Historical Construction Sites

Images documenting historical infrastructure projects, featuring workers at construction sites, gas pipes, and dams from the late 1800s to early 1900s.

Wachusett Dam, inclined shaft in bottom of gorge showing contact of granite and schist, looking southerly, Clinton, Mass., Jul. 31, 1901 , waterworks, dams, construction sites

Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. Drains, locks, outlines. 1948. Zeeland

Closure of gas pipes from Värtan, Stockholm, probably 1898-1899. Gustav Adolf's square. The telephone cable drums are suspended in chains.

Wachusett Dam, inclined shaft in bottom of gorge showing contact of granite and schist, looking southerly, Clinton, Mass., Jul. 31, 1901 , waterworks, dams, construction sites

Wachusett Dam, inclined shaft in bottom of gorge showing contact of granite and schist, looking southerly, Clinton, Mass., Jul. 31, 1901 , waterworks, dams, construction sites

Collection Dutch Heidematschappij. extraction, tillage, leveling, landed, land consolidation, depth crickets, haerst, genne. July 1957. Genne, Haerst

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

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

Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. construction and improvement of roads, dikes and savings baskets, leaf concrete. April 1954

Gothenburg (depicted name).Gothenburg (depicted name)

Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. Laying, improving, weighing, dikes, savings basins, trial jobs. 1968. Gelderland, Schaarsbergen

Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. Land consolidation The four-carve. Traces of machines. October 1951. Schouwen-Duiveland, Zeeland

Vall's limestone quarry. Photo 1920s. Valls kalkbrott. Foto 1920-tal.

Collection Dutch Heidematschappij. extraction, tillage, leveling, farming, deep plows, front. September 1957. Vrouwenpolder, Zeeland

Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, break in 30-inch main, Boylston Street, 100 feet east of Cypress Street; February 14, Brookline, Mass., Feb. 17, 1917 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Rail joints

Degerfors power station.

Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, break in 30-inch main, Boylston Street, 100 feet east of Cypress Street; February 14, Brookline, Mass., Feb. 17, 1917 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Wachusett Dam, drilling ledge, station 7+30, Clinton, Mass., Jun. 2, 1902 , waterworks, dams, construction sites

Labor Inspectorate Photo Collection. 5x5 Safety cage sewerage slot. undated

Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. Construction and improvement of roads, dikes and savings basins, study center, land consolidation, splash, concrete foundation, the Langeveld. August 1957

Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. Construction and improvement of roads, dikes and savings basins, probes, CBR measurements, land consolidation, the Langeveld. July 1957

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Medan, Pematang Siantar, Goenong, Bajoe, Belawan, Sumatra's east coast. Palm oil factory. The harvest is made from the loading bins. December 19, 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Sumatra

Wachusett Dam, excavating cut-off, southeast of station 4, Clinton, Mass., Nov. 25, 1902 , waterworks, dams, construction sites

Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. Land, disposal, water, drains, land consolidation The land of Heusden and Altena. May 1965

Norrköping (depicted - name).Norrköping (pictured - name)

Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. Land consolidation The four-carve. Construction of weight foundation. Goot furnacles as foundation material. October 1951. Schouwen-Duiveland, Zeeland

Image of the archaeological excavation in the Roman settlement Fectio in Vechten (municipality of Bunnik) funded by the Provincial Utrecht Society.

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

Builder: Building company Contractor, Stockholm. Casting of latch dust.

B732090 U12E A&F CUT CABLES S. BYRNE (Project Engineers) MAR 22 73 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 3/22/1973 CABLES; DIRT; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; TEST SITES; UGT; UNDERGROUND TESTING; A&F CUT CABLES historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

Crack in West Abutment, Dry Dock Number 2, Looking North. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Schant page at Södertälje canal. (Shale layer)

Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. Wagentes for internal finish. August 1951. Berghem

Collection Dutch Heidematschappij. Divers, create. undated

Italian cargo ship bottom injury.Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)

Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. Recreation sites, airports E.D., Construction of sports fields, overviews. May 1954. Eindhoven

Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. Construction and improvement of roads, dikes and savings baskets, concrete vending machines, automatic alignment, Steunpunt Hoogtedraad, Vogelele, Heregwel. September 1965. Bremerhaven

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

Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, break in 48-inch main, Clinton Road near Dean Road, Brookline, Mass., Apr. 17, 1920 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Electrolysis, Northern High Service Pipe Lines, Section 27, Washington Street at Amity Street, electrolytic pittings in south end of 12-inch pipe No. 98, Lynn, Mass., Nov. 23, 1903 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites, electrolysis

Progress #1-Backfilling swamp at West Mooring Circle , Wetlands, Excavation. Photographs of the First Naval District

Collection Dutch Heidematschappij. Company Eisses Lheebroek (Municipality Dwingeloo) / Plowed Madeland Plot. July 1963

Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. Drain tubes, drain slots. 1948. Zeeland

Electrolysis, Northern High Service Pipe Lines, Section 27, Washington Street near Sagamore Street, electrolytic pittings in center of 12-inch pipe No. 55, Lynn, Mass., Nov. 23, 1903 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites, electrolysis

Consolidation of old grinding bed on the test distance between Sösdala and Tjörnarp.

Labor Inspectorate Photo Collection. 6.5x9 Sewer slot Main street Teteringen. undated. Noord-Brabant, Teteringen

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.

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

Electrolysis, Northern High Service Pipe Lines, Section 27, Washington Street near Sagamore Street, electrolytic pittings in center of 12-inch pipe No. 55, Lynn, Mass., Nov. 23, 1903 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites, electrolysis

01/01/1957. Well owned by Don Manuel Fábregas, a resident of Amer (Gerona), at the bottom of which you can see the Bubbles that Form the Oil Escapes.

Wachusett Reservoir, North Dike, easterly portion, main cut-off trench, ripple marks and fault in sand, about station 17+50, Clinton, Mass., Nov. 23, 1898 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites

Italian cargo ship bottom injury.Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)

Anefo photo collection. Limburg coal mines. Limburg coal mines. November 21, 1945. Limburg

Electrolysis, Chelsea Water Works, Winnisimmet Street at Ferry Street, 6-inch main pipe showing effects of electrolysis, after repairing, Chelsea, Mass., Sep. 21, 1906 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites, electrolysis

Collection Dutch Heidematschappij. extraction, tillage, leveling, farming, measuring instruments, haerst, genne. September 1957. Genne, Haerst

Electrolysis, Northern High Service Pipe Lines, Section 27, Washington Street at Amity Street, electrolytic pittings in north end of 12-inch pipe No. 98, Lynn, Mass., Nov. 23, 1903 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites, electrolysis

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.

Image of excavations at the height of the sand bridge over the Oudegracht in Utrecht.

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

Road Construction. 1908 - 1919. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Negative. Department of the Interior. Office of Indian Affairs. Nett Lake Agency. 1908-1919. Photographs

Electrolysis, Low Service Pipe Lines, Section 11, Boylston Street, electrolytic pittings in 48-inch pipe, Cambridge, Mass., Jun. 29, 1903 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites, electrolysis

Repairing wood bulkhead-Billings Creek, Squantum , Maintenance & repair, Retaining walls, Billings Creek. Photographs of the First Naval District

Collection Dutch Heidematschappij. farmland, tools, workers. undated

Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. Inplating and bemaling, divers, land consolidation, Oosteind. November 1954. Overijssel, Vriezenveen

Thrashing Barrel. 1949 - 1971. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Minneapolis Area Office. (1949 - 9/1999). Photographs

Deformed wheels carriage bogie detail

Collection Dutch Heidematschappij. sand, work. undated

Below The Boulevards -- Sewer-workers use flat-bottomed boats to visit the larger canals. Cleaning and control teams work day and night in the Sewers, cleaning and checking for possible leaks, and watching the proper flow-off of polluted water. January 06, 1954. (Photo by Rene Henry, United Press Photo).

Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. BOOst furnace slices / too open structure. undated. Rotterdam, South Holland

Lost Bombs of London Captain Shawyer and Sergeant Major Tones - veteran Royal Engineer Bomb Disposal experts - have chained the trepanner to the side of 2,000 pounds of steel and high explosive, -Slightest heating from friction can set off fuse, Jones reaches up to that on tap of water-can to drench fuse as drilling continues, Large hosepipe is from compressor that drives the trepanner. September 26, 1948. (Photo by Pictorial Press).

Wachusett Dam, easterly end of excavation, Clinton, Mass., Sep. 15, 1903 , waterworks, dams, construction sites

Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. Drainage, slots, tubes. undated. Noord-Holland, Texel

Electrolysis, Northern High Service Pipe Lines, Section 27, Washington Street at Sagamore Street, electrolytic pittings in north end of 12-inch pipe No. 1, Lynn, Mass., Nov. 19, 1903 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites, electrolysis

Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, break in 48-inch main, Clinton Road near Dean Road, Brookline, Mass., Apr. 17, 1920 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Detail, while working on the raising of concrete poles.

Distribution Department, supply pipe line, connection with Low Service Pipe Line, Brighton, Mass., Jul. 27, 1903 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Anefo photo collection. Remains of Haasdrecht Castle found, overview of excavation work. July 18, 1963

Distribution Department, Weston Aqueduct Supply Mains, Section 7, old Cochituate Aqueduct shaft, station 19+90, ready for concrete, Newton, Mass., Jun. 15, 1911 , waterworks, water tunnels, construction sites

Electrolysis, Low Service Pipe Lines, bottom of 24-inch pipe trench, Broadway, Chelsea, Mass., Jul. 31, 1912 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites, electrolysis

Vintage Photograph. Installing a new cesspool.

Donzere Mondragon. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Distribution Department, Weston Aqueduct Supply Mains, Section 5, excavating 60-inch trench in Commonwealth Avenue near Chestnut Street, Newton, Mass., Sep. 23, 1915 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. construction and improvement of roads, dikes and savings basins. April 1959

Electrolysis, Chelsea Water Works, Broadway at Third Street, 10-inch pipe after repairing leak caused by electrolysis (compare with Nos. 6026 and 6028), Chelsea, Mass., Apr. 26, 1906 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites, electrolysis

Poll photo collection. Israel 1964-1965: Bet Shearim, cave with sarcophagus. Access in the cave with sarcophagen. January 1, 1964. Bet Shearim, Israel

Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, surface of rock on island, Stoneham, Mass., Nov. 9, 1908 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, guano

Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. Standardization of streams, digging and damping of locks, laying sewerage, divers and concrete, measuring rugs, land consolidation. October 1952. Dodewaard, Ochten

Processing Minerals. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Electrolysis, Low Service Pipe Lines, 24-inch pipe pitted by electrolysis, Broadway, Chelsea, Mass., Jul. 31, 1912 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites, electrolysis

Distribution Department, Cochituate Aqueduct, looking south from station 635+75, Newton, Mass., May 12, 1909 , waterworks, aqueducts, water tunnels

Wachusett Reservoir, ledge uncovered on Scar Bridge Road, Section 6, pot holes, Boylston, Mass., Oct. 15, 1901 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites, glacial landforms

Biber (Castor Fiber L.). Building construction built in floods (after decline in water

Collection Dutch Heidematschappij. Forest layout, nurseries, garden tools. undated

Collection Dutch Heidematschappij. Tillage, workers, agricultural machinery, tools. undated

Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. Standardization of streams, graves and damping of locks, lay sewage, divers and concrete, pre-watering, intermediary pumps, land consolidation Lollebeek, Dorpeelpeel. 1964. Dorperpeel

Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. Fixed points of culture. Diver in Lienden (Land consolidation Maurikse Wetering). March 1954. Betuwe, Lienden

Electrolysis, Northern High Service Pipe Lines, Section 27, Broad Street, corner Union Street, electrolytic pittings in 16-inch cast-iron pipe No. 421; age 5 years, exposed to electrolysis 5 years, Lynn, Mass., Nov. 13, 1903 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites, electrolysis

Vintage photograph. Hold of ship being filled with coal

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