task 1 summer semester 1930 (11.02.1931): Construction of a steel support: cuts. Ink on cardboard, 103.8 x 75 cm (including scan edges)

Plant press with rolls. Constr. 1837 or 1838.

Pump Well Roof Details, Dry Dock Number 4 of Granite and Concrete, U.S. Navy Yard, New York, New York. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Büttner Carl, shipyard for merchant ships at a river mouth without tides. Schinkel competition 1864 (1864): Machines for ship drags and hydraulic dock: views and cuts 1:30, 1:20; 2 scale strips. Tusche watercolor on the box, 64.2 x 99.2 cm (including scan edges) Büttner Carl : Werft für Handelsschiffe an einer Flussmündung ohne Gezeiten. Schinkelwettbewerb 1864

'Paper Making', c1813. Artist: John Moffat.

Wash pan and washing boilers, ideal designs, cuts

N.N., steam feature excavator No. XI for the Oder regulation: cut 1:50. Lithograph on cardboard, 53.6 x 77.4 cm (including scan edges)

Salmon Stocks.Laxå Brukskensology.ur Carl Sahlin's mountain history collection.

Unknown author, steam engine excavator for the deepening of the fairway at Stralsund (1834): Details of the excavator (from: Construction of the Prussian State, Vol. 1, Bl. 68). Stitch on paper, 28.3 x 69.6 cm (including scan edges) unbek. Verfasser : Dampfmaschinen-Bagger für die Vertiefung des Fahrwassers bei Stralsund. (Aus: Bauausführungen des preußischen Staats, Bd. 1)

N.N., gripping excavator: view, cuts 1: 100. Lithograph on cardboard, 28 x 41.7 cm (including scan edges)

N.N., Swimming excavator, Stade: Roles and camps to the bucket conductor: cuts 1: 1. Lithograph on paper, 53.2 x 76.8 cm (including scan edges) N.N. : Schwimmbagger, Stade

N.N., Kaischuppen No. 2 and 3 at the outer port, Emden: angle portal crane: cuts 1:40, 1:16. Lithograph on paper, 50.1 x 62.2 cm (including scan edges)

Yard Sub-Surface Survey, Number 20. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

N.N., floating harbor crane, Ruhrort. (From: Atlas to the magazine for Building, ed. V.F. Endell, Jg. 37, 1887) (1887-1887): Grundrisse, view, cut. Lithograph on paper, 29.3 x 45.7 cm (including scan edges) N.N. : Schwimmender Hafenkran, Ruhrort. (Aus: Atlas zur Zeitschrift für Bauwesen, hrsg. v. F. Endell, Jg. 37, 1887)

N.N., steaming excavator 3: floor plan, cuts 1: 100. Lithograph on paper, 49.2 x 71.5 cm (including scan edges)

N.N., new turning bridge in the harbor, Emden: Machine systems on the long arm of the swing bridge: view, cuts 1:15. Lithograph on cardboard, 58.4 x 99.8 cm (including scan edges)

Plate IX, from Theatrum instrumentorum et machinarum, Julio Paschale, Woodcut on paper, Lathe for making large wooden screws. A system of weight and pulleys controlled by the man's foot (height of screw), and hand (turning), center, works the machine. Description in Latin on verso of 1949-152-206., Europe, 1582, Print, Print

N.N., Swimming excavator, Stade: Hydraulic coupling to the Turas Aufliche: Cut 1: 1. Lithograph on cardboard, 61.8 x 86.7 cm (including scan edges) N.N. : Schwimmbagger, Stade

N.N., steam excavator »Ratibor« (1887-1887): bucket conductor: floor plan, cut 1:25. Light break on paper, 47 x 61.1 cm (including scan edges) N.N. : Dampfbagger »Ratibor«

N.N., steam swimming excavator »Ahlden« of the hydraulic engineering inspection, Celle: bucket, transmissions: cuts, details 1: 5. Lithograph on cardboard, 48.7 x 66.8 cm (including scan edges)

N.N., new sea lock, Emden: sliding gates, gate wheels and material lock: cuts 1:20. Lithograph on cardboard, 49.3 x 65.5 cm (including scan edges)

N.N., shaft pump excavator »Hiddensee« of the hydraulic engineering management, Stralsund: cuts 1: 100. Lithograph on cardboard, 51.1 x 73.8 cm (including scan edges)

Wachusett Dam, Load Testing Experiment, plan of dam testing machine, Clinton, Mass., Nov. 16, 1896 , waterworks, dams, testing equipment, engineering maps

Yard Sub-Surface Survey. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

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

Pump Well General Plan and Details, Dry Dock Number 4 of Granite and Concrete, U.S. Navy Yard, New York, New York. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

N.N., ship machine for "Ems" and "Adler": cuts 1: 5. Lithograph on paper, 67.8 x 92.4 cm (including scan edges)

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N.N., steaming excavator 3: floor plan, cuts 1: 100, iron anchor ship 1:50. Lithograph on paper, 50 x 72.1 cm (including scan edges)

Yard Sub-Surface Survey. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Schwechten Franz (1841-1924), water production machine. (From: Contributions to machine construction, H.1, ed. V. Rothe, Berlin 1827.) (1827-1827): cross-section. Stitch on paper, 44.1 x 33.8 cm (including scan edges)

Engineering Plans, Distribution Department, addition to Chestnut Hill High Service Pumping Station, iron work, Sheet No. 2, Brighton, Mass., Sep. 15, 1897 , waterworks, pumping stations, engineering maps

Design for Park Drag, no. 4207a 1893 Brewster & Co. American Brewster & Company HistoryEstablished in 1810 by James Brewster (1788-1866) in New Haven, Connecticut, Brewster & Company, specialized in the manufacture of fine carriages. The founder opened a New York showroom in 1827 at 53-54 Broad Street, and the company flourished under generations of family leadership. Expansion necessitated moves around lower Manhattan, with name changes reflecting shifts of management-James Brewster & Sons operated at 25 Canal Street, James Brewster Sons at 396 Broadway, and Brewster of Broome Street was based at 372 & 374 Broome Street with a repository (showroom) on 14th Street & Fifth Avenue. By 1874, Brewster & Company had 400 employees and combined warehouse and factory facilities at 47th & 48th Streets and Broadway. Brewster successfully branched out to produce their own automobiles, as well as supplying bodies for Rolls Royce at their Long Island City location. Notable clientele included Alfred

Borden Flats Lt. Sta., improvements to fog signal apparatus , Machinery, Bells. Coast Guard Heritage Museum General Collection

Soldiers examining and repairing a truck engine in 1919. The photograph shows a signal corps apparatus with the number 38772. Notes indicate that the truck's engine and transmission suffered a break while in service, specifically the high-speed friction clutch, 20-inch transmission patch, and brake drum. Soldiers are seen inspecting and working on these parts.

Fairbairn's wrought iron tubular crane.

Textiles: a loom for carpet weaving, plan (top), details (below). Engraving by R. Benard after Radel.

Unknown author, steam engine excavator for the deepening of the fairway at Stralsund (1834): Details of the excavator (from: Construction of the Prussian State, Vol. 1, Bl. 67). Stitch on paper, 28.4 x 65.1 cm (including scan edges) unbek. Verfasser : Dampfmaschinen-Bagger für die Vertiefung des Fahrwassers bei Stralsund. (Aus: Bauausführungen des preußischen Staats, Bd. 1)

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N.N., coal tipper, Duisburg-Ruhrort: cuts 1:75. Lithograph on paper, 71.7 x 103 cm (including scan edges)

Plüddemann Richard (1846-1910), slaughterhouse and cattle market, Wroclaw. Schlachthalle for pigs (1894-1896): Details of the mechanical system: Brühbottiche: Suken up cuts 1:10. Turning crane: floor plan supervision cross -section 1:10. Table: Supervision Schnit. Lithograph colored on the box, 69.3 x 100.6 cm (including scan edges)

Hand mill for lifting water, construction drawings

Distribution Department, Post Hydrant and Lowry Hydrant, engineering plan, Mass., ca. 1880-1889 , waterworks, fire hydrants, engineering maps

Builder: Building company Contractor, Stockholm. Quay.

Mechanical engineering drawings on sepia background. Tap tools, borer. Technical Design. Cover. Blueprint. Vector illustration.

N.N., Meglitze flood bridge in Oderdamm, Schwedt/or: mobile hanging scaffolding: view, cuts 1:10. Lithograph on paper, 72.5 x 89.8 cm (including scan edges) N.N. : Meglitze-Flutbrücke im Oderdamm, Schwedt/Oder

N.N., Rinse ship for emptying excavator defaults and continuing the excavator's excavator, Magdeburg: View, cuts 1: 100. Lithograph on paper, 41.2 x 64.4 cm (including scan edges)

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Page from The Growth of industrial art, compiled by Benjamin Butterworth, 1892 | Library of Congress

Distribution Department, valve, Y branch, flexible joint, etc., engineering plan, Mass., ca. 1880-1889 , waterworks, pipes conduits, engineering maps

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Poelzig Hans (1869-1936), Schulau power plant (11.1927): Cut. Ink colored over a break on paper, 79.5 x 119.1 cm (including scan edges) Poelzig Hans (1869-1936): Kraftwerk Schulau

Textiles: details of equipment used for spinning silk threads. Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.

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

N.N., MainaMalization. Floßhafen, Kostheim: 2nd lock under office, 3rd circulation channel: site plan 1: 250, supervision, floor plan, cuts 1: 100. Lithograph colored on paper, 47.4 x 64.3 cm (including scan edges) N.N. : Mainkanalisierung. Floßhafen, Kostheim

Map of a company with multiple ovens and kneading machines, Isaac Weissenbruch, 1836 - 1912 print Netherlands paper plan ~ architecture. fire, oven, furnace ~ interior of industrial structure. preparing dough or batter

Labor Inspectorate Photo Collection. 5x5 schedule method fitting shading dragline dug slot. undated

N.N., Fischereihafen, Geestemünde: Kesselhaus for the steam heating in the fish halls: views, floor plan, cuts 1: 100. Lithograph on paper, 49.6 x 65.3 cm (including scan edges) N.N. : Fischereihafen, Geestemünde

Building construction: lengthening timber, interior of Turkish bazar, Cairo shop, carpentry of roof, thatching in Normandy.. Knight, Charles, 1791-1873. Prints, Illustrations. 1858. Science, Industry and Business Library: General Collection. Art, Industrial arts, Building construction

Five labelled sections through parts of a porter brewery. Engraving by W. Lowry, c. 1816, after J. Farey.

N.N., Hydropower inspection, Szczecin: cuts 1: 100, 1:50. Lithograph on paper, 44.7 x 61.2 cm (including scan edges) N.N. : Hebeprähme der Wasserbauinspektion, Stettin

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Page from The Growth of industrial art, compiled by Benjamin Butterworth, 1892 | Library of Congress

Photo production of a drawing, representing machines for pulverizing sugar beet, anonymous, 1891 photomechanical print Prague paper machines; parts of machines; tools and appliances

N.N., technical systems, dental and water wheels (approx. 1800): various technical representations. Pressure on paper, 48.7 x 40.5 cm (including scan edges) N.N. : Technische Systeme, Zahn- und Wasserräder

Mechanical engineering drawings on sepia background. Tap tools, borer. Technical Design. Cover. Blueprint. Vector illustration.

Shipbuilding. Knight, Charles, 1791-1873. Prints, Illustrations. 1858. Science, Industry and Business Library: General Collection. Art, Industrial arts, Shipbuilding

Saw Products - Dimension Stock, General. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Gallery Manager Mill for lifting water, construction drawings

N.N., Centrifugal pump excavator: cuts 1:50, 1:10. Lithograph on cardboard, 44.6 x 62.8 cm (including scan edges)

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