Historical Construction Projects

Black and white images of significant construction projects from the past, featuring dams and aqueducts with a focus on engineering and infrastructure development.

Anefo photo collection. Build aqueduct in the ring for the new way of Amsterdam Rotterdam, overview of the work. February 6, 1959

At its founding, the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) inherited the Armys Jupiter and Redstone test stands, but much larger facilities were needed for the giant stages of the Saturn V. From 1960 to 1964, the existing stands were remodeled and a sizable new test area was developed. The new comprehensive test complex for propulsion and structural dynamics was unique within the nation and the free world, and they remain so today because they were constructed with foresight to meet the future as well as on going needs. Construction of the S-IC Static test stand complex began in 1961 in the west test area of MSFC, and was completed in 1964. The S-IC static test stand was designed to develop and test the 138-ft long and 33-ft diameter Saturn V S-IC first stage, or booster stage, weighing in at 280,000 pounds. Required to hold down the brute force of a 7,500,000-pound thrust produced by 5 F-1 engines, the S-IC static test stand was designed and constructed with the strength of hundreds of

Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. Land consolidation The four-carve. Construction well in ditch. October 1951. Schouwen-Duiveland, Zeeland

Bort-les-Orgues Dam. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Anefo photo collection. Build aqueduct in the ring for the new way of Amsterdam Rotterdam, overview of the work. February 6, 1959

Collection Dutch Heidematschappij. construction work. undated

Reservoirs. 1939-01-01T00:00:00.. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Other Project. 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

Dry Dock Number 2, View of West Wall, 40-120. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Dams - Castelnau. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

At its founding, the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) inherited the Armys Jupiter and Redstone test stands, but much larger facilities were needed for the giant stages of the Saturn V. From 1960 to 1964, the existing stands were remodeled and a sizable new test area was developed. The new comprehensive test complex for propulsion and structural dynamics was unique within the nation and the free world, and they remain so today because they were constructed with foresight to meet the future as well as on going needs. Construction of the S-IC Static test stand complex began in 1961 in the west test area of MSFC, and was completed in 1964. The S-IC static test stand was designed to develop and test the 138-ft long and 33-ft diameter Saturn V S-IC first stage, or booster stage, weighing in at 280,000 pounds. Required to hold down the brute force of a 7,500,000-pound thrust produced by 5 F-1 engines, the S-IC static test stand was designed and constructed with the strength of hundreds of

Anefo photo collection. Construction of the Europoorthaven at the mouth of the Hollands Diep. September 25, 1959

Oglala Dam Project. 1939-01-01T00:00:00.. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Rutenberg Works, opening of powerhouse, Lord Reading's visit. 1932, Jordan

Builder: Building company Contractor, Stockholm. Construction of cable crane.

Anefo photo collection. Zuiderzeewerken, extension of the Wortman store. November 20, 1954. Flevoland, Lelystad

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.

Barrage de la Girotte. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Collection Dutch Heidematschappij. activities. undated

The locks in Trollhätte Channel in 1924.

They're Biting Now On Boulder Lake -- Jim Cashman, pioneer transportation man of Las Vegas, Nev. has a new thrill for his eastern and western friends. He takes them for a motor boat cruise along Boulder Lake and up to the face of the gigantic Boulder Dam. Already 32 miles long, the lake will reach 115 miles in length when the water reaches its high mark. It's 90 feet deep at this point, where a party is shown casting their lines. April 24, 1935. (Photo by International News Photos).

11/09/1921. El Ferrol. At the Naval base. The Minister of the Navy and his accompaniment Witnessing the emptying of one of the recently built tanks for oil depots for submarines. Photo: pita.

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

***** Portugal's Electricity Supply Equipment from Britain -- From a reservoir behind a 300 foot high dam in the ***** Valley, Portugal, water runs through a pipeline down the mountainside to supply the newly-opened Vila Nova Power Station shown in this picture.This Government-sponsored project, part of a national scheme for developing the country's natural resources, meant the complete submerging of the village of Vonda Nova to form the reservoir, which also included blasting a mile-and-a-half ***** through the rock to carry the pipeline. Two British concerns, the English Electric Export and Trading company and Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Export Company. July 01, 1951.

Anefo photo collection. Construction of the Europoorthaven at the mouth of the Hollands deep construction of a large oil storage area. September 25, 1959

Anefo photo collection. Work on the "spring sequence". February 16, 1961

Storagen banks, Gravesfor.

Photo collection Government information service. Afsluitdijk, locks. undated. Den Oever

Anefo photo collection. Ouwerkerk, pump installations 50 m3. December 1, 1953. Ouwerkerk

Africa, egypt, assuan, dam construction, 1930.

Digging Excavation, Driving Piling Foundation for Abutment - Cannonball Bridge. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Gates to navigation locks, Bonneville Dam, Oregon. This is a lift lock, seventy-five feet wide and five hundred feet long. This is the highest single lift lock in the world, being fifty-nine feet high 1941. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oregon , Bonneville Dam

Collection Dutch Heidematschappij. Drainage tubes, men. undated

Anefo photo collection. Work on the "spring sequence". February 16, 1961

Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. Construction and improvement of roads, dikes and savings basins, land consolidation, construction roundabout. May 1961. Maasbracht

Mangahao Hydro-Electric scheme : 1929 black-and-white negatives, gelatin dry plate negatives

Poll photo collection. Iceland. Alafoss. Steam line from a hot spride at the Wolfabriek. 1934. Iceland

Europe's Second Largest Dam Nears Completion -- General view of the Genissiat dam at Genissiat, France. Near the Swiss border, this dam, built on the Rhone River will be the second largest dam in Europe. The largest is the Russian dam on the Dnieper. The first turbine is to go into operation in December. When completed the dam will provide 2 billion kilowatts of electricity per hour. May 2, 1947. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Anefo photo collection. Grain transfer company at De Coenhaven in Amsterdam is approaching its completion, SILOS overview. February 7, 1961. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Photo collection Government information service. Suriname. undated. Suriname

Pipeline of California's All-American Canal carries water to the Imperial Valley from the Colorado River fed reservoir behind the Imperial Dam. The irrigation system was a Public Works Projects of the 1930's New Deal.

Used for ore banana

Electrification of Railroad - Electrification of the Paris-Marseille Railroad. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. Standardization of streams, graves and damping of sloten, lay sewage, divers and concrete, ground, kroosshek, front walls. January 1957. Maarheeze

Oil Storage and Shoreline, Chelsea Creek, East Boston, Massachusetts. 1939 - 1947.

Anefo photo collection. Work on the "spring sequence", overview of the hole to be closed. February 16, 1961

President Roosevelt Sees Huge Boulder Dam Project -- President Roosevelt (Wearing With Hat And (Carrying Cane) is shown with members of his party gazing over the huge boulder dam project before delivering his dedicatory address here today. The presidential party is shown viewing the gigantic project, which is now complete except for power units, from the Arizona side of the Colorado river with the Nevada side in the background. The dam represents man's most stupendous engineering accomplishment. Its concrete walls rise 727 feet above the bed of the river. One of the two intake towers on the Arizona side is shown at the left with the two Nevada side Intake towers at the right. September 30, 1935. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Monthly Progress Photo, Hot Water Heating System, Chauncey Avenue and Fourth Street, First Pipe Laid, Looking North. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

The bridge construction for the double track over the channel between Rönninge - stream.

Dry Dock Number 4, Monthly Progress Photo, Relocation of Guard Chains, Head End, Looking Little West of South, Yard Labor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Alabama - Muscle Shoals, Aerial Photograph.

Open pit copper mine at Chuquicamata, Chile. Photo shows a crane steam shovel strip mining raw copper ore and depositing it into open railroad cars. Ca. 1945.

Shoreline, Chelsea Creek, East Boston, MA, Low Tide, Oil Storage , Rivers, Storage tanks, Shoreline, Chelsea Creek. Photographs of the First Naval District

Oglala Dam Project. 1939-01-01T00:00:00.. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Falu copper mine.

Modane Wind Tunnel. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Vintage Photograph. Chief Joseph dam being constructed on the Columbia river. Frame 2.

Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. NPC, pipelines, crossing rail lines. 1965. Drenthe, muscle, wider

Poll photo collection. Israel - Timna. Timna in the negative desert; The field of copper mines with concrete bins for storage of materials in which water is deposited via a water supply system. January 1, 1963. Israel, Negev, Timna

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

2000 Scientists Trained At "Atom School" -- Master - The world's largest producer of radioisotopes is the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Not far from the big atomic plant is the Institute for Nuclear Studies, which is offering a special radioisotope training course for foreign scientists and technicians.A special radioisotope training program for foreign scientists will be conducted during May by the Institute of Nuclear Studies at the Oak Ridge atomic plant in Tennessee. It is one of several projects of the United States Atomic Energy Commission to aid the International "atoms for peace" program. June 29, 1955.

Algeria Pictures - Power Plant. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Power plant General. The Mofssen. Builders Skåne cementgjuteriet.

Petroleum Industry in the Marseille District. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Plant of the Cal. & Hawaiian Sugar Ref. Company, Crockett, Cal. ca. between 1910 and 1920.

The Gravel Pit from the view of a drone - 4

Anefo photo collection. Canalization of the Rhine at Hagestern. August 21, 1957. Rhine

Oil drilling rig in an oil refinery

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC PARE-PARE at Makassar. PARE-PARE at Makassar: Soekawati, the president of East Indonesia, accompanied by his wife, visiting the works of art in the Sadang River and the Power Station of Sawito. A look at the big weir in the Sadang river. January 1948. Celebes, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

The scene of the tragedy at ***** quarrie's. August 2, 1938.

A view of a flame bucket in the Space Transportation System (STS) under construction. Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

The new swimming pool

D-Reactor complex, Area 100-D, constructed during Manhattan Project and World War II, Richland, Benton County, Washington, USA, Historic American Engineering Record

Collection Dutch Heidematschappij. construction work. undated

Anefo photo collection. Construction of nuclear reactor at hats in Noordholland / yellowed. May 14, 1959

Contract No. 66, Regulating Dams, Middle Branch (New Salem), and East Branch of the Swift River, Hardwick and Petersham (formerly Dana), looking westerly at dam from Sta. 18+50, east branch regulating dam, Hardwick, Mass., Aug. 7, 1939

09/30/1965. Torrejón el Rubio (Cáceres), October. Aerial view of the Torrejón el Rubio dam. On the left you can see the construction work of the canal to transfer the waters from the Tagus to the Tietar. Due to the breakage of a cofferdam, said tunnel was flooded, trapping about fifty workers inside.

Tour de France. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Poll photo collection. Israel - Timna. Timna in the negative desert; View of the grounds of the copper mines. January 1, 1963. Israel, Negev, Timna

Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. Aerial recording oil center N.N.g.P.M. Sorong. November 1954. Guinea, Sorong

Vintage Photograph. Grain bins for Government storage near Crookston Minnesota.

Builder: Building company Contractor, Stockholm. Bleaching building. Belong to Bergviks Sulfite factory, Sweden's first factory for the production of sulphite pulp, built in 1872 and associated Bergvik and Ala AB.

Rongotai airport construction gelatin silver negatives, black-and-white negatives

Photographic example of the America's petroleum industries pouring out fuel and lubricants for the United Nations. Oil well derricks on the beach along the coast of the U.S. Pacific coast state of California indicated how thorough the search of oil was. Dated 1944

Vintage Photograph. Norris Dam in Tennessee powering nearby town.

Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. openings, ground, exhaust, people. October 1952. Alphen

B722015 AREA 10 SLAB AT JANGLE VORTMAN (Project Engineer) DEC 1 72 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 12/1/1972 DIRT; DIRT (SOIL); DIRT ROADS; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; MOUNTAINS; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; SLAB; TEST SITES; UGT; UNDERGROUND TESTING; SLAB AT JANGLE historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

Aerial view of the Golden Gate Bridge under construction, San Francisco, CA, 5/19/1935. (Photo by US Army Air Corps/GG Vintage Images)

Shasta dam under construction, New Deal, California. 1942.

An aerial view of a geothermal power plant. The plant taps the geothermal resources of the area and provides steam of thermal energy that can be used to produce electricity similar to conventional oil of steam-electric plants. Base: Geyserville State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Wachusett Dam, dam and waste weir, from the west, Clinton, Mass., Sep. 27, 1905 , waterworks, dams, construction sites, spillways

Coal Bed methane development, WY

Aerial view of Australian Oil Exploration's camp at the Mary Kathleen uranium leases Mt. Isa, which is now being extended to meet the ever-growing demand for accommodation for geologists, drillers and technical staff. April 01, 1955.

Hoover (Boulder) Dam, Nevada, USA - Nearing completion 1935

Boulder Dam Nearing Completion. ca. 1935, Border of Nevada and Arizona, USA, OVERLOOKING LOOKOUT POINT, SHOWING BOULDER DAM NEARING COMPLETION

Aerial view of Lambert Point Coal Pier (N. & W.) showing part of storage yard, Norfolk, VA. , Harbors, Railroad stations, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

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