Historical Naval Shipyard Operations

Vintage photographs capturing construction activities at naval shipyards, highlighting cranes and scaffolding.

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.

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.

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.

Dry Dock Number 4, Looking North. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Dredging and Seawalls, Monthly Progress Photo, Looking Southeast, Snare and Triest, Contractors, Contract 1423. 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.

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.

Dry Dock Number 4, South End from West Side, Monthly Progress Photo. 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.

Dry Dock Number 4, Looking Southeast. 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.

Dry Dock Number 4, Looking Southwest. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Wachusett Aqueduct, stone arch Culvert No. 5, Section 6, from the west, Northborough, Mass., Oct. 19, 1896 , waterworks, aqueducts, construction sites, culverts

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, Dry Dock No. 4, Looking Southeast, 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.

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.

Typical scene in the "Ploesti of the Pacific" after 13th AAF bombers and fighters finished pounding Balikpapan, once the Japaneses' biggest oil supply center in the N.E.I. This was a cracking plant where raw oil was refined and broken down into several

Monthly Progress Photo, Railroad Track Relocation East of Launching Ways, Looking Northwest, Yard Labor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Distribution Department, Arlington Pumping Station, construction progress, interior of engine room basement, Arlington, Mass., Nov. 14, 1906 , waterworks, pumping stations, construction sites

Construction of the locomotive workshop at the State Railway's railway workshops in Kirseberg, Malmö.

Builder: Building company Contractor, Stockholm. Copper work. Working copy.

Dry Dock Number 4, Monthly Progress Photo, Looking North, Contract 1399, 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.

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, Chestnut Hill Low Service Pumping Station, supply conduit and pump wells, Brighton, Mass., Dec. 3, 1898 , waterworks, pumping stations, construction sites

Monthly Progress Photo, Pier F, Track & Conduit Ready for Concreting, Looking Shoreward, New York State Construction Company, Contractor. 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.

Monthly Progress Photo, Pier F, Looking Outward from Shore, New York State Construction Company, Contractor. 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.

Pier F, Looking Shoreward from Outer End of Forms, New York State Construction Company, Contractor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Bomb Damaged Henschel Tiger Tank Assembly Plant In Kassel, Germany.

Monthly Progress Photo, Cantilever Crane Extension, Reconstruction of Buildings Under Crane Looking Northeast, 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.

Weston Aqueduct, Section 2, Baiting Brook culvert, Framingham, Mass., Aug. 19, 1901 , waterworks, aqueducts, construction sites, culverts

Distribution Department, Northern High Service Spot Pond Pumping Station, south side, from the south, Stoneham, Mass., Sep. 27, 1899 , waterworks, pumping stations, construction sites

Dry Dock 4, Head of Dock Looking Northeast, Monthly Progress Photo, The 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 Number 4, Monthly Progress Photo, General View Looking North, 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.

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.

View of East Side. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Distribution Department, Northern High Service Spot Pond Pumping Station, south side, from the south, Stoneham, Mass., Sep. 27, 1899 , waterworks, pumping stations, construction sites

Dry Dock Number 4, West Side Showing Piling. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Anefo photo collection. Build aqueduct in the ring road in the Nieuwe Weg Amsterdam Rotterdam, two tunnel walls in the formwork. February 6, 1959

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.

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.

Wachusett Dam, relocation Central Massachusetts Railroad, building railroad bridge over waste channel, Clinton, Mass., Aug. 2, 1905 , waterworks, railroad bridges, arch bridges, falsework

Monthly Progress Photo, West Gantry Crane Track Looking North 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, Looking North, Monthly Progress Photo, 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 Number 4, Monthly Progress Photo, General View Looking North, 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.

Site of Dry Dock Number 4, Looking Southeast from Building 131. 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.

Wachusett Dam, foundation for lower gate chamber, Clinton, Mass., Jun. 6, 1902 , waterworks, dams, construction sites

Construction of the locomotive workshop at the State Railway's railway workshops in Kirseberg, Malmö.

Wachusett Dam, foundation for lower gate chamber, Clinton, Mass., Jun. 6, 1902 , waterworks, dams, construction sites

Distribution Department, Hyde Park Pumping Station, coal pocket and boiler room, Hyde Park, Mass., Dec. 20, 1911 , waterworks, pumping stations, construction sites

Monthly Progress Photo, Pier E Looking Shoreward from Outer End, New York State Construction Company, Contractor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Anefo photo collection. Build tunnel velsen. March 29, 1955. Noord-Holland, Velsen

Construction work on a sports facility designed by Emil Hoppe and Otto Schönthal,

Dry Dock Number 4, Looking North. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Dry Dock Number 2. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Wachusett Dam, Spillway, from the east, Clinton, Mass., Sep. 1, 1904 , waterworks, dams, construction sites, spillways

Construction of the locomotive workshop at the State Railway's railway workshops in Kirseberg, Malmö.

Dry Dock Number 4, Looking Southwest. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Dry Dock 4, Changing Entrance Bracing from Headquarter to Batter, Holbrook, Cabot & Rollins Corporation, Contractors. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Distribution Department, Hyde Park Pumping Station, from the northeast, Hyde Park, Mass., Jul. 19, 1912 , waterworks, pumping stations, construction sites

Distribution Department, Chestnut Hill Low Service Pumping Station, front wall, engine room, basement, Brighton, Mass., Dec. 3, 1898 , waterworks, pumping stations, construction sites

Monthly Progress Photo, Paving Coal Plant Pier, Looking Northwest along West Track, Joseph Balaban Company, Contractor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Dry Dock 4, Showing West Wall Brick Work, 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 Number 4, Looking Northwest. 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, Hyde Park Pumping Station, from the southeast, Hyde Park, Mass., Jul. 19, 1912 , waterworks, pumping stations, construction sites

Distribution Department, Chestnut Hill Low Service Pumping Station, from the north, Brighton, Mass., Apr. 14, 1899 , waterworks, pumping stations, construction sites

Dry Dock Number 4, Looking Northeast. 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, Crane Track Turn Out, East Side, Looking Southwest, 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.

Distribution Department, Chestnut Hill High Service Pumping Station, north wall of addition, from the north in road, Brighton, Mass., Jan. 15, 1898 , waterworks, pumping stations, 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.

Distribution Department, Chestnut Hill Low Service Pumping Station, foundations, from the east, Brighton, Mass., Apr. 14, 1899 , waterworks, pumping stations, construction sites

Wachusett Dam, Waste Weir, from the west, Clinton, Mass., May 1, 1905 , waterworks, dams, construction sites, spillways

Distribution Department, Chestnut Hill Low Service Pumping Station, excavation in cofferdam for gatehouse, from the north, Brighton, Mass., Oct. 11, 1899 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites, gatehouses

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, Dry Dock No. 4, Pump Well Discharge Culvert Forms, Holbrook, Cabot and Rollins, Contractor. 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.

Monthly Progress Photo, Paving Coal Plant Pier, Looking North Showing Southeast End, Joseph Balaban Company, Contractor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Construction of track hall at Malmö Central Station, 1923.

Project 20 - Operation Greenhouse (Enewetak) Test Activities. Post Shot Easy - Damage Building 322A. Photographs of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at Pacific Island and Nevada Test Sites.

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

Distribution Department, Chestnut Hill High Service Pumping Station, south and west walls of addition, from the south near Boston & Albany Railroad tracks, Brighton, Mass., Jan. 15, 1898 , waterworks, pumping stations, construction sites

Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, temporary 36-inch main to allow for subway construction, Harvard Square, Cambridge, Mass., May 18, 1910 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Wachusett Reservoir, steelwork of highway bridge over Central Massachusetts Railroad, Oakdale, West Boylston, Mass., Nov. 9, 1903 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites, bridges built works

Distribution Department, Arlington Pumping Station, construction progress, front wall, Arlington, Mass., Mar. 15, 1907 , waterworks, pumping stations, 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.

Wachusett Dam, looking easterly, Clinton, Mass., Oct. 6, 1902 , waterworks, dams, construction sites

Dry Dock Number 4, Electric Conduit, Looking Northwest. 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, Low Service Pipe Lines, temporary 36-inch main to allow for subway construction, Harvard Square, Cambridge, Mass., May 18, 1910 , waterworks, pipes conduits, 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.

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.

Builder: Building company Contractor, Stockholm. Schacking in for dividing pool.

Monthly Progress Photo, Paving Coal Plant Pier, Northeast Bay, Looking Outward, Joseph Balaban Company, Contractor. 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, Low Service Pipe Lines, Section 4, driving piles in marsh between Highland and Mystic Avenues, station 317+, from the south, Somerville, Mass., Apr. 22, 1897 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Dry Dock Number 4, North East From South End, Monthly Progress Photo. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Distribution Department, Chestnut Hill High Service Pumping Station, rebuilding of old west wall, from the southeast corner of addition, Brighton, Mass., Jan. 15, 1898 , waterworks, pumping stations, construction sites

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