Historical Mining and Construction Sites

Black and white images of historical iron mining, water works, and construction sites featuring machinery, workers, and rough terrain.

Wachusett Aqueduct, Section 2, interior, Clinton, Mass., Apr. 5, 1897 , waterworks, aqueducts, construction sites

Main workings Cleveland Iron Mine. Lake Superior Views 1870. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Michigan, Iron mining

Boston water works, Sudbury River Conduit, 1876, Division III, Section 12, sheeted trench heavy sand cutting. 1876. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Sudbury River (Mass.), Hydraulic facilities , Massachusetts, Trenches

Wachusett Aqueduct, Section 2, interior, Clinton, Mass., Apr. 5, 1897 , waterworks, aqueducts, construction sites

Front View of Ladle Emptying Molten Metal into Moulds, Pig Iron Machine, Pittsburgh, Pa., U.S.A.. B. L. Singley (American, 1864 - 1938)

Sheldon Junction: showing booms and steam engines for hoisting. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Vermont, Sheldon (Vt.)

Mill no. 4. Counter shafts. Willimantic Linen Co. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Connecticut, Linen industry , Connecticut , Willimantic (Conn.), Photography, Industrial, Willimantic (Conn.), Willimantic Linen Company, Interiors

Mine entrance at Hollywood Colliery. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Coal mining

Vermont Marble Co.'s quarries, West Rutland, Vt. Vermont scenery. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Vermont, Rutland (Vt.)

East portal, sec. 6. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Sudbury River (Mass.), Hydraulic facilities , Massachusetts, Tunnels

Quarries, Mine Hill, Roxbury. 1880. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Connecticut, Litchfield County (Conn.), Quarrying, Roxbury (Conn. : Town)

Group of people in a grading in Bad Salzungen, Hermann Selle (Attributed to), 1868 - 1890 stereograph A grading is an installation for the benefit of salt extraction. In addition to salt extraction, grading works are also used as spas, because of the (assumed) favorable properties of the salty air, reminiscent of sea air. Bad Salzungenpublisher: London (Possibly) cardboard. paper albumen print corridor bad Salzungen

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

Miner drilling and laborer loading "black diamonds" in the rough, Anthracite Mining, Scranton, Pa., U.S.A. 1886 - 1915. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh (Pa.)

Nitro-Glycerin factory, interior of converting room. Leo Daft (American, active 1870s - 1880s)

Miners. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Colorado, Miners , Colorado, Custer County (Colo.)

Sulfur mines in Girgenti ..

Dumping culm, slate pile, anthracite coal mining, Scranton, Pa. , Coal, Coal mining

Interior of a machine shop. Unknown maker, American

Miner at Work, The Comstock Mine, Virginia City, Nevada. Timothy H. O'Sullivan (American, about 1840 - 1882)

West portal of tunnel, sec. 8. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Sudbury River (Mass.), Hydraulic facilities , Massachusetts, Tunnels

Miner drilling and laborer loading "black diamonds" in the rough, Anthracite Mining, 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.)

A large mine with slag heaps. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Colorado, Custer County (Colo.)

Sudbury River Conduit, B.W.W., div. 4, sec. 17, Nov. 13, 1876. View near rock-cut showing ledgemen in the foreground and brickmasons in the background. 1876. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Sudbury River (Mass.), Hydraulic facilities , Massachusetts, Quarrying, Pipes (Conduits), Bricklayers

Mining coal three miles under ground, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. 1662 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Coal mining , Pennsylvania

Plantage Accaria, 1913 - 1930 stereograph Dienste girl on scaffolding with child, with the house of plantation Accaribo in the background. Suriname glass plantation Soulame. Plantage Accaria

Echo Bridge, Newton, Massachusetts , Bridge construction, Construction workers

Interior view of snow covering, Central Pacific Railroad. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California, Central Pacific Railroad Company

Stereo gelatin photograph by Underwood & Underwood from 1906 showing wooden beams in Escanaba, Michigan prepared for railway rails prior to chemical treatment.

Hot blast stoves of a blast furnace, Pittsburg, Pa., U.S.A. 1886 - 1915. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh (Pa.)

Stone racing Nabij Wernigerode; Stone racing ..

Placer Mining, Cal. 1870. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California, mining , California, Flumes, Gold mining

Labor Inspectorate Photo Collection. Cohen rags sorter Zwaanshals Rotterdam. undated. Rotterdam, South Holland

French factory scene. François A. Certes (French, 1805 - 1887)

Wood sawmill, near the window barriere in Amsterdam ..

Dumping culm, slate pile, Anthracite Coal Mining, Scranton, Pa., U.S.A. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1905. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Scranton (Pa.)

Modern pig iron machine at rest , Iron industry, Cast ironwork, Machinery, Iron & steel workers

Salt paper photograph showing a railway with working men around 1855. The image documents railway construction, workers, and transportation infrastructure.

Sudbury River Conduit, B.W.W., div. 4, sec. 16, Oct. 18, 1876. View taken at the west end of narrow rock cut looking east. 1876. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Sudbury River (Mass.), Hydraulic facilities , Massachusetts, Pipes (Conduits), Excavation

Albumin stereo photograph of a tunnel boring machine, showing industrial machinery and construction environment, captured by Joseph Florentin Charnaux around 1870.

A man working at a desk in a barn or shed with the ruins of Kineo house, after a fire, in the background. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Maine, Moosehead Lake (Me.)

Baling alfalfa in the Salt River Valley near Chandler, Ariz.. Underwood & Underwood (American, founded 1881, dissolved 1940s)

Removing coke from an oven, Pa., U.S.A. 6364. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1905. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Coke industry

Contract No. 17, West Portion, Wachusett-Coldbrook Tunnel, Rutland, Oakham, Barre, heading, Shaft 6 east, Sta. 483+00, Rutland, Mass., Aug. 2, 1929

Pacific Mills, hydraulic press room , Textile industry, Textile machinery, Pacific Mills

Sorting wool after cleaning and washing, Lawrence, Mass. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Lawrence (Mass.), Textile industry, Wool

Malakoff Diggings, North Bloomfield Gravel Mining. Pacific Coast Views, no. 1820. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1865 - 1876. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California, Gold miners, Hydraulic mining, Mineral industries , Environmental aspects, Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park (Calif.), Nevada County (Calif.)

Burning mines: down the crater. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Lehigh Valley Railroad Company

Photograph of a steam excavator used in the construction of the Suez Canal, Egypt, captured on albumin paper in stereo format in 1861.

Operators and their levers handling converters and ladles, steel works, Pittsburg, Pa., U.S.A. 1886 - 1915. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh (Pa.)

Salzungen, Gradirgang (morning side) ..

Interior of a saw mill. Unknown maker, American

Sudbury River Conduit, B.W.W., div. 4, sec. 15, Sept. 13, 1876, view near Beacon St. 1876. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Sudbury River (Mass.), Hydraulic facilities , Massachusetts, Construction, Pipes (Conduits), Bricklaying

Interior view of a greenhouse , Greenhouses, Plants

Hydraulic Mining, Cal. Photographic Views of Yosemite and Mammoth trees. 1875. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California, mining , California, Pipes (Conduits), Gold mining, Hydraulic mining, Mineral industries , Environmental aspects

Labor Inspectorate Photo Collection. Dutch cotton mine hengelo. Various shelteres machines Dutch cotton mint Hengelo. undated. Hengelo, Overijssel

Hydraulic Mining, Cal. Pacific Coast. 1870. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California, mining , California, Gold mining, Hydraulic mining, Mineral industries , Environmental aspects

Gelatin paper stereo photograph from 1903 by Underwood & Underwood showing steelworks in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, including buildings, furnaces, and industrial activity.

Contract No. 14, East Portion, Wachusett-Coldbrook Tunnel, West Boylston, Holden, Rutland, transition section Shaft 1, looking east, Sta. 26+24, West Boylston, Mass., Jun. 15, 1930

Coal Dock of Penna. Coal Co., Newburgh, N.Y.. Unknown maker, American

Oil rig and buildings. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Petroleum chemical industry , Environmental aspects, Petroleum industry , New York (State), Petroleum industry , Pennsylvania

Drawing off the iron. Pittsburg, Pa., U.S.A. 1886 - 1915. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh (Pa.)

Workers in a shipping on Plantage Accaribo, 1913 - 1930 stereograph Three workers at work in a shipping on plantation Accaribo. Suriname glass plantation Soulame. Plantage Accaria

In the heart of a banana plantation, Hawaiian Islands , Banana plants, Banana plantations

Stereo photograph of ball mills in Fürstenbrunn, Salzburg, Austria, taken by Friedrich Würthle on albumin paper between 1860 and 1874, showing industrial buildings and machinery.

Boys in the river at bathing carbuilding; S 5 No 59. Bathing carbuilding (West Java).

Filling molds with steel, Pittsburg, Pa., U.S.A. 1886 - 1915. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh (Pa.)

Description: Roasting yarns for breakfast, Badetu Creek.-J.W. Lindt, Melbourne. Location: Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea papuanewguinea, australasia, australasiathroughalens

The Street Repairers. G. H. S. Harding, photographer (American, 1873 - 1952) 1917 A man doing construction on a street with a large piece of machinery emitting steam beside him. He is holding a shovel. (Verso, print) center, pencil: "Los A/May 1917/mentioned"; (Verso, mount) center right, red pencil: "68"; lower left, red pencil: "A circled 18 x 22"; lower right, pencil: "118 in inverted triangle";

Man in the limestone quarry of Rüdersdorf, near Berlin, Johann Friedrich Stiehm, 1868 - 1870 stereograph Rüdersdorf near Berlin Publisher: Berlin cardboard. paper albumen print quarry Rüdersdorf bei Berlin

The great bridge on wheels , Bridges, Hoisting machinery, Ore industry, Valleys

Roasting Pigs at the Great Barbecue, G.A.R. Encampment, Louisville, Ky., U.S.A.. Strohmeyer & Wyman

Contract No. 17, West Portion, Wachusett-Coldbrook Tunnel, Rutland, Oakham, Barre, contractors' crew, Shaft 4, looking easterly from Shaft 5 to 4, Rutland, Mass., Jan. 20, 1930

Charging up Hammer Holes. Village Deep (---illeg.) (recto); Cutting a Timber, Village Deep. (verso). J. Wilbur Read (American, 1866 - 1946)

General view of ovens - loading coke into the cars, Pa., U.S.A. (68) 6365. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Coke industry

Abandoned mine showing how prop timber is used to support roofs of tunnels, 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.)

Gathering eggplants , Harvesting, Farming, Eggplants

Steam shovel at work, showing how track is laid, Burt mine, Mesabi range, Minn. U.S.A. 6965. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Minnesota

Plant of the blast furnace, Pittsburgh, Pa., U.S.A. 1886 - 1915. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh (Pa.)

View of the wood sawmill of the De Jong (De Jongh) in Willeskop; With two other Molens.n.b in the background. This part of the municipality of Willeskop is on 1 Jan. 1989 joined the municipality of Oudewater.

Gelatin paper stereo photograph from 1903 by Underwood & Underwood showing workers loading wheat onto a sea steamer in Chicago, Illinois, capturing dockside activity and cargo handling.

Corn binder at work, side view, showing rows of bundles, Crawford County, Pennsylvania. 6732. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1906. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Farming, Horse teams

Plant of a blast furnace , Iron industry, Furnaces, Factories

Lighting a Fuse. Village Deep Gold Mine.. J. Wilbur Read (American, 1866 - 1946)

Explosion of the benzine tank. Burning of the Imperial Refinery, near Oil City, Pa., September 10th 1875. Views of the Penna. oil region. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Petroleum chemical industry , Environmental aspects, Petroleum industry , New York (State), Petroleum industry , Pennsylvania

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Brailling, taking salmon from the trap for the great canneries, Puget Sound, Washington. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1902. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Washington (State), Salmon, Fishing industry

Hoosac Tunnel. Miners descending the West Shaft; 318 feet deep.. George W. Moore (American, active 1870s)

Bow of ship while in drydock , Boat & ship industry, Construction workers

Dug water supply with a dyke with electricity displays where cattle graze.; S 6 No 61. Water pipe V / the electric power plant to Bandoeng ...

Planting Rice, Cultivating, and Rice Threshing, 1870 - 1889. Issued during the period 1870 - 1889, this collection features four albumen print photographs, each measuring 10 x 14 cm or smaller. The images depict various aspects of rice farming in Japan, including plowing, planting, and threshing, with rice workers engaged in these activities

Among the iron mines. Gems of Lake Superior scenery. 1870 - 1889. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Michigan, Superior, Lake, Iron mining, Miners

Albumin photograph by Underwood & Underwood from 1902 showing lumberjacks working on a large redwood tree in Converse Pool, California, including tools and workers.

Rixford oil fire, Pennsylvania. West & Waddell

Mining for Gold at Jacksonville, on the road to Yosemite. no.1109. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1865 - 1876. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California, Gold mining, Tuolumne County (Calif.), Hydraulic mining

The waggoner shanty | Library of Congress

Excavating shaft No. 26, George P. Hall & Son, c. 1883 - in or before 1887 photomechanical print New YorkNew York (city) paper collotype working class, labourers. shafts and galleries (of a mine). digging (industrial process)

Hydrualic sic Mining at Columbia California. E.J. Hayward & H.W. Muzzall

Team machine with agricultural workers, possibly on Borneo, Indonesia, Anonymous, 1900 - 1940 stereograph Indonesia cardboard. baryta paper gelatin silver print ploughing Indonesia

The state collieries stereoscopic photographs, black-and-white prints

Prospectors burning down a hole, north of the Arctic Circle, Alaska , Prospecting

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