Eigentliche Abbildung der Belägerung Wolffenbüttel sampt dem treffen s...
Birds-eye view print shows map of the area around Wolfenbüttel, Germany during the battle in 1641. Also shown is the giant dam erected on the Oker River to flood the city. Also shown are troop encampments, city... more
Croton Dam / drawn for D.T. Valentine ; drawn & lithd. by G. Hayward.
Print shows water cascading over spillway of the Croton Dam in New York. Title from item. Illus. from: Manual of the Corporation for the City of New York. New York : Common Council, 184-.
The campaign on the Potomac - unsuccessful attempt of the Rebels to de...
Print shows Union troops defending a dam on the Potomac against attack by Confederate forces. Title from item. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 13, no. 321 (1862 January 18), p. 129 (bottom h... more
Barrage du Nil, près du Caire (Égypte) / Bonfils.
Photograph shows the Delta Barrage (Nile Barrage), a dam on the Nile River near Cairo, Egypt. Title from item. No. 96.
The dam
Print shows a view of the river, dam, and spillway, with a gazebo and pedestrian mall, from a souvenir booklet of views of Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, part 1st, 1870. Title from item.
Water rushing over the Holyoke Dam
South Hadley is in the background. Courtesy of Holyoke Public Library
[Canal dam, Lexington, Va.]
Title devised by Library staff. Original glass plate negative from Miley's Gallery, Lexington, VA.
Holyoke dam gatehouse, first level canal, and spillway
Gatehouse and first level canal with overflow dam. Courtesy of Holyoke Public Library
Dam of the Chicago Drainage Canal, Joliet
Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). "68" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 05934. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Holyoke wooden dam
Holyoke wooden dam with high water. Courtesy of Holyoke Public Library
Holyoke wooden dam
Holyoke wooden dam with high water. Courtesy of Holyoke Public Library
Dam across river, Appleton, Wis
Date based on Detroit, Catalogue F (1899). "474" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 04783. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. Unverified information in this record. 752 field.
Sleepy hollow
[M] 13665 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.pga Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2... more
Sweetwater Dam near San Diego, Calif.
Photograph shows water cascading over top of the Sweetwater Dam in Spring Valley, California. Title from item. Forms part of: Wittemann Collection (Library of Congress).
Holyoke wooden dam
Built in 1849, Holyoke's wooden dam was the first river-spanning structure to harness the Connecticut River for its power-generating potential. In the background is a misty view of South Hadley and the Holyoke ... more
Ohio River - Davis Island dam, plate no. 18, drift gap with bear trap ...
Detail of plate no. 18, showing the "transverse section of bear trap." Title from item. Illus. in: Davis Island Dam, Ohio River / United States Army Corps of Engineers. Washington, D.C. : The Norris Peters Co.,... more
Ohio River - Davis Island dam, plate no. 12, weir 1, plan
Detail of plate no. 12, showing the plan for weir no. 1 Title from item. Illus. in: Davis Island Dam, Ohio River / United States Army Corps of Engineers. Washington, D.C. : The Norris Peters Co., Photo-litho., ... more
View of the broken dam looking from bed of lake, Johnstown Flood, May ...
17846U U.S. Copyright Office. Photographed and copyright by Histed, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Ohio River - Davis Island dam, plate no. 2, plan
Plate no. 2, showing the plan for sections A thru H, weirs no. 1 thru 3, pool level, navigable pass, abutment, and piers no. 1 thru 3, as well as the lock and lock keeper's house. Title from item. Illus. in: Da... more
[Dam, south fork, after Johnstown flood, Pennsylvania]
Clara Barton Collection.
Ohio River - Davis Island dam, plate no. 1
Detail of plate no. 1, showing the confluence of the Monongahela, Allegheny, and the Ohio rivers between Pittsburgh and Allegheny City, Brunot's Island, McKee's Rocks, also shows position of dam across the Ohio... more
Broken dam from roadway, Johnstown Flood, May 31st, 1889
17848U U.S. Copyright Office. Photographed and copyright by Histed, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Dam at Adams Bag Co., Chagrin Falls, Ohio
Photograph shows water cascading over spillway of dam in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, with stone buildings of the Adams Bag Co. in the background. Title from item. Forms part of: Wittemann Collection (Library of Congress).
Bridge near Encarnacion, Mexico
"Detroit Photographic Co." and "01610" on negative. Probably commissioned by Mexican Central Railway, 1891. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 01610. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.