Historical Sewer Construction

Historical photographs of sewer construction projects, showcasing workers and early industrial activity.

Contract No. 70, WPA Sewer Construction, Rutland, Maple Avenue, looking northerly at manhole 1-B, Rutland Sewer Line, Rutland, Mass., May 9, 1940

Contract No. 71, WPA Sewer Construction, Holden, Holt Road, looking southerly from Main Street, Holden Sewer Line, Holden, Mass., May 9, 1940

Contract No. 71, WPA Sewer Construction, Holden, looking back on Main Street from near intersection with Highland Street at manhole 6B4-32, Holden Sewer, Holden, Mass., Dec. 19, 1940

Barre Wool Combing Co. Ltd., new septic tank on south side of Ware River, Barre, Mass., Apr. 29, 1935 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, septic tanks, bridges built works

Contract No. 71, WPA Sewer Construction, Holden, looking ahead on Main Street from opposite intersection of Boyden Road, Holden Sewer, Holden, Mass., Nov. 20, 1940

Contract No. 70, WPA Sewer Construction, Rutland, looking back from opposite manhole 4A, line 'A', Rutland Sewer, Rutland, Mass., Dec. 19, 1940

Contract No. 71, WPA Sewer Construction, Holden, Phillips Road, looking southerly at manhole 16-B, Holden Sewer Line, Holden, Mass., May 9, 1940

Contract No. 70, WPA Sewer Construction, Rutland, Maple Avenue, looking northerly at manhole 1-B, Rutland Sewer Line, Rutland, Mass., May 9, 1940

Ware Woolen Co., looking north at boiler house and finishing buildings, Ware, Mass., Nov. 21, 1935 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, factories structures, boiler houses

Contract No. 70, WPA Sewer Construction, Rutland, Maple Avenue, looking northerly from opposite manhole 10B, Rutland Sewer Line, Rutland, Mass., May 9, 1940

Contract No. 85, Manufacture and Delivery of Precast Concrete Steel Cylinder Pipe, Southborough, Framingham, Wayland, Natick, Weston, general view, looking westerly, Natick, Mass., Feb. 24, 1939

Contract No. 70, WPA Sewer Construction, Rutland, Maple Avenue, looking northerly from opposite manhole 8B, Rutland Sewer Line, Rutland, Mass., May 9, 1940

Otis Co., Palmer Mills, weave mill #4, looking southwesterly, Palmer, Mass., Mar. 2, 1936 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, factories structures, general views

Otis Co., Palmer Mills, weave mill #4, looking southwesterly, Palmer, Mass., Mar. 2, 1936 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, factories structures, general views

Contract No. 71, WPA Sewer Construction, Holden, looking northerly on Walnut Avenue from Walnut Street, Holden Sewer, Holden, Mass., Mar. 26, 1940

Contract No. 71, WPA Sewer Construction, Holden, looking easterly on Phillips Road from manhole 16B-3, Holden Sewer, Holden, Mass., Sep. 17, 1940

Lower dam and mill pond, Boston Duck Co., Bondsville, Palmer, Mass., Jan. 3, 1940 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, mill ponds, factories structures, dams hydraulic structures

Small Sawmills - Maryland. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Otis Co., Palmer Mills, weave mill #4 (at right), and cloth room building #5, chain dyeing building #5A, looking northerly, Palmer, Mass., Mar. 2, 1936 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, factories structures, general views

Contract No. 71, WPA Sewer Construction, Holden, looking northerly on Woodland Road from Sta. 35+50, Holden Sewer, Holden, Mass., Sep. 17, 1940

Contract No. 71, WPA Sewer Construction, Holden, looking northerly on Hubbard Lane from Walnut Street, Holden Sewer, Holden, Mass., Mar. 26, 1940

Contract No. 71, WPA Sewer Construction, Holden, looking down Holt Road from manhole 6B-3, Holden Sewer, Holden, Mass., Sep. 17, 1940

Magazine for arriving goods, Stockholm Norra.

Klintfors. State Railways, SJ. The bridge construction over and road gate at Klintforsån in January 1911.

Otis Co., Palmer Mills, weave mill #4 (at right), and cloth room building #5, chain dyeing building #5A, looking northerly, Palmer, Mass., Mar. 2, 1936 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, factories structures, general views

Contract No. 71, WPA Sewer Construction, Holden, looking westerly on Woodland Road from manhole 20B, Holden Sewer, Holden, Mass., Jan. 31, 1940

Contract No. 71, WPA Sewer Construction, Holden, looking back on Highland Street from near manhole 6B4-16, Holden Sewer, Holden, Mass., Feb. 26, 1941

Winter migrant camp on the outskirts of Sacramento, California. Each family has to build its own shack; they pay one dollar and twenty-five cents a month ground rent, including water. Eighty families living here in November 1936 .... 1936. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Sacramento (Calif.), California , Sacramento County, Internal migrants, Migrant agricultural laborers

Contract No. 71, WPA Sewer Construction, Holden, looking easterly on Holt Road from manhole 6B-3, Holden Sewer, Holden, Mass., May 28, 1940

Contract No. 70, WPA Sewer Construction, Rutland, Main Street, looking back from near manhole 28C, Rutland Sewer Line, Rutland, Mass., Jul. 9, 1940

Contract No. 70, WPA Sewer Construction, Rutland, line 'A', Main Street, looking back from opposite manhole 3A, Rutland Sewer, Rutland, Mass., Feb. 26, 1941

Contract No. 71, WPA Sewer Construction, Holden, looking southerly on Holt Road from Main Street, Holden Sewer, Holden, Mass., Mar. 26, 1940

Notviken's mechanical workshop.

Contract No. 71, WPA Sewer Construction, Holden, looking westerly on Main Street from manhole 4A-5, Holden Sewer, Holden, Mass., Mar. 26, 1940

General view from loading end of sluicing test bin, Enfield, Mass., Nov. 24, 1933 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, engineering, sluices, pre-construction sites

Winter migrant camp on the outskirts of Sacramento, California. Each family has to build its own shack; they pay one dollar and twenty-five cents a month ground rent, including water. Eighty families living here in November 1936 .... 1936. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Sacramento (Calif.), California , Sacramento County, Internal migrants, Migrant agricultural laborers

Lagoon at Barre Wool Combing Co., Barre, Mass., Mar. 14, 1934 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions

Contract No. 71, WPA Sewer Construction, Holden, Highland Street, looking ahead from manhole 6B4-14 at intersection with Bascom Parkway, Holden Sewer, Holden, Mass., Jan. 21, 1941

Prince River, Grist Mill dam, just above Route #32 bridge, flow 14 cubic feet per second, Barre, Mass., Dec. 8, 1932 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, dams hydraulic structures

Contract No. 71, WPA Sewer Construction, Holden, Phillips Road, looking northerly from Sta. 28+00 at junction with Boyden Road, Holden Sewer, Holden, Mass., Dec. 5, 1939

View of the cargo quays at magazines for outgoing goods, Stockholm Norra.

Prince River, Grist Mill dam, just above Route #32 bridge, flow 14 cubic feet per second, Barre, Mass., Dec. 8, 1932 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, dams hydraulic structures

Elsevier photo collection. Fire shed South Holland Electrity Society (Zhem) Leidschendam. April 1922. Leidschendam

Otis Co., Palmer Mills, hydroelectric station #19, looking southwest, Palmer, Mass., Mar. 2, 1936 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, factories structures, general views, hydroelectric power plants

Contract No. 71, WPA Sewer Construction, Holden, Williams Street from Holt Road at manhole 6B-2, Holden Sewer, Holden, Mass., Sep. 17, 1940

Box shop, Boston Duck Co., Bondsville, Palmer, Mass., Jan. 3, 1940 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, factories structures, automobiles

Moose Brook, looking north at Old Furnace dam, drainage area - 10 square miles, flow - 56 cubic feet per second - 5.6 cubic feet per second per square mile, 1:30 PM, Hardwick, Mass., Mar. 22, 1933 , waterworks, real estate, brooks, watershed sanitary conditions, dams hydraulic structures, road bridges, floods natural events

Otis Co., Ware Mills, power house #9, looking southeasterly, Ware, Mass., Jan. 30, 1936 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, factories structures, general views

Contract No. 70, WPA Sewer Construction, Rutland, Maple Avenue, looking ahead from manhole 6B, Rutland Sewer, Rutland, Mass., Aug. 21, 1940

Contract No. 150, Installation of a Waterwheel, Generator, Switchgear, Transformer, Substation, and the Construction of a Transmission Line, Winsor Dam Power Plant, Belchertown, view of remote control cable trench, rear of East Garage, looking westerly, Winsor Dam, Quabbin Reservoir, Belchertown, Mass., Jan. 13, 1947

Contract No. 71, WPA Sewer Construction, Holden, Highland Street, looking ahead from opposite intersection with Bascom Parkway, Holden Sewer, Holden, Mass., Jan. 21, 1941

The concentrator at the company KIS in Östergötland.

Otis Co., Ware Mills, power house #9, looking southeasterly, Ware, Mass., Jan. 30, 1936 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, factories structures, general views

Ware Woolen Co., looking southeasterly at boiler house and garage, Ware, Mass., Nov. 21, 1935 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, factories structures, boiler houses, garages

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Collins Manufacturing Co., showing easterly side of rag storehouse, Wilbraham, Mass., Jul. 24, 1935 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, factories structures, automobiles

Ware River, Ware Woolen Co., dam at Ware, looking upstream, Ware River, Ware, Mass., 2:15 PM (E.D.S.T.), May 11, 1931 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, dams hydraulic structures, floods natural events, factories structures

Old Stone Mill and boot factory across Mill Pond, Woodville , Winter, Snow, Factories, Shoe industry, Textile industry, Lakes & ponds. Fred Wood Collection. Fred Wood Collection

Contract No. 43, Extension of Belchertown-Pelham Highway to New Salem Center, Shutesbury, New Salem (Franklin County), New Salem Center, road passing John Marshall property, new highway connection in background, New Salem, Mass., Mar. 19, 1935

Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, Beacon Street at St. Mary's Street, Brookline, Mass., May 31, 1917 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Sawmill industry in Furuögrund.

Herbert Peeso, sawmill, Belchertown, Mass., May 16, 1932 : Parcel no. 246-- , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, sawmills factories

Pulp and Paper Woods - Minnesota. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Lagoon at Barre Wool Combing Co., Barre, Mass., Mar. 14, 1934 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions

A photograph taken in August 1918 at Filling Plant #2, Chemical Warfare Service, Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland. The image shows the facility used for filling chemical weapons during World War I. The photograph is labeled with the number symbol 60148.

Prince River, Panaccione Brothers dam, flow - 37 cubic feet per second, 7.7 cubic feet per second per square mile, drainage area - 4.8 square miles, Barre, Mass., Mar. 9, 1933 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, dams hydraulic structures, floods natural events

Chicopee River at National Scale Co., tailrace and dam, drainage area - 713 square miles, flow - 5400 cubic feet per second over dam, 1200 cubic feet per second through Chicopee Manufacturing Corp. canal, total 6660 cubic feet per second - 9.4 cubic feet per second per square mile, Chicopee, Mass., 3:55 PM, Apr. 18, 1933 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, floods natural events, tailraces, dams hydraulic structures, factories structures

Contract No. 70, WPA Sewer Construction, Rutland, looking back from opposite manhole 3A, line 'A', Rutland Sewer, Rutland, Mass., Dec. 19, 1940

Looking northerly at power line pole at rear of Boston and Albany Railroad storehouse, Boston Duck Co., Bondsville, Palmer, Mass., Dec. 21, 1939 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, factories structures, utility poles, damage condition

A.G. Spalding Brothers, general view, canal and plant, Chicopee, Mass., May 15, 1928 , Stream-gaging stations, waterworks, real estate, factories structures, watershed sanitary conditions

Otis Co., Ware Mills, Mill #2 and Mill #2 annex, looking southwesterly, Ware, Mass., Jan. 30, 1936 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, factories structures, general views

Textile mills. New Braunfels, Texas 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas , New Braunfels, Texas , Comal County

Contract No. 70, WPA Sewer Construction, Rutland, Maple Avenue, looking ahead from opposite Sta. 32+50, Rutland Sewer, Rutland, Mass., Oct. 24, 1940

Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, condition of Cotswold Road near Clark Road, resulting from break in 48-inch main, Brookline, Mass., Apr. 17, 1920 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Contract No. 71, WPA Sewer Construction, Holden, looking westerly along Williams Street from Bancroft Road at manhole 6B, Holden Sewer, Holden, Mass., Dec. 28, 1939

Contract No. 70, WPA Sewer Construction, Rutland, line 'A', Main Street, looking ahead from manhole 4A, Rutland Sewer, Rutland, Mass., Jan. 26, 1941

Contract No. 70, WPA Sewer Construction, Rutland, looking ahead from manhole 1A, Rutland Sewer, Rutland, Mass., Jul. 23, 1940

Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, condition of streets after break in 30-inch main, Boylston Street at Boylston Place; Cameron Street, Brookline, Mass., Feb. 14, 1917 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Timsfors paper mill.

Red Sawmill.

Dupont Circle Underpass construction. Original caption: Construction on Dupont Circle Underpass. Photos on August 24, 1948, by Charles H. Ritter. State: District of Columbia. Place: Washington.

Ware River at Barre Wool Combing Co. near degreasing plant, drainage area - 103 square miles, flow over dam visible in photo - 250 cubic feet per second through wheels, 220 cubic feet per second, total 470 cubic feet per second - 4.7 cubic feet per second per square mile, Barre, Mass., Mar. 23, 1933 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, dams hydraulic structures, floods natural events

Contract No. 71, WPA Sewer Construction, Holden, Laurelwood Road, looking back from manhole 2A-6, Holden Sewer Line, Holden, Mass., Jul. 9, 1940

Collins Manufacturing Co., looking westerly at process water treatment plant, Wilbraham, Mass., Jul. 24, 1935 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, factories structures, water treatment plants

Ware River at Barre Wool Combing Co. near degreasing plant, drainage area - 103 square miles, flow over dam visible in photo - 250 cubic feet per second through wheels, 220 cubic feet per second, total 470 cubic feet per second - 4.7 cubic feet per second per square mile, Barre, Mass., Mar. 23, 1933 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, dams hydraulic structures, floods natural events

Control below Ware River Intake Works, tape gage - 5.97, flow - 662 cubic feet per second, Barre, Mass., 9:30 AM, Oct. 20, 1932 : Parcel no. 123-4 , waterworks, engineering, floods natural events

Otis Co., Ware Mills, repair shop #6, looking southeasterly, Ware, Mass., Jan. 30, 1936 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, factories structures, general views, automobiles

Contract No. 56, Administration Buildings, Main Dam, Belchertown, grading west of west garage, Belchertown, Mass., Jul.11, 1938

Otis Co., Palmer Mills, repair shop #20, looking southeast, Palmer, Mass., Mar. 2, 1936 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, factories structures, general views

Contract No. 71, WPA Sewer Construction, Holden, Bancroft Road, looking easterly from Sta. 12+00, Holden Sewer, Holden, Mass., Dec. 5, 1939

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Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, condition of streets after break in 30-inch main, Boylston Street at Boylston Place, looking west from Cameron Street, Brookline, Mass., Feb. 14, 1917 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites, streetscapes

Construction by buildings , Construction Edgar Sutton Dorr Photograph Collection

Construction by buildings , Construction Edgar Sutton Dorr Photograph Collection

Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, Austin and Essex Streets, relocating 48-inch water main, Cambridge, Mass., Nov. 18, 1909 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites, streetscapes

Ware Woolen Co., tailrace gage #4, Ware, Mass., Jun. 8, 1928 , Stream-gaging stations, waterworks, real estate, rivers, hydroelectric dams, factories structures, watershed sanitary conditions

Ware Woolen Co., looking easterly at building #5 and #6 and east end of #4, Ware, Mass., Nov. 21, 1935 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, factories structures, general views

Workers housing at Billesholm's mines, September 27, 1918.

Contract No. 70, WPA Sewer Construction, Rutland, looking back from opposite Sta. 31+00, Maple Avenue, Rutland Sewer, Rutland, Mass., Oct. 10, 1940

Looking northerly at power line pole at rear of Boston and Albany Railroad storehouse, Boston Duck Co., Bondsville, Palmer, Mass., Dec. 21, 1939 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, factories structures, utility poles, damage condition

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