Historic Firefighting Scenes

Dramatic images of firefighters battling blazes at various industrial sites in the 1960s and 1970s. Smoke-filled environments highlight their efforts.

Anefo photo collection. Fire at companies in Rotterdam South. April 20, 1960. Rotterdam, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. unknown . Fire in bag trade on the candlestick road near Kethel, extinguishing work. March 16, 1965. Kethel

Anefo photo collection. Fire in the construction site of the new University Hospital on the Amstelveenseweg under construction. January 16, 1964

Anefo photo collection. Paper destruction company in Amsterdam-Oost burned out; extinguishing work. May 4, 1976. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Fire at companies in Rotterdam South. April 20, 1960. Rotterdam, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. unknown . Fire in Rotterdam at Everest furniture factory, extinguishing firefighters. January 19, 1965. Rotterdam, South Holland

04/30/1906. Paris. The Leather Market, located on Santeuil Street, Destroyed by a fire that caused seventeen million francs in material losses.

Anefo photo collection. Fire at NDSM in timber drying, overview of extinguishing work. January 5, 1966. Amsterdam

Anefo photo collection. Fire at William Pont Zaandam, extinguishing work. May 10, 1973. Noord-Holland, Zaandam, Zaanstad

Anefo photo collection. Construction well on Frederiksplein for Dutch bank. SteamHei installation at work. January 29, 1962. Amsterdam

Anefo photo collection. Fire when resident of fairground operators at Markthallen in Amsterdam. March 12, 1972. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

10/20/1937. Campsa Gas Station, Burned by the Reds in Their Escape.

Anefo photo collection. Fire in super phosphate factory in Vlaardingen. The extinguishing work. November 5, 1963. Vlaardingen, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. Large fire in the Tedeco factory in Deventer. 13 February 1969. Deventer

Anefo photo collection. Fire in voddenloods to the Panamakade, the fire brigade extinguishing. July 30, 1964

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. Fire brigade extinguishing a fire on a factory site. April 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Anefo photo collection. Fire on the Swifterband industrial estate (Municipality of Dronten). 2 June 1980. Dronten, Swifterbant

Anefo photo collection. Fire in the Osdorper Schools Community in Amsterdam New West. Extinguish through the fire brigade. April 1, 1971. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Fire from a wooden school building on Poeldijkstraat in Amsterdam. Burning, fire brigade, schools, wood. October 5, 1979. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Preparation exercise for emergency guard Amsterdam, extinguishing work on the emplacement in Watergraafsmeer. April 7, 1964. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Fire at the Mobil-Oil refinery in the Amsterdam western port area, the fire with large clouds of smoke. April 28, 1981

Anefo photo collection. Large fire on the Wibautstraat in Amsterdam, outline of the fire. April 9, 1963. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Fire in foam plastic factory to Duivendrechtse Kade in Amsterdam large clouds of smoke from burning mess. April 2, 1969. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Tugs Pour Water Into Smoking Pier -- Tugs nose against the end of Pier 57 15th street and the Hudson River, New York City, Early Sept. 29 as they four Streams of water into the smoking pier which was swept Sept. 28 by a fire with an estimated loss of $5,000,000. Firemen were ordered from the pier after several hours of combatting a stubborn fire beneath the concrete flooring when it was feared that the piling might collapse trapping the firemen. Pier Ablaze. Streams of water pour on to pier on t

Anefo photo collection. Fire in the construction site of the new University Hospital on the Amstelveenseweg under construction. January 16, 1964

Exercise fire fighting at the school for NBCD (nuclear, organic, chemical, damage control) and operational safety in April 1990.

Valencia, 03/15/2001. Superb mascletà by Ricardo Caballer.

04/17/1915. Fire at the Comedy theater. Appearance of the stalls a few hours after the fire started.

Anefo photo collection. To Duivendrechtsekade in storage location of plastic fire, fire overview. September 6, 1964

Anefo photo collection. Fire on farm at Schellingwoude. December 15, 1971. Noord-Holland, Schellingwoude

Anefo photo collection. Fire on tanker "Diana" at Mobil Oil the fire. December 12, 1968

Surte disaster. (8.16 pm). More than 30 residential buildings were destroyed in the landslide but only one person was killed. Over 450 families became homeless.

Scene Of Holland Tunnel Blast. This was the scene in the Holland Tunnel just west of the mid-line, May 13, after drums of chemicals on a truck (left) exploded, filling the underwater highway with carbon disulphide fumes, Several trucks caught fire from the blast which ripped out sections of the wall and ceiling of the tunnel. The tube links Jersey City, N.J., with New York City. May 13, 1949. (Photo by Associated Press Photo). ;Scene Of Holland Tunnel Blast. This was the scene in the Holland Tun

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Djambi. Extinguish a fire on a jetty in the river. There is a tugboat or extinguishing boat on the scaffolding. December 30, 1948. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Farmer burning waste in field, Rajarhat, West Bengal, India, Asia Copyright: xGoutamxRoy/DinodiaxPhotox

Snow plow at work

Anefo photo collection. Fire in warehouse to Weesperzijde. January 5, 1966

Anefo photo collection. Fire in farm on the Spaarnewouderdijk in Amsterdam. July 20, 1959

Anefo photo collection. Fire in paper factory Wessels to Meeuwenlaan, extinguishing work. August 2, 1965

Badly discolored Coney Island Fire Wreckage

Anefo photo collection. Fire Vreugdehof nursing home Amsterdam. space fire started. January 3, 1989. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Demonstration aluminum non-flammable clothing. September 12, 1953

Anefo photo collection. Explosion on Norwegian tanker "Rona Star" at Verolme, the place where ship broke. 17 June 1965

Right and below : in Rouen go storage sheds and docks on the lower Seine, hit hard in flames

Anefo photo collection. Fire in Rotterdam at Everest furniture factory, extinguishing firefighters. January 19, 1965. Rotterdam, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. Fifth week strike nuclear power plant; Purpose nuclear power plant. April 13, 1987

02/16/1907. Three Warehouses Destroyed. Madrid. Extinguishing work on the formidable fire that yesterday morning completely destroyed three warehouses in the vicinity of the Las Pulgas station.

Vintage Photograph. Fire outbreak at Hudson Waterfront in Weehawken New Jersey.

Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. December 9, 1970. Deventer, Hummelo

Anefo photo collection. Oil tank fire, bone leakage, huge clouds of clouds above bone leak. January 13, 1968

The production of steel products, as here at the Neunkirch ironworks in 1969, already seemed outdated at the time, is now a museum, Germany, Europe

Anefo photo collection. Fire in Lampenkappenfabriek Herda on the Amstel industrial estate in Duivendrecht. Extinguishing the fire. July 31, 1968. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. farms burned Zuiderwoude (NH). January 15, 1987

Big cloud of steam generated by a geyser, April, 1931, Larderello, municipality of Pomarance, Italy, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, year LVIII, n 25, June 21, 1931.

Anefo photo collection. Construction well on Frederiksplein for Dutch bank. January 29, 1962. Amsterdam

Anefo photo collection. Fire in gasoline storage tank at "Comos" Amsterdam. Huge amount of foam is sprayed around the tank. November 21, 1969. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Close-up of a heap of damaged cars at a junkyard

Broken the boilers from a submarine booth (1954-1982), 1958.

Anefo photo collection. Fire at "Comos" in the Petroleum Haven Amsterdam in a gas tank. Burning gas station in the middle of the other refueling. November 20, 1969. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Modern locomotive in the operating workshop in Hagalund.

Anefo photo collection. Burning oil line Oiltanking BMNH western port area, Amsterdam. 11 June 1987. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Disaster Tuindorp Oostzaan, pumps in operation. January 15, 1960. Oostzaan

Youngstown, Rivers, Industrial facilities, Bridges, United States, Ohio, Youngstown, 1900

Anefo photo collection. Fire in Haringpakkerstraat Rotterdam. March 5, 1962. Rotterdam, South Holland

Vintage photograph. DDT in oil solution is an effective larvicide in the control of mosquitoes and malaria

Anefo photo collection. Part warehouse from Proost paper burned out in Amsterdam, extinguishing boat had to be used. October 4, 1980. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Luxembourg, Men working in still mill

Collection Dutch Heidematschappij. Forest processing, branches, shrubs, burning. undated

An important sidelight on early oil history. On October 11, 1882, one of the most productive wells in early American oil history produced its first "gusher". It was the biggest gusher the oil country knew at that time. The first day it produced over 5,000 barrels, 7,000 for several days after and for a month it poured out a sea of oil. $100,000 was refused for the well. October 20, 1953.

Broken the boilers from a submarine hunter (1954-1982), 1958.

Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. Landscapes, fires, workers. undated

The Ruhr area, country and people, work, life, leisure in the area in 1976. Hoesch. Steelworks, Germany, Europe

Anefo photo collection. Spraying Binnendijk Outdreath Polder by Mr. G. Van t Hull Along Amstel. March 15, 1955. Amstel, Noord-Holland

The Gas Factory at Courcelles 1848 Ernst Jean Delahaye (1855-1921 ) Musee du Petit Palais, Paris, France

oil workers in Texas look on at an oil well fire 1930

Anefo photo collection. Mr. Pieter van Vollenhoven opens new fire station in Leiden by extinguishing a burning car. February 10, 1982. Leiden, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. Fire at William Pont Zaandam, extinguishing work. May 10, 1973. Noord-Holland, Zaandam, Zaanstad

Anefo photo collection. Fire in vacant factory in Amsterdam; The burning building. September 21, 1974. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

The scrapping site in Vislanda.

Exercise fire fighting at the school for NBCD (nuclear, organic, chemical, damage control) and operational safety in April 1990.

Anefo photo collection. Truck tilted with vessels filled with sulfur fire, naplets and hydrochloric acid on the entire dike between Lexmond and ameide; Fire brigade wood the vessels wet. October 27, 1978. Lexmond

Low angle view of a conveyor belt unloading bauxite from a ship, Mobile, Alabama, USA

Toll House fire , Fires, Toll House Whitman, Mass.

Anefo photo collection. Oil tank fire, in bone leak. January 13, 1968

Smoking cooling towers, Jaenschwalde lignite-fired power plant, Brandenburg, Germany, Europe

Anefo photo collection. Explosion main meter cupboard Amsterdam provides power failure. October 18, 1988. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Fire at Marbon, chemical company, western port area Amsterdam, overview. August 10, 1971. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Two large chimneys of former Vredestein factory in The Hague bloated. January 18, 1982. The Hague, South Holland

Workers and employees used the last casting of the Suedwestfalen steelworks in Hagen for a demonstrative protest at the loss of their jobs at the steelworks on 31.03.1976, Germany, Europe

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