Historical Underground Construction

Images of workers involved in various underground construction projects, showcasing tools, mining activities, and historical techniques in dark, earthy environments.

Contract No. 8, Sinking Shafts 6 and 7 for Wachusett-Coldbrook Tunnel, Rutland, east end tunnel, Shaft 7, Rutland, Mass., Jan. 13, 1928

Construction of the municipal metropolitan metropolitan railroad: sanitation drainage of the vault, Republic station ,. Paris (IIIth-1st-1st arr.). "Line 5 ... May / Republic station / Sanitation drainage of the vault / towards Austerlitz". Anonymous. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 123881-27

Work at 130 meters depth in Boliden Mine.

Contract No. 14, East Portion, Wachusett-Coldbrook Tunnel, West Boylston, Holden, Rutland, concrete gun and mixer, Shaft 2, Sta. 162+00, Holden, Mass., Nov. 4, 1930

From the castings in the roof of the machine hall in Porjus power plant.

Cavern construction on the calf back. Recorded on July 24, 1916..

Construction of the radier under the sebastopol manifold. December 15, 1899. Construction of the radier under the sebastopol collector. 2nd and 3rd arrondissements, Paris. December 15, 1899. Construction of Parisian metropolitan. "Construction of the radier under the sebastopol collector. Paris (II-IIIth ARR.), December 15, 1899". Photograph of Charles Maindron (1861-1940). Gélatino-Chloride Draw Developed.

1000 feet level Kimberley mine. .

Assistance - Woodlots. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Contract No. 8, Sinking Shafts 6 and 7 for Wachusett-Coldbrook Tunnel, Rutland, east end tunnel, Shaft 7, Rutland, Mass., Jan. 13, 1928

Drum at Igelsta.

Distribution Department, Weston Aqueduct Supply Mains, Section 7, concrete work near west end of tunnel, Newton, Mass., Jun. 7, 1911 , waterworks, water tunnels, construction sites

Construction of the Municipal Metropolitan Railway of Paris: Tuileries Station, former sewer of rue de Rivoli, 1st arrondissement, Paris Parisian metro. "Construction of the Municipal Metropolitan Railway of Paris: Tuileries Station, former sewer of Rue de Rivoli, Paris (IER ARR.)". Photograph of Charles Maindron (1861-1940). Gélatino-Chloride Draw Developed. August 8, 1900.

Weston Aqueduct, Section 3, timbering, at station 130, looking west, Framingham, Mass., Mar. 26, 1903 , waterworks, aqueducts, water tunnels, construction sites

Algeria Pictures - Mineral Wealth. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Madrid, 1963. Open pit in the gardens of the Archaeological Museum, where the reproduction of the Altamira Caves will be housed.

Iron gate at 9674 meters, Italian side, construction of the Simplon Tunnel, 1898-1905, Italy-Switzerland, 19th-20th century.

The tunnel construction at Nyborg, at the beginning of the work.

Höganäs coal grapes chronology.ur Carl Sahlin mountain historical collection.

Distribution Department, Weston Aqueduct Supply Mains, Section 7, tunnel heading, station 24+40, Newton, Mass., Oct. 19, 1910 , waterworks, water tunnels, construction sites

Explosive work in connection with the power plant building in Porjus.

Contract No. 17, West Portion, Wachusett-Coldbrook Tunnel, Rutland, Oakham, Barre, Shaft 7, looking east into Shaft 6, Rutland, Mass., Oct. 25, 1929

Trapper Boy, Pennsylvania. Lewis W. Hine, photographer (American, 1874 - 1940) 1911 Inscribed on verso print in pencil 3 times: "1920"; "Trapper boy", plus illegible inscription: "___________ daylight". Secondary Inscription: Typed inscription on verso print: "Pennsylvania/Deep down in a coal mine-tending the/door in dampness and solitude/boy under legal age"; inscribed in pencil on verso print: "Hine 14".

Station from rue de Lyon. View taken inside the underground. November 17, 1899. Station at Lyon Street. View taken inside the underground. 12th arrondissement, Paris. November 17, 1899. Construction of Parisian metropolitan. "Station of Lyon Street. View inside the underground. Paris (XIIth Arr.), November 17, 1899". Photograph of Charles Maindron (1861-1940). Gélatino-Chloride Draw Developed.

Contract No. 14, East Portion, Wachusett-Coldbrook Tunnel, West Boylston, Holden, Rutland, timbering, dynamite car and pump, Shaft 3, Sta. 217+00+/-, Holden, Mass., May 5, 1930

Contract No. 20, Coldbrook-Swift Tunnel, Barre, Hardwick, Greenwich, permanent timbering at Sta. 775+88 to 776+35, looking west, east heading, Shaft 9, Coldbrook-Swift Tunnel, Barre, Mass., Feb. 9, 1933

Contract No. 20, Coldbrook-Swift Tunnel, Barre, Hardwick, Greenwich, holing through, east heading, Shafts 9 to 8, at Sta. 769+99, looking east, Barre, Mass., Jan. 25, 1933

Treadwell Gold Mine five hundred feet under the ocean. Frank and Frances Carpenter collection , Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951, Gold miners,Alaska,Nome,1910-1920, Gold mining,Alaska,Nome,1910-1920, Gold mining equipment,Alaska,Nome,1910-1920, Alaska Treadwell Gold Mining Company,Facilities,1910-1920, United States,Alaska

Sudbury Department, Cochituate Aqueduct, station 258+50 east of Town Hall, excavating material from 24-inch steel pipe in which Wellesley sewer is to be laid, Wellesley, Mass., Dec. 13, 1916 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Vintage photograph. Coal mine tunnel near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Wachusett Aqueduct, timbering, Section 3, station 74+, from the west (interior), West Berlin, Berlin, Mass., Apr. 15, 1897 , waterworks, aqueducts, water tunnels, construction sites

Distribution Department, Weston Aqueduct Supply Mains, Section 7, concrete forms in tunnel, Newton, Mass., Apr. 24, 1911 , waterworks, water tunnels, construction sites

Tokomaru Dam black-and-white prints

Contract No. 14, East Portion, Wachusett-Coldbrook Tunnel, West Boylston, Holden, Rutland, car dumping into concrete mixer, Shaft 2, Sta. 161+50, Holden, Mass., Nov. 4, 1930

Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, Chelsea North Bridge Tunnel, tunnel heading, showing hydraulic shield in use, Mystic River; Charlestown; Chelsea, Mass., Dec. 14, 1900 , waterworks, water tunnels, construction sites

Knightsville Dam, Borrow Pit 'C,' north bank, sample no. 2 at left, 6' depth, sample no. 3 at right, 11' depth, Quabbin Reservoir, Mass., Apr. 24, 1941 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, engineering, borrow soil

Major Project (Dams and Reservoirs). 1938-12-01T00:00:00. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

A photograph by Nadar showing large-depth coating cuttings during the construction of the Pinède basin at the Port of Marseille in 1901, preserved on albumin paper in an ordinary box.

Weston Aqueduct, Section 2, west drift of Tunnel No. 1, near portal, Framingham, Mass., Sep. 22, 1902 , waterworks, aqueducts, water tunnels, construction sites

King Oscars mine.

Contract No. 17, West Portion, Wachusett-Coldbrook Tunnel, Rutland, Oakham, Barre, finished tunnel showing invert, side walls and arch, Sta. 373+00, Shaft 5, Rutland, Mass., Nov. 4, 1930

Electrical installation of the star / processor room. Electrical installation at Star Station, Transformer Room, 8th, 16th and 17th Arrondissements, Paris. Parisian metro. "Electrical installation at the Station Station, Transformer Room, Paris (VIII, XVI and XVIIth Arr.)". Photograph of Charles Maindron (1861-1940). April 13, 1902.

Construction of the municipal metropolitan metropolitan railway in Paris: woods to the sewers of Boulevard Magenta beyond the Place de la République for the execution of earthworks ,. Paris (Ixème and 10th arr.). "Line 5 January 4, 1905 / Woods to the sewers of BLD Magenta beyond / Place de la République for the execution of / earthworks (towards Austerlitz)". 1905-01-04. Anonymous photography. 1905-01-04. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 123881-24

Timber-shored tunnel into mine, San Juan County, Colorado. Much timber is required in mine tunnel construction and mill work 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Colorado , San Juan County

Weston Aqueduct, Section 13, tunnel excavation and concrete lining, station 584+50, looking west, Weston, Mass., Mar. 18, 1903 , waterworks, aqueducts, water tunnels, construction sites

Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, Section 38, laying 36-inch pipe in Chelsea Creek tunnel, Chelsea; East Boston, Mass., Dec. 19, 1910 , waterworks, water tunnels, construction sites

Marble break at Groptorps Marble AB at night.

Contract No. 12, Sinking Shafts 2 (Holden), 3 (Holden), and 4 (Rutland) for Wachusett-Coldbrook Tunnel, timbering in tunnel at Shaft 3, Holden, Mass., Mar. 15, 1928

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

Construction of the right foot under the sebastopol manifold. December 15, 1899. Construction of the right foot under the sebastopol manifold, 2nd and 3rd districts, Paris. December 15, 1899. Construction of Parisian metropolitan. "Construction of the right foot under the sebastopol collector, Paris (II-IIIth ARR.), December 15, 1899". Photograph of Charles Maindron (1861-1940). Gélatino-Chloride Draw Developed.

Electric railway in Müller's mining shaft, Grängesberg

Knightsville Dam, Borrow Pit 'C,' north bank, sample no. 2 at left, 6' depth, sample no. 3 at right, 11' depth, Quabbin Reservoir, Mass., Apr. 24, 1941 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, engineering, borrow soil

Strömmärdena Rönninge Ström. The opening (seen from above) between the northern and southern parts of the stream tunnel

Double track building between Alingsås - Olskroken. Ubbared Tunnel on the Floda - Norsesund line. Western element to the eastern tunnel. Election stands for casting reinforcement vaults.

Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. Tunnels. undated

Mining field at the tensioner cabinet.

Joy Loader in Mine in Kiruna.

Contract No. 20, Coldbrook-Swift Tunnel, Barre, Hardwick, Greenwich, finished arch and sidewalls and arch forms, west heading of Shaft 10, looking east, Quabbin Aqueduct, Hardwick, Mass., Nov. 28, 1934

Sudbury Department, Hopkinton Dam, trench showing bed rock and toe wall, Ashland, Mass., 1890 , waterworks, dams, construction sites

Tunnel is being built for Dönje power plant in Ljusnan, north of Bollnäs.

Lérida, November 1963. There is uranium in the Lleida Pyrenees. Located at more than a thousand meters above sea level and about two hundred meters from the road, near the Plana de Monrós, three galleries twenty meters deep have been opened. In the image, work carried out to extract the rich mineral.

Distribution Department, Weston Aqueduct Supply Mains, Section 7, old Cochituate Aqueduct shaft, station 16+88, filled with concrete, Newton, Mass., Apr. 24, 1911 , waterworks, water tunnels, construction sites

Contract No. 14, East Portion, Wachusett-Coldbrook Tunnel, West Boylston, Holden, Rutland, mucking machine, east tunnel, Shaft 2, Holden, Mass., Dec. 17, 1928

Contract No. 20, Coldbrook-Swift Tunnel, Barre, Hardwick, Greenwich, holing through, east heading, Shafts 9 to 8, at Sta. 769+99, looking east, engineering force of Shaft 9, Barre, Mass., Jan. 25, 1933

Tunnel under construction under colli berici. Italy 1960.

Wachusett Dam, trench under main flume, Clinton, Mass., Jun. 13, 1900 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites

The work RAIBL at Lago del Predil (Raible Lake). The factory entrance.

Gold prospector working a rocker box near Virginia City, Montana Territory, in 1871. He pours water over the gravel in the top box, which when rocked back and forth will help to separate heavier gold dust from the sand and gravel. The device doubled the pace at which gold bearing gravel worked. Photo by William Henry Jackson, 1871 (BSLOC_2020_1_39)

Young Leader and Driver, Shaft #6, Pennsylvania Coal Company, South Pittston, Pennsylvania, USA, Lewis Hine for National Child Labor Committee, January 1911

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.

Machine drilling, Kristineberg Mine.

Work Continues is on The Park Bomb -- THe bomb down the shaft showing sappers at work this morning, Thursday.Following the breaking of the Tuse in the 1,000lb unexploded bomb lodged in St. James's Park, London, late last night (Wednesday), Sappers are at work again to-day-the job has already taken about 500 hours. February 7, 1946.

5 men seated in Solomon's Quarries. 1898, Jerusalem, Israel

Dams - All States. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Contract No. 80, High Level Distribution Reservoir, Weston, deep hole in base of embankment 3 looking southeast from 30 feet right of Sta. 53+10, high level distribution reservoir, Weston, Mass., Oct. 19, 1939

Machine drilling at time drive at Grängesberg's mines.

Contract No. 20, Coldbrook-Swift Tunnel, Barre, Hardwick, Greenwich, looking west at Sta. 1312+86, Quabbin Aqueduct, Hardwick, Mass., May 9, 1934

Contract No. 14, East Portion, Wachusett-Coldbrook Tunnel, West Boylston, Holden, Rutland, jumbo drill carriage used at Shafts 2 and 4, Holden, Mass., Jun. 15, 1930

Contract No. 17, West Portion, Wachusett-Coldbrook Tunnel, Rutland, Oakham, Barre, steel forms for concrete, Shaft 6 west, Rutland, Mass., Jan. 17, 1930

Backfilling Pipe #114. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

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

Wachusett Aqueduct, centering with brick arch in east 4, Section 3, station 88, from the west (interior), West Berlin, Berlin, Mass., Apr. 12, 1897 , waterworks, aqueducts, water tunnels, construction sites

Drill in a cavern on the VRSIC. .

Weston Aqueduct, Section 3, tunnel excavation through rock, at station 123+, Framingham, Mass., Jun. 24, 1902 , waterworks, aqueducts, water tunnels, construction sites

The construction of the subway in Paris 1899-1911. "Le Métro de Paris".

The Man Engine at Cook's Kitchen Mine. John Charles Burrow (British, 1850 - 1914)

Contract No. 17, West Portion, Wachusett-Coldbrook Tunnel, Rutland, Oakham, Barre, heading through, Shaft 5 to 4, engineering force of Shaft 4, Rutland, Mass., Jan. 20, 1930

Weston Aqueduct, Section 3, concrete tunnel lining, station 123+70 east, Framingham, Mass., Mar. 26, 1903 , waterworks, aqueducts, water tunnels, construction sites

Sturmübungen in Mezzocorona.

Contract No. 14, East Portion, Wachusett-Coldbrook Tunnel, West Boylston, Holden, Rutland, mucking machine, Shaft 4, Rutland, Mass., Jan. 20, 1930

Photograph by Martin Gerlach jun. created on 9 August 1929 using silver gelatin process, depicting an unspecified subject, with tonal range and detail typical of the technique.

Vintage photograph. Workers in a mine in Arkansas digging bauxite ore

Weston Aqueduct, Section 13, west portal of Tunnel No. 4, Weston, Mass., Aug. 4, 1902 , waterworks, aqueducts, water tunnels, construction sites

Junction of two galleries and view of the carrier, Helio -Cachan, 1930 - 1960 photomechanical print paper wine-cellar

Weston Aqueduct, Section 3, concrete tunnel lining, station 123+70 east, Framingham, Mass., Mar. 26, 1903 , waterworks, aqueducts, water tunnels, construction sites

Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, Chelsea Creek Tunnel, placing concrete around 42-inch pipe in tunnel, Chelsea, Mass., Dec. 21, 1914 , waterworks, water tunnels, construction sites

Men standing in sewer , Tunnels, Sewers, Construction Edgar Sutton Dorr Photograph Collection

Contract No. 70, WPA Sewer Construction, Rutland, 'C' line, manhole 11C, sewer line under 6 in. water main on Pommagussett Road, Rutland Sewer, Rutland, Mass., Apr. 2, 1941

Construction of a cavern. .

Crowned

The cave used to artificially cultivate mushrooms, equipped with a system of mechanical ventilation 1967

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