Historic Engineering Experiments

Black-and-white photos of testing machinery and historical engineering projects, including structures associated with the Panama Canal.

Photo collection Government information service. Delta works, aquacloop laboratory. undated

Test with oil -treated wagons where the average amount is 348 kg.

Tests with induction heated wagons where the average amount is 28 kg.

Milling in the Ulezstal, view of above. .

Photo collection Government information service. Delta works, aquacloop laboratory. undated

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

Elsevier photo collection. Limburg coal mines. HOUWER HOWLOW STIGH PILE. support. November 21, 1945. Limburg

Test with oil -treated wagons where the average amount is 348 kg.

Spring #91. 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

Socket on Malga bustep. .

Elsevier photo collection. Dutch salmon fishing Merwede. net celebrated iron pulleys. 1940. Merwede

Test with oil -treated wagons where the average amount is 348 kg.

Tests with induction heated wagons where the average amount is 28 kg.

Men studying plans in split sewer , Tunnels, Sewers, Construction Edgar Sutton Dorr Photograph Collection

Image of the rail transition (compensation axle) at a railway bridge in Utrecht.

Protection for contact line under BRO.

The construction of the rail bus workshop at Örebro central workshops.

Ware River Intake Works, Shaft #8, view inside 72' intake pipe showing cavitation which is taking place on south side of pipe about 5.8' above bottom of casting, Barre, Mass., Jul. 18, 1944 , waterworks, aqueducts, engineering, pipes conduits

Project (Kyle Dam Pipe Carrying Seepage Past Spillway). 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

Photo collection Government information service. Dike breach nollegat at Vlissingen. Day and night toil for restoration of the dike for the winter in which another hole has been hit. October 1945. Vlissingen, Walcheren, Zeeland

Photo collection Government information service. World War II, Laboratories, Investigations. October 1945. Delft, South Holland

Honor Friedersdorf / e., Conveyor stage

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

Gällö sawmill.

Massachusetts - Boston. Showing experimental bells and horns, looking NW.

Massachusetts - Boston. Looking down on temporary building.

9cm miner firer firing.

Longnäs enrichment work.

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

Contract No. 17, West Portion, Wachusett-Coldbrook Tunnel, Rutland, Oakham, Barre, Sta. 604+25, Shaft 7 east, Rutland, Mass., Aug. 2, 1929

Major Project. 1938-01-01T00:00:00. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Elsevier photo collection. Close dike hole Ouwerkerk. Phoenix-Caisson. November 1953. Ouwerkerk, Zeeland

Pea pickers' tent near San Jose, California. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , San Jose, California , Santa Clara County, Migrant agricultural laborers

STAR GROEVE OF A DIAMANT MINE in Kimberley, C. Evans, 1896 photograph This photo is part of an album. Kimberley photographic support albumen print quarry Kimberley

Sea cable. The plain. Warehouses with hand brake. 1949.

Elsevier photo collection. Series coal. Loading unloading coal. 1934

Windlass, Meteora, Greece , Hoisting machinery, Rock formations. Nicholas Catsimpoolas Collection

Elsevier photo collection. overcharging shipment packages seagoing vessel Rijnaak Rotterdam. packages forwarded Germany Austria. 1946. Rotterdam, South Holland

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

Photos from the facility of a telegraflinje in Russia in 1900.

Cable joint at Pupinbox on the western main line.

Photo collection Government information service. Water-running. October 1945. Delft, South Holland

Bales of licorice root in factory at Alexandretta. a warehouse and hydraulic press for licorice root in Alexandretta, (Iskenderun, Turkey) 1900, Turkey, ıskenderun

Construction of the BarricaStraße. .

Millville, New Jersey - Textiles. Millville Manufacturing Co. Man to the side of a large machine., 1936, Lewis Hine, 1874 - 1940, was an American photographer, who used his camera as a tool for social reform. US,USA

Scrap in Oxelösund harbor. In the picture you unload the last tons of scrap in the cargo space on the ship M/S ALCA.

Predilstraße, construction of the road tunnel.

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

Butter in churn of the Dairymen's Cooperative Creamery. Caldwell, Canyon County, Idaho. Average price paid to members in 1940 was 32.43 cents (including cash dividend) per pound for butter fat. Average price for U.S. was twenty-eight cents 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Idaho , Caldwell, Idaho , Canyon County

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

Winsor Dam Outlet Works, view inside of 48' pipe showing stainless steel plate and rebabbitted seat of 48' Dow valve, Quabbin Reservoir, Mass., Aug. 21, 1946 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, engineering, pipes conduits, valves hardware

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

Stream of tailings from large active gold mill in 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

Workers on Plantage Accaribo with Theodoor Brouwers aside, 1913 - 1930 stereograph Workers at work in a ditch on Plantage Accaribo with plantation owner Theodoor Brouwers aside. Suriname glass plantation Soulame. Plantage Accaria

Contract No. 111, Winsor Dam Outlet Works Superstructure, Belchertown, defect in radio control cable 65 feet north of outlet works building, Belchertown, Mass., Oct. 22, 1941

Construction of Berettastraße. Details of the route. .

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

Ware River Intake Works, Shaft #8, showing undermining of spillway apron at northerly end, looking northeasterly from downstream side, Barre, Mass., Sep. 23, 1947 , waterworks, aqueducts, reservoirs water distribution structures, engineering

Winsor Dam Outlet Works, view inside of 48' pipe showing close-up of cavitation at same location as shown in photo #2671, Quabbin Reservoir, Mass., Sep. 14, 1944 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, engineering, pipes conduits, valves hardware

Mission Dam: Spillway in Action. 1900 - 1954. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Aberdeen Area Office. Crow Creek Agency. 1949-1954. Photographs

Workers on Plantage Accaribo, 1913 - 1930 stereograph Workers in the forest at Plantage Accaribo. Suriname glass plantation Soulame. Plantage Accaria

Timber Stand Improvement - General. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Drilling into vein preparatory to blasting, Anthracite Mines, Scranton, Pa., U.S.A. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Scranton (Pa.)

Tapping a blast furnace, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1938. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Product image from Ludwigsbergs Werkstad. Wagon for fire extinguishing work. From Album: Ludwigsbergs Werkstad's limited liability company, Stockholm, Sweden.

Project 30-18 - Operation Upshot/Knothole (Nevada Test Site) Test Activities. Project 3.11 damage to south end, reinforced steel bldg, post-ENCORE. Photographs of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at Pacific Island and Nevada Test Sites.

Ab vaporackumulator. Ruths.

Contract No. 17, West Portion, Wachusett-Coldbrook Tunnel, Rutland, Oakham, Barre, looking west in Quabbin Aqueduct at Sta. 723+97 on the south side, west of the Ware River Intake, Barre, Mass., Apr. 16, 1936

Chimney iron with bridge wire.

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

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

Coast Guard Studies New Type Life Raft. Dropped over the side in tests conducted by the Coast Guard's Merchant Marine Inspection Division, this new type life raft rights itself in the water. The Coast Guard is constantly studying newly developed lifesaving equipment in its efforts to find perfection in equipment for seamen.

Salinas, California. Intercontinental Rubber Producers. Guayule rubber "worms." In the factory the guayule shrub is put through various choppers and crushers while mixed with liquids. After being crushed and rolled, it goes to settling tanks where these 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Salinas, California , Monterey County

A worker from the U.S. Bureau of Mines documenting a coal sample collected as part of war work and investigations by the government. The systematic collection of coal samples has aided the government and manufacturers involved in munitions production. This photograph was taken in November 1918 and is numbered 56639. The chief mechanical engineer of the bureau, O.P. Hood, supervised this work.

Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, 30-inch main repaired, Boylston Street, 100 feet east of Cypress Street, Brookline, Mass., Feb. 20, 1917 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

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Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, western shore, south of Ben's Cove (Eastern Deer Hill shore), Stoneham, Mass., Jul. 1898 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, general views

Iron centering construction, Simplon Tunnel, 1898-1905, Italy-Switzerland, 19th-20th century.

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

The image shows workers conducting war-related coal mining activities under the Bureau of Mines during November 1918. The workers are seen collecting coal samples and recording the presence of slate and other impurities within the coal seam. This picture highlights the meticulous and essential work conducted by the Bureau of Mines during World War One.

Gävle, accident at bridge construction.

Hydraulic mining, at Gold Run, Placer County. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Central Pacific Railroad Company

Reactor, crane test , Armories, Ordnance industry, Nuclear reactors, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Porjus power plant during construction at Stora Lule River.

Tel Aviv industries. 1925, Israel

Oglala Dam Project. 1923 - 1955.. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Miner drilling and laborer loading 'black diamonds' in the rough, Scranton, Pa. , Coal mining, Coal, Coal miners

Aerial view of a sprawling quarry, the earth scarred with geometric cuts and piles of stone, a testament to human industry, Porriño, Pontevedra, Spain.

Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, 30-inch main repaired, Boylston Street, 100 feet east of Cypress Street, Brookline, Mass., Feb. 20, 1917 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Contract No. 71, WPA Sewer Construction, Holden, looking back from Sta. 0+36 on center line, Holden Sewer, Holden, Mass., Oct. 10, 1940

undefined. 1931 - 1963. NARA's Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Fish and Wildlife Service. Minneapolis Regional Office. 1940-1970. Annual Reports

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