Navy Yard Activities

Historical images showcasing construction and repair work at Navy yards, featuring docks, dredging, and various marine vessels in operational settings.

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 E Pipes Induct, South Side, Looking West, New York State Construction Company, Contractors. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Monthly Progress Photo, Dredging and Removal of Part of Cob Dock, Looking South, R. G. Packard Company, Contractor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Monthly Progress Photo, Dredging Between Piers 2 and 3, Looking Northwest, Coastwise Dredging 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.

Quay Wall Between Dry Docks 2 and 3. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Waterfront, Looking Northeast from South Side of Pier F. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Monthly Progress Photo, Dry Dock No. 4, East Approach Wall Looking Northeast, 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.

Monthly Progress Photo, Cantilever Crane Extension, Outer End, West Side, Looking Northeast, Yard Labor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Monthly Progress Photo, Pier D, Looking Northeast from Completed Part, Yard Labor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Monthly Progress Photo, Cob Dock Dredging, Looking West, R. G. Packard Company, Contractor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Wreck of Crane Hercules June 18, 1910, Photo by Civil Engineering Office, 8-30 AM, July 1, 1910, (From Westside Entrance to Dry Dock Number 2). Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Monthly Progress Photo, Pier F, Shore End, Looking North, 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.

Monthly Progress Photo, New Batter Piles, East Side Causeway, South End, Looking South, 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.

Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, Chelsea Creek Tunnel, placing steel encased section of Chelsea shaft, Chelsea, Mass., Jun. 23, 1914 , waterworks, water tunnels, construction sites

Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, Chelsea Creek Tunnel, loading steel encased sections of shafts, Chelsea, Mass., Jun. 22, 1914 , waterworks, water tunnels, construction sites

Monthly Progress Photo, Cob Dock Dredging, Pier D Extension From Northeast Corner Cob Dock Looking South, Yard Labor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Monthly Progress Photo, Dredging in Wall About Channel, Looking Southwest, S. W. Morris and Cummings Dredging Company, Contractor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

New Fender Piles For Sheet Piling, West of Launching Ways, Monthly Progress Photo, Yard Labor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Monthly Progress Photo, Piers E and F, Looking South, New York State Construction Company, Contractors. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Monthly Progress Photo, Extension to Pier D, Looking Northeast from Pier D, Yard Labor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Monthly Progress Photo, Piers E and F, Looking Northwest from Cement Shed Roof, 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.

Monthly Progress Photo, Pier F Outer End, Looking North from Outer End of Pier E, 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.

Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, Chelsea Creek Tunnel, loading steel encased sections of shafts, Chelsea, Mass., Jun. 22, 1914 , waterworks, water tunnels, construction sites

Dry Dock Number 4, Monthly Progress Photo, Looking Northwest from East Side of Entrance, 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.

Monthly Progress Photo, Dredging Whitney Basin, Looking Northwest, Morris and Cummings, Contractor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Distribution Department, Northern High Service Pipe Lines, Section 26, dredging for siphon box at Saugus River, Western Avenue, Lynn, Mass., May 29, 1899 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Monthly Progress Photo, Cantilever Crane Extension, Outboard End, Looking North West, Yard Labor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Monthly Progress Photo, Pier F, Outer End, Looking North from Outer End of Pier E, 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.

Distribution Department, Northern High Service Pipe Lines, Section 26, dredging for siphon box at Saugus River, Western Avenue, Lynn, Mass., May 29, 1899 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Repairs Completed to Quay Wall Between Piers C and D, Looking Northwest, Yard Labor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Monthly Progress Photo, Pier C, Looking Northeast from Cantilever Crane Pier, Snare and Triest Company, Contractor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Monthly Progress Photo, Fittings for Piers E and F, 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.

Monthly Progress Photo, Pier D Extension, Looking North Along East Side, Yard Labor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Monthly Progress Photo, Conduit Across Causeway, Looking Southeast, Yard Labor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

View of Waterfront, Looking Northwest, from Cantilever Crane Track. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Distribution Department, Northern High Service Pipe Lines, Section 26, Saugus River crossing, Western Avenue, 16-inch pipe and partially completed pipe box, Saugus, Mass., Jun. 19, 1899 , 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.

Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, Mystic River tunnel extension, lining steel casing for tunnel shaft, Charlestown, Mass., May 24, 1912 , waterworks, water tunnels, construction sites

Monthly Progress Photo, Jib Crane and Fence at Pickling Tank, Looking Northwest, 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.

Monthly Progress Photo, Removal of Cob Dock, Looking South, Coastwise Dredging 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, tunnel at Chelsea North Bridge, shaft in place, Mystic River; Charlestown; Chelsea, Mass., Jan. 8, 1901 , waterworks, water tunnels, construction sites

Monthly Progress Photo, Dredging Near Entrances Dry Docks 2 and 3, Looking Southwest, Morris and Cummings, Contractor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Crane Hercules. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Monthly Progress Photo, Durax Pavement West Side Entrance Dry Dock No. 4, Looking North, Uvalde Asphalt Company, Contractor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Pier D, Looking From COB Dock, E. D. V. Tompkins, Contractor, Contract 1466, 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, Monthly Progress Photo, West Approach Wall, from East Side, 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.

Monthly Progress Photo, Pier D, Looking North Along West Side, Completion of Outer End, Yard Labor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, tunnel at Chelsea North Bridge, transporting shaft to place, Mystic River; Charlestown; Chelsea, Mass., Jan. 8, 1901 , waterworks, water tunnels, construction sites

Repairs to Quay Wall, Looking East. 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.

Elsevier photo collection. blast furnaces harbor Ijmuiden. February 1934. IJmuiden

Monthly Progress Photo - Cob Removal Causeway. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Monthly Progress Photo, Sea Wall Repairs Southwest Side Ordnance Dock, Looking Northwest, Yard Labor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Wreck of Crane Hercules June 18, 1910, Photo by Civil Engineering Office, 11-15 AM, June 20, 1910, Looking West. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Monthly Progress Photo, Pier F Inner End, Looking Northeast from Outer End Pier E, 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.

Cob Dock Removal, Causeway, Looking South, Monthly Progress Photo. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Pier D, Monthly Progress Photo, Looking North, Contract 1466, E. DeV. Tompkins, Contactor. 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.

Repairs to Quay Wall. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Monthly Progress Photo, Dredging Wall About Channel and East River, Looking Northeast, Morris and Cummings, Contractor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Monthly Progress Photo, Durax Pavement East Side Entrance Dry Dock No. 4, Looking Northeast, Uvalde Asphalt Company, Contractor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Monthly Progress Photo, Piers E and F, General View Looking North, 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.

Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, tunnel at Chelsea North Bridge, shaft and air lock, Mystic River; Charlestown; Chelsea, Mass., Oct. 2, 1900 , waterworks, water tunnels, construction sites, air locks airtight spaces

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

Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, driving piles, Chelsea North Bridge Tunnel, Mystic River; Charlestown; Chelsea, Mass., Aug. 31, 1900 , waterworks, water tunnels, construction sites

Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, Mystic River tunnel extension, steel shaft on lighter, Charlestown, Mass., May 20, 1912 , waterworks, water tunnels, construction sites

Monthly Progress Photo, Pier D Extended Looking South, Yard Labor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Borings, Contract 2233, Hole Number 20, after Accident of October 6, 1916, United Core Drilling Company, Contractor, Photo Taken October 7, 1916. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, Chelsea Creek Tunnel, upper air lock loaded with pig iron, Chelsea shaft, Chelsea, Mass., Jul. 10, 1914 , waterworks, water tunnels, construction sites, air locks airtight spaces

Monthly Progress Photo, Dump Brow. Driving Piles on Outer Side, Looking North, 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.

Distribution Department, Northern High Service Pipe Lines, Section 26, Saugus River crossing, Western Avenue, 20-inch siphon ready to be lowered, Saugus, Mass., Jun. 19, 1899 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Monthly Progress Photo - Cob Removal Causeway. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Sinking last tubular section, Detroit River tunnel construction, between Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A. and Windsor, Canada, 1920s

Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, 16-inch siphon removed at Chelsea North Bridge, Mystic River; Charlestown; Chelsea, Mass., Nov. 6, 1900 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Monthly Progress Photo, Terminal Bridge Repairs, Looking North, Yard Labor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Monthly Progress Photo, Pier C Looking Northwest Across Top, Snare and Triest 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.

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.

Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, tunnel at Chelsea North Bridge, transporting shaft to place, Mystic River; Charlestown; Chelsea, Mass., Jan. 8, 1901 , waterworks, water tunnels, construction sites

Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, Section 3, scow at the foot of Magazine Street, with diver preparing to descend, station 138+, from the east, Cambridge, Mass., Jun. 12, 1897 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites, Diving suits

Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, laying submerged 24-inch pipe, East Boston side, Chelsea Creek; Chelsea; East Boston, Mass., Oct. 2, 1900 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Monthly Progress Photo, Pier E Looking West, Setting Columns, 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.

Monthly Progress Photo, Piers E and F, Conduit Covers, New York State Construction Company, Contractors. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Monthly Progress Photo, Railroad Track Repairs, North End Causeway Completed, Looking North, Yard Labor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Distribution Department, Northern High Service Pipe Lines, Section 26, girder caps and stringers for siphon box at Saugus River Bridge, Western Avenue, Lynn, Mass., May 26, 1899 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Monthly Progress Photo, Pier D, Looking South From COB Dock, E. D. V. Tompkins, Contractor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, scow raising old 20-inch pipe, Chelsea Creek; Chelsea; East Boston, Mass., Aug. 18, 1900 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Monthly Progress Photo - Cob Dock Imp Removal Causeway Looking Southwest. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Launching Ways. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Anefo photo collection. Construction Pier in Scheveningen. March 23, 1960. Scheveningen, South Holland

Distribution Department, Low Service Pipe Lines, scow raising old 20-inch pipe, Chelsea Creek; Chelsea; East Boston, Mass., Aug. 18, 1900 , waterworks, pipes conduits, construction sites

Monthly Progress Photo, Dredging and Removal of Part of Cob Dock, R. G. Packard Company, Contractor. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

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