Historical Construction Sites

Black and white images depicting various construction sites, including plumbing and masonry work at military and waterworks facilities.

Distribution Department, Chestnut Hill Low Service Pumping Station, three 60-inch pipes, from the northwest, Brighton, Mass., Oct. 3, 1899 , waterworks, pumping stations, construction sites, pipes conduits

Progress Photo, Hot Water Heating System in Trench Near Building 41, Looking Towards Building 41 (Northeast). Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Distribution Department, Southern Extra High Service Bellevue Reservoir, granite masonry ready for concrete backing, masonry tower, Bellevue Hill, West Roxbury, Mass., Aug. 16, 1915 , waterworks, water towers, construction sites

Monthly Progress Photo, Building 41(58), Fire Pump Suction, Looking Southeast, Yard Labor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Construction of ferry location, probably at Malmö F.

Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, Gatehouse foundation and inlet conduit, Dam No. 4, Section 6, from the south, Stoneham, Mass., Nov. 22, 1899 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, dams, construction sites

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.

Monthly Progress Photo, Building 41(58), Fire Pump Suction Connection, Suction Well, Looking Northwest in Suction Well, Yard Labor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Distribution Department, Chestnut Hill Low Service Pumping Station, three 60-inch pipes, from the northwest, Brighton, Mass., Oct. 3, 1899 , waterworks, pumping stations, construction sites, pipes conduits

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.

Building Number 41, Stack Foundations, Looking Northeast. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

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.

Distribution Department, Southern High Service Pipe Lines, connecting with Hyde Park Pumping Station, Hyde Park, Mass., Dec. 3, 1912 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Raising Building 222 Looking Northwest, Yard Labor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Dry Dock Number 4, Monthly Progress Photo, Pump Well, Looking North Over Main Gallery Floor, Alberger Pump Company, Contractor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Dry Dock 4, Coffer Dam Excavation Bracing Looking Seaward. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Dry Dock 4, Coffer Dam Excavation, Lagging, Caisson "A", Elevation 60 -68, Holbrook Cabot and Rollins Corporation, Contractor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Monthly Progress Photo, Dry Dock No. 4, Trench for Condenser Pipes, Holbrook, Cabot and Rollins, Contractor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Distribution Department, Weston Aqueduct Supply Mains, Section 5, laying 60-inch steel pipe under Boston & Albany Railroad at Commonwealth Avenue, Newton, Mass., May 3, 1915 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Dry Dock Number 4, Monthly Progress Photo, Pump Chamber in Pump Well, Alberger Pump Company, Contractor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Monthly Progress Photo, Building 131 (47), New 5T Traveling Crane Looking Northeast, Exeter Machine Works Contract (Hull Division Work). Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Distribution Department, Weston Aqueduct Supply Mains, Section 5, laying 60-inch steel pipe under Boston & Albany Railroad at Commonwealth Avenue, Newton, Mass., May 3, 1915 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, tunnel at Chelsea North Bridge, shaft and air lock, Mystic River; Charlestown; Chelsea, Mass., Oct. 2, 1900 , waterworks, water tunnels, construction sites, air locks airtight spaces

ASPB , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, lowering 20-inch main for dredging Mystic River near High and Medford Streets, Arlington; Medford, Mass., Sep. 30, 1910 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Dry Dock Number 4, Monthly Progress Photo, Capstan in Building 41, Looking Southwest, Yard Labor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Weston Aqueduct, Section 2, broken timbers in Tunnel No. 1, east heading, Framingham, Mass., Jun. 24, 1902 , waterworks, aqueducts, water tunnels, construction sites

Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, 48-inch pipe before relocating, Harvard Square, Cambridge, Mass., Feb. 26, 1910 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, flexible joints in 48-inch main, north side of subway, Harvard Square, Cambridge, Mass., May 27, 1910 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Monthly Progress Photo, Repairs to Suction Pipe, Dry Docks 2 and 3, Looking Northeast, Yard Labor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Wachusett Aqueduct, laying brick invert at the west end of the Assabet Bridge, Section 8, from the east, Northborough, Mass., Jul. 23, 1897 , waterworks, aqueducts, construction sites, arch bridges

Wachusett Dam, masonry at north side of dam, looking southwesterly, Clinton, Mass., Aug. 8, 1901 , waterworks, dams, construction sites

Distribution Department, break, break in 48-inch main, corner of Clinton and Dean Roads, Brookline, Mass., Dec. 4, 1913 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Working on the "Florida"

Contract No. 111, Winsor Dam Outlet Works Superstructure, Belchertown, looking northwesterly inside outlet works superstructure, showing general conditions, Belchertown, Mass., Dec. 18, 1940

Dry Dock Number 4, Failure of Capstan Number 2, Showing Rupture of Housing for Pawl. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Dry Dock Number 4, Monthly Progress Photo, Switchboard and Motorcasing, Alberger Pump Company, Contractor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Dry Dock No. 4, Water Flowing from 8-inch Pipe Through Dock Floor, Pipe Top 14'-7" Above Floor Surface, Holbrook, Cabot and Rollins Corporation, Contractor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Whaling in the Ross Sea Nitrate negatives, black-and-white negatives

Distribution Department, Weston Aqueduct Supply Mains, Section 5, rock as uncovered in Commonwealth Avenue near Chestnut Street where trench was excavated in laying 48-inch main in October 1902, Newton, Mass., Sep. 23, 1915 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, pipe-laying scow, rear part, Chelsea Creek; Chelsea; East Boston, Mass., Sep. 14, 1900 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Dry Dock Number 4, Bottom Reinforcement, Coffer Dam Elevation 51, Holbrook Cabot and Rollins Corporation, Contractor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Weston Aqueduct, Section 13, Tunnel No. 4, westerly from station 533+50, Weston, Mass., Aug. 4, 1902 , waterworks, aqueducts, water tunnels, construction sites

Tokomaru dam - right bank black-and-white negatives, gelatin dry plate negatives

Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, machines used in cleaning 24-inch main at Chelsea Creek, East Boston, Mass., Oct. 8, 1914 , waterworks, equipment for engineering and building trades

Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, machines used in cleaning 24-inch main at Chelsea Creek, East Boston, Mass., Oct. 8, 1914 , waterworks, equipment for engineering and building trades

Monthly Progress Photo, Rebuilt Abutment for Terminal Bridge, Looking North East, Yard Labor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Monthly Progress Photo, Dry Dock No. 4, Suction Well Caisson Looking West, Holbrook, Cabot and Rollins Corporation, Contractors. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Dry Dock 4 Coffer Dam, Looking Southeast, Showing Granite Sills, Holbrook Cabot and Rollins Corporation, Contractor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Wachusett Reservoir, North Dike, easterly portion, details of driving 6-inch sheeting, Clinton, Mass., Dec. 1899 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites

Wachusett Aqueduct, concrete foundation of Pier No. 4, Assabet Bridge, Section 8, from the west, Northborough, Mass., Nov. 19, 1896 , waterworks, aqueducts, construction sites, arch bridges

Wachusett Dam, 48-inch valves in lower gate chamber, Clinton, Mass., Nov. 11, 1902 , waterworks, dams, construction sites, valves hardware

U.S.S. New York Setting Rudder. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Distribution Department, break, condition resulting from break in 48-inch main, corner of Clinton and Dean Roads (foundation of J. N. Manning's house), Brookline, Mass., Dec. 4, 1913 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Electrolysis, 48-inch pipe No. 73 pitted by electrolysis, Boylston Street; laid September 1896, removed November 1910, Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 8, 1910 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites, electrolysis

Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, drainage improvement, trench from conduit, station 32, Pond Street, from the north, Stoneham, Mass., Aug. 14, 1899 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites

Building 11, Excavation for Converter Foundation. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, flexible joints in 48-inch main, north side of subway, Harvard Square, Cambridge, Mass., May 27, 1910 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, laying 36-inch pipe, Anderson Bridge, Boston side, Boston, Mass., May 7, 1914 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Monthly Progress Photo, Hot Water Heating System, Conduit Just Outside Building 41 (58), Looking Northeast. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Electrolysis, Low Service Pipe Lines, Section 11, Boylston Street, electrolysis; insulating 48-inch pipe No. 41, Cambridge, Mass., Jul. 7, 1903 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites, electrolysis

Monthly Progress Photo, Building 41, Air Compressor Installation, Looking North, Yard Labor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Construction of ferry location, probably at Malmö F.

Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, laying 36-inch pipe, Anderson Bridge, Boston side, Boston, Mass., May 7, 1914 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Distribution Department, Edgeworth Pipe Yard, 48-inch Howard-Harrison Iron Company pipe (B-224, 8110 lbs.), Malden, Mass., Apr. 22, 1897 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

AGEH-1 Plainview , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

Distribution Department, Southern Extra High Service Bellevue Reservoir, foundation, Bellevue Hill, West Roxbury, Mass., Oct. 6, 1914 , waterworks, water towers, construction sites

U.S.S. Delaware. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Yellowing.

Dry Dock 4, Sheet Piling, Panel 31, Elevation 60, Holbrook Cabot and Rollins Corporation, Contractor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Dry Dock 4, Showing Broken Wales. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Monthly Progress Photo, Air Compressor Installation, Looking Southwest, Yard Labor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

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.

AO-141 Sappa Creek 19-NN-AO-141 Sappa Creek-134437 , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

Entrance Hall, construction of the McKim Building , Public libraries, Building construction, Boston Public Library

Foam Fire Extinguisher, Operating on Fuel Oil and Gasoline Fire at Start. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Monthly Progress Photo, Dry Dock No. 4, Condenser System Intake Cofferdam, Looking North, Holbrook, Cabot and Rollins, Contractor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Electrolysis, 48-inch pipe No. 257 pitted by electrolysis, Boylston Street; laid September 1896, removed November 1910, Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 8, 1910 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites, electrolysis

Wachusett Dam, looking southeasterly, Clinton, Mass., Sep. 6, 1902 , waterworks, dams, construction sites

AM-446 Fortify , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

Building 11, Converter Foundation. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Electrolysis, 48-inch pipe pitted by electrolysis, removed from Boylston Street, Cambridge, Mass., Nov. 1910 , waterworks, pipes conduits, electrolysis

Dry Dock Number 4, Monthly Progress Photo, Caisson, Penn Bridge Company, Contractor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Dry Dock 4 Pump Well, Looking Northeast, Showing Special Castings, Holbrook Cabot and Rollins Corporation, Contractor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

ATC-CCB , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

Labor Inspectorate Photo Collection. 9x12 stolen (rolling table) Soap factory Senzora Deventer. undated. Deventer

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

Electrolysis, 48-inch pipe No. 261 pitted by electrolysis, Boylston Street; laid September 1896, removed November 1910, Cambridge, Mass., Nov. 1910 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites, electrolysis

Mangahao Hydro-Electric scheme - 37th and 38th visits : 1924 black-and-white negatives, gelatin dry plate negatives

Wachusett Reservoir, railroad bridge near South Boylston Station, pile showing complete failure, West Boylston, Mass., Oct. 4, 1902 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, railroads infrastructure, construction sites

Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, scow laying 24-inch pipe, Chelsea Creek; Chelsea; East Boston, Mass., Sep. 14, 1900 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, Malden River crossing, Section 6, station 424, Medford Street, leakage through and around the end of cofferdam at west end of bridge, from the north, Malden, Mass., Nov. 22, 1897 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Dry Dock Number 4, Monthly Progress Photo, Head of Dock, Looking West, Holbrook Cabot and Rollins Corporation, Contractor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Kilkarlärn

Wachusett Dam, fill on north side, looking westerly, Clinton, Mass., Sep. 3, 1901 , waterworks, dams, construction sites

Electrolysis, electrolysis of 42-inch pipes Nos. 72 and 100, Broadway, near Williams Street, Chelsea, Mass., Dec. 7, 1907 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites, electrolysis

Pier C, Photo of Concrete Unit, Number 58 North, Broken by U. S. Lighter Supply on Morning of March 26, 1916, Tug George Kirkham, Looking Northwest. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Saugus Iron Works , Iron industry, Industrial facilities, Waterwheels. Samuel Chamberlain Photograph Negatives Collection

Saugus Iron Works , Iron industry, Industrial facilities, Waterwheels. Samuel Chamberlain Photograph Negatives Collection

Monthly Progress Photo Railroad Track Changes Morris Avenue Near Main Street, Looking Southeast, Yard Labor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Distribution Department, 10-inch pressure regulator, Mass., Sep. 27, 1904 , waterworks

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