Well Drilling Operations

Vintage images depicting rotary drilling machines in various settings, highlighting well construction and maintenance from the mid-20th century.

Vintage Photograph. Equipment in use to provide a well which supplied water in Odenton Maryland.

Rotary Well Drilling Machine. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Aberdeen Area Office. Fort Berthold Agency. 1949-. Photographs

Building Bridge on Dirty Lodge Creek. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Vintage Photograph. Equipment in use to provide a well which supplied water in Odenton Maryland.

Chott Ech Chergui, Algeria Irrigation and Power. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Anefo photo collection. Build Baily Bridge over Rijksweg 4 at Schiphol. September 26, 1963. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Vintage Photograph. A field of oil wells.

Elsevier photo collection. Natural gas extraction Ameland Caltex boats Ameland natural gas, Mobil-Oil N.A.M. do. Derrick Caltex Nes Ameland. February 6, 1964. Ameland, NES

Iraq, oil fields, drilling tower. Photo possibly shows oil wells of the Iraq Petroleum Company in the Kirkuk (Karkuk) district of Iraq. 1932, Iraq

A830118 U2CQ DENSITY TOOL DOUGLAS (Project Engineer) JAN 6 83 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 1/6/1983 DENSITY; DENSITY TOOL; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS; INSTRUMENTATION; INSTRUMENTS & EQUIPMENT; INSTRUMENTS AND EQUIPMENT; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; PULLEYS; TEST SITES; TOOLS; TRUCKS; UGT; UNDERGROUND TESTING historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

Contract No. 85, Manufacture and Delivery of Precast Concrete Steel Cylinder Pipe, Southborough, Framingham, Wayland, Natick, Weston, 1 cubic yard concrete mixer pouring concrete into pipe forms, Southborough, Mass., Aug. 24, 1939

Vintage Photograph. Oil wells among private homes.

Project 26 - Operation Dominic (Johnston Island/Christmas Island/Maui, Hawaii) Test Activities. Thor on launch pad, Johnston Island. Photographs of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at Pacific Island and Nevada Test Sites.

MISC: CAMARA DE CINE.

Oglala Dam (Taking Dry Samples). 1923 - 1955. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Driving the Piling. 1923 - 1955. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Urban furniture album Charles Marville (1813-1879). "Urban furniture album: Mirador, Artesian wells or scaffolding", around 1865.

A810448 DRILL RIGS F&S OPERATIONS J. BARTLETT (Project Engineer) JAN 13 81 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 1/13/1981 BARTLETT, J.; DRILLING RIGS; DRILLS; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS; EQUIPMENT (SNL); F&S OPERATIONS; FENIX & SCISSON INC; JOY #1; MINING; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; RIGS; TEST SITES; TRAILERS; TRUCKS; UGT; UNDERGROUND TESTING; DRILL RIGS historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

A810107 DRILL RIGS DRILL RIGS J. BARTLETT (Project Engineer) JAN 13 81 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 1/13/1981 BARTLETT, J.; DRILLING RIGS; DRILLS; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS; EQUIPMENT (SNL); MINING; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; RIGS; TEST SITES; TRAILERS; TRAILERS, MOTOR DRAWN; TUNNELING; UGT; UNDERGROUND TESTING; DRILL RIGS historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

Iraq. Oil wells and camp of the Iraq Petroleum Company. (5 miles S. of Kirkuk). Kirkuk District. An oil driller. Showing full height of drill tower. 1932, Iraq, Karkuk

Site of Proposed Four Mile Dam near Fort Yates. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Oil wells at Los Angeles, California, USA. 20th century

A810457 DRILL RIGS F&S OPERATIONS J. BARTLETT (Project Engineer) JAN 13 81 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 1/13/1981 BARTLETT, J.; DRILLING RIGS; DRILLS; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS; EQUIPMENT (SNL); F&S OPERATIONS; FENIX & SCISSON INC; JOY #2; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; PIPES; RIGS; TEST SITES; TRAILERS; TRUCKS; UGT; UNDERGROUND TESTING; DRILL RIGS historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

Foresters at Work - Texas. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Vintage Photograph. Oil wells out at sea in Venezuela

A780670 IDECO 2500 DRILL RIGS BOBBY G EDWARDS JUN 6 78 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 6/6/1978 DRILLING; DRILLING RIGS; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EDWARDS, BOBBY G.; EG&G; EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS; IDECO 2500; INSTRUMENTS & EQUIPMENT; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; TEST SITES; UGT; UNDERGROUND TESTING; WEAPON EFFECTS; WEAPONS RELATED; WEAPONS TECHNOLOGY; WIRE & CABLES; IDECO 2500 - DRILL RIGS historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

Scaffolding Used to Lower Logs at Jetty #5. 1926 - 1956. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Pierre Agency. 1954-1972. Decimal Correspondence

Crude Products: Ties and Mine Props. - District of Columbia. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Fractionating tower. Oil refinery, Seminole, Oklahoma 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oklahoma , Seminole, Oklahoma , Seminole County

Vintage Photograph. Off shore Oil Well in Louisiana.

A810111 DRILL RIGS DRILL RIGS J. BARTLETT (Project Engineer) JAN 13 81 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 1/13/1981 BARTLETT, J.; DRILLING RIGS; DRILLS; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS; EQUIPMENT (SNL); MINING; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; OIL DRILLING RIGS; OIL RIGS; RIGS; TEST SITES; TRAILERS, MOTOR DRAWN; TUNNELING; UGT; UNDERGROUND TESTING; DRILL RIGS historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

Petroleum - Lacq, near Pau. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

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

Mining - New Mexico. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Pumping Barbell In Albania. 1940

1900S 1901 Famous Spindletop Oil Field Beaumont Texas Rows Of Wooden Oil Rigs Derricks

A810446 DRILL RIGS F&S OPERATIONS J. BARTLETT (Project Engineer) JAN 13 81 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 1/13/1981 BARTLETT, J.; DRILLING RIGS; DRILLS; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS; EQUIPMENT (SNL); F&S OPERATIONS; FENIX & SCISSON INC; JOY #1; MINING; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; RIGS; TEST SITES; TRAILERS; TRUCKS; UGT; UNDERGROUND TESTING; DRILL RIGS historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

Anefo photo collection. Nuisance caused ice cream north country; Broken voltage mast Veendam. March 3, 1987. Groningen, Veendam

The bridge in the middle of the hotel is ready to be raised.

A810438 DRILL RIGS F&S OPERATIONS J. BARTLETT (Project Engineer) JAN 13 81 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 1/13/1981 BARTLETT, J.; CAL DRILL; DRILLING RIGS; DRILLS; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS; EQUIPMENT (SNL); F&S OPERATIONS; FENIX & SCISSON INC; MINING; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; RIGS; TEST SITES; TRAILERS; TRUCKS; UGT; UNDERGROUND TESTING; DRILL RIGS historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

Asia. kuwait. burgan. oil wells. 1950

A structural member being lowered onto the base plate. Original caption: The structural member has now been hoisted to a position over the base plate on the south cable bent pier and is about to be lowered into position upon the base plate. No. 130-2 April 1943. State: Alaska.

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

A810429 DRILL RIGS F&S OPERATIONS J. BARTLETT (Project Engineer) JAN 13 81 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 1/13/1981 BARTLETT, J.; CRANES; DRILLING RIGS; DRILLS; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS; EQUIPMENT (SNL); F&S OPERATIONS; FENIX & SCISSON INC; HYCALOG #2; MINING; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; RIGS; TEST SITES; TRAILERS; TRUCKS; UGT; UNDERGROUND TESTING; DRILL RIGS historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

Bangkok - Vacant Site - 1974, United States photographs Related to Embassies, Consulates, and Other Overseas Buildings

North Africa Pix - Well-Drilling at Arram, Tunisia. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

A typical oil-well drilling set-up in the Williston basin, Western North Dakota , Industrial facilities, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Elsevier photo collection. Series Drenthe's oil fields. Schoonebeek. November 13, 1945. Drenthe, Schoonebeek

Crude Products: Ties and Mine Props. - District of Columbia. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Dug Well, Tank, Windmill, and Lane on Alber Laducers Allotment. 1931 - 1945. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Office of Indian Affairs. Turtle Mountain Agency. 7/1/1910-9/17/1947. Photographs

The joint Coal Board's new 12 cubic yard "Walking" dragline excavator which has just arrived in Sydney.This is how the machine will appear when assembled, and in ***** in a Western district open-cut mine in February.New Giant - "Walking" excavator which was unloaded in Sydney today for use on open-cut mines. It is almost as wide as Martin Place and cost $250,000.The machine, a dragline excavator bought in the US by the Joint Coal Board, is expected to uncover an extra 700,000 tons of a coal a year. November 15, 1949.

Photo collection Government information service. Netherlands Antilles, Aruba. undated. Aruba

Vintage Photograph. Oil wells in Bakersfield California.

Örebro paper mills A.B, Närke, 1919.

Wachusett Reservoir, 75 horse power hoist, Section 8, Boylston, Mass., Oct. 15, 1901 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, construction sites

Vintage Photograph. Hoppers used for ready mix concrete.

Algeria Pictures - Power Plant. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

A730157 NTS DRILL RIGS VINEY(Project Engineer) AUG 20 73 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 8/20/1973 DRILLING; DRILLING RIGS; DRILLS; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; HOIST TOWERS (SHAFT); HOISTING EQUIPMENT; HOPPER HOIST; HOPPERS; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; RIGS; TEST SITES; UGT; UNDERGROUND TESTING; DRILL RIGS historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

Anefo photo collection. Protestralley in East Groningen i.v.m. economic problems there; Gaswinveld at Slochteren. March 15, 1980. Groningen (province), Slochteren

Oil rig, Alaska, 70's

Oil Gusher at Houston, Texas, USA Date: circa 1910s

EFD. Installation of outriggers.

Oil In Britain -- An 87-foot jack-knife outfit on the Egmanton Number I well, in the Nottinghamshire area. The second world war spurred on efforts to produce oil in Britain. September 01, 1955. (Photo by United Press Photo).

Wachusett Department, Wachusett-Sudbury power transmission line, Sudbury Reservoir crossing, 68-foot steel tower at southwesterly end of 700-foot span, Southborough, Mass., Dec. 24, 1917 , waterworks, power lines, construction sites

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

Anefo photo collection. Construction of the Esso refinery in the Botlek area near Rotterdam. June 4, 1959

Construction Work on Matapeake, Sandy Point Toll Bridge Over Chesapeake Bay. Original caption: Construction Work on Matapeake, Sandy Point Toll Bridge Over Chesapeake Bay. Photo by T. W. Kines, Sept. 27, 1950. State: Maryland.

Red Rock Derricks, all flowing Well. 1870. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), Oil wells

Montpezat Power Plant. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Standard drilling rig, Bradford Oil fields , Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Anefo photo collection. Construction goes through despite bright cold, special suits for the construction workers to work outside. December 28, 1964

Oil well on Highway U.S. 50, Ritchie County, West Virginia 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

A760837 HANNA, WY COAL GASIFICATION B. BENJAMIN (Project Engineer) APR 15 76 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 4/15/1976 BEAMS (SUPPORTS); BENJAMIN, BENJAMIN CODY; COAL EXPLORATION; COAL GASIFICATION PROJECT; DIRT (SOIL); EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS; EQUIPMENT (SNL); HANNA, WY; INSTRUMENTS & EQUIPMENT; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; PIPELINES; PIPES; TEST SITES; WIRE & CABLES; WYOMING; COAL GASIFICATION historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

A810449 DRILL RIGS F&S OPERATIONS J. BARTLETT (Project Engineer) JAN 13 81 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 1/13/1981 BARTLETT, J.; DRILLING RIGS; DRILLS; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS; EQUIPMENT (SNL); F&S OPERATIONS; FENIX & SCISSON INC; IDECO 525; MINING; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; RIGS; TEST SITES; TRAILERS; TRUCKS; UGT; UNDERGROUND TESTING; DRILL RIGS historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

Sumatra, Pangkalang-Brandan. Indonesia, Anonymous, 1900 - 1920.

"The Sleepless Port" - (Magazine Unit). Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

286. 286

Mexico - Amatlan - a major oil-producing area of the country Date: circa 1920s

United States (1870). Oil Creek Valley. Perforation of oil wells. Etching.

Picture of ShellGas Ketelwagens on the Shell yard in Pernis yard.

Marshall Plan Helps Develop Morocco. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Oil Derricks, before 1958. Thomas Hart Benton (American, 1889-1975). Pen and black ink, black crayon, and brush and brown wash; sheet: 22.5 x 30.4 cm (8 7/8 x 11 15/16 in.).

blur south africa windmill turbine technology in the national park

Spindle Top, an important oil region near Beaumont, Texas, U.S.A. 1915. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas, Automobiles, Oil wells, Petroleum industry, Beaumont (Tex.)

Oil well pouring oil. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1885

Operational Oil Derricks and Street Scene, Burkburnett, Texas, USA, Underwood & Underwood, 1920

Image of a few tank cars for the transport of sulfuric acid on the site of the Sulfuric Acid Factory Ketjen in Amsterdam Noord.

Transport exhibition, St. Eriksmässan. From door to door with SJ

June 3, 1965 - View of the Gemini-Titan 4 spacecraft on Pad 19, Cape Canaveral, Florida, on day of launch with erector being removed.

Oil in the Gabon, Africa. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

NY - Sloop Bar. Sloop Bar Hassock, New York. Putting on braces & paiting, NW.

Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. Hei installation pile posts permanent building built Guinea Board set up. January 1961. Guinea

Mogadishu - Compound Site - 1986, United States photographs Related to Embassies, Consulates, and Other Overseas Buildings

Anefo photo collection. TT Assen 1947. Preparation. Piitsstraat. June 27, 1947. Assen

Venice Beach view of oil derricks. Two months before it was a sand spit and salt-marsh, but now is a maze of derricks. Sept. 12, 1930.

Boussens Gasoline Absorption Plant. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Cement car. Cementa, Hällekis

Anefo photo collection. First pile for new factory du Croo & Brauns Westhaven Amsterdam. April 16, 1956. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Pumping equipment, Bradford Oil fields , Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

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