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Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel, Lock & Dam No. 6, Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, WI

Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel, Lock & Dam No. 6, Trempealeau,...

Significance: The Upper Mississippi River Lock and Dam Project represents one of the largest and most ambitious of such undertakings. With roots in the Progressive Era, the project was adopted by New Deal prop... More

Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel, Lock & Dam No. 6, Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, WI

Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel, Lock & Dam No. 6, Trempealeau,...

Significance: The Upper Mississippi River Lock and Dam Project represents one of the largest and most ambitious of such undertakings. With roots in the Progressive Era, the project was adopted by New Deal prop... More

City of Washington, statistical maps /

City of Washington, statistical maps /

Picryl description: Public domain image of a vintage city plan, 18th-19th century map, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

City of Washington, statistical maps /

City of Washington, statistical maps /

Picryl description: Public domain image of an old city plan, vintage cartography, 18th-19th century map, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Michigan Lake Superior Power Company, Portage Street, Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa County, MI

Michigan Lake Superior Power Company, Portage Street, Sault Ste. Marie...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial equipment, workshop, assembly line, factory, power engine, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Michigan Lake Superior Power Company, Portage Street, Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa County, MI

Michigan Lake Superior Power Company, Portage Street, Sault Ste. Marie...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial equipment, workshop, assembly line, factory, power engine, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Michigan Lake Superior Power Company, Portage Street, Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa County, MI

Michigan Lake Superior Power Company, Portage Street, Sault Ste. Marie...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial equipment, workshop, assembly line, factory, power engine, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Michigan Lake Superior Power Company, Portage Street, Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa County, MI

Michigan Lake Superior Power Company, Portage Street, Sault Ste. Marie...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a hydroelectric dam, industrial facility, power generation, water cascade, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Louisville Water Company Pumping Stations, Zorn Avenue & River Road, Louisville, Jefferson County, KY

Louisville Water Company Pumping Stations, Zorn Avenue & River Road, L...

Significance: Theodore R. Scowden, chief engineer for the Louisville Water Company, designed Pumping Station No. 1 in the Classical Revival style in 1856. The complex included an engine room and boiler house i... More

Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel, Lock & Dam No. 4, Alma, Buffalo County, WI

Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel, Lock & Dam No. 4, Alma, Buffal...

Significance: This lock and dam was the first constructed as part of the Upper Mississippi River Nine-Foot Channel Project. It contains the standard items on most of the lock and dam structures in this project... More

Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel, Lock & Dam No. 4, Alma, Buffalo County, WI

Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel, Lock & Dam No. 4, Alma, Buffal...

Significance: This lock and dam was the first constructed as part of the Upper Mississippi River Nine-Foot Channel Project. It contains the standard items on most of the lock and dam structures in this project... More

Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel, Lock & Dam No. 4, Alma, Buffalo County, WI

Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel, Lock & Dam No. 4, Alma, Buffal...

Significance: This lock and dam was the first constructed as part of the Upper Mississippi River Nine-Foot Channel Project. It contains the standard items on most of the lock and dam structures in this project... More

Lakeview Pumping Station, Clarendon & Montrose Avenues, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Lakeview Pumping Station, Clarendon & Montrose Avenues, Chicago, Cook ...

Significance: The station supplied a large portion of Chicago's water needs throughout the first half of the 20th century. Equipment at the site included 3 Nordberg pumping engines and a Bethlehem Steel Co. pu... More

Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel, Lock & Dam No. 9, Lynxville, Crawford County, WI

Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel, Lock & Dam No. 9, Lynxville, C...

See HAER MN-20, Upper Mississippi River Nine-Foot Channel Project History, Locks and Dams 3-10, for additional information. Significance: The Upper Mississippi River Lock and Dam Project represents one of the l... More

Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel, Lock & Dam No. 9, Lynxville, Crawford County, WI

Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel, Lock & Dam No. 9, Lynxville, C...

See HAER MN-20, Upper Mississippi River Nine-Foot Channel Project History, Locks and Dams 3-10, for additional information. Significance: The Upper Mississippi River Lock and Dam Project represents one of the l... More

Columbia Canal & Power Plant, Waterfront of Broad River, Columbia, Richland County, SC

Columbia Canal & Power Plant, Waterfront of Broad River, Columbia, Ric...

Significance: Designed to enable the navigation of the Broad and Congaree Rivers at their confluence in Columbia, the canal was completed in 1824 and enlarged in 1891; the 1891 portion of the canal is the signi... More

Columbia Canal & Power Plant, Waterfront of Broad River, Columbia, Richland County, SC

Columbia Canal & Power Plant, Waterfront of Broad River, Columbia, Ric...

Significance: Designed to enable the navigation of the Broad and Congaree Rivers at their confluence in Columbia, the canal was completed in 1824 and enlarged in 1891; the 1891 portion of the canal is the signi... More

Columbia Canal & Power Plant, Waterfront of Broad River, Columbia, Richland County, SC

Columbia Canal & Power Plant, Waterfront of Broad River, Columbia, Ric...

Significance: Designed to enable the navigation of the Broad and Congaree Rivers at their confluence in Columbia, the canal was completed in 1824 and enlarged in 1891; the 1891 portion of the canal is the signi... More

Obras em Trecho da Via Férrea. em Primeiro Plano, Vê-Se Betoneiras Movidas a Vapor - 804, Acervo do Museu Paulista da USP

Obras em Trecho da Via Férrea. em Primeiro Plano, Vê-Se Betoneiras Mov...

Português: Obra que integra o acervo do Museu Paulista da USP. Coleção Dana Merrill.

Preparação da Estrutura Elevada da Via Férrea - 324, Acervo do Museu Paulista da USP

Preparação da Estrutura Elevada da Via Férrea - 324, Acervo do Museu P...

Português: Obra que integra o acervo do Museu Paulista da USP. Coleção Dana Merrill.

Montana-Dakota Utilities Building, 2603 2nd Avenue North, Billings, Yellowstone County, MT

Montana-Dakota Utilities Building, 2603 2nd Avenue North, Billings, Ye...

STORED ON SITE. mchr Significance: It is significant for the supportive role the growing power company played in the development of Billings and for the strong clarity of architectural expression typical of the... More

Dundee Canal, Headgates, Guardlock & Uppermost Section, 250 feet northeast of Randolph Avenue, opposite & in line with East Clifton Avenue, Clifton, Passaic County, NJ

Dundee Canal, Headgates, Guardlock & Uppermost Section, 250 feet north...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a canal, barge, historic place, water reflection, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Dundee Canal, Headgates, Guardlock & Uppermost Section, 250 feet northeast of Randolph Avenue, opposite & in line with East Clifton Avenue, Clifton, Passaic County, NJ

Dundee Canal, Headgates, Guardlock & Uppermost Section, 250 feet north...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a great depression era, migrant workers, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Augusta Water Works, Goodrich Street extension, Augusta Canal, Augusta, Richmond County, GA

Augusta Water Works, Goodrich Street extension, Augusta Canal, Augusta...

Significance: When completed in 1899, the Augusta Water Supply system was one of the best in the South and one of the cheapest in the United States. The Raw Water Pumping Stations have always pumped canal wate... More

Battle Creek Hydroelectric System, Battle Creek & Tributaries, Red Bluff, Tehama County, CA

Battle Creek Hydroelectric System, Battle Creek & Tributaries, Red Blu...

STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The Battle Creek hydroelectric system was a typical turn-of-the-century California hydroelectric system, characterized by high head plants, the use of the impulse... More

Battle Creek Hydroelectric System, Battle Creek & Tributaries, Red Bluff, Tehama County, CA

Battle Creek Hydroelectric System, Battle Creek & Tributaries, Red Blu...

STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The Battle Creek hydroelectric system was a typical turn-of-the-century California hydroelectric system, characterized by high head plants, the use of the impulse... More

Battle Creek Hydroelectric System, Battle Creek & Tributaries, Red Bluff, Tehama County, CA

Battle Creek Hydroelectric System, Battle Creek & Tributaries, Red Blu...

STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The Battle Creek hydroelectric system was a typical turn-of-the-century California hydroelectric system, characterized by high head plants, the use of the impulse... More

Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewage Treatment Plant, 700 East Jones Street, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewage Treatment Plant, 700 East Jones Street, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, warehouse, depot, train station, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewage Treatment Plant, 700 East Jones Street, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI

Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewage Treatment Plant, 700 East Jones Street, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical building, landmark architecture, world heritage, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

City of Washington, statistical maps

City of Washington, statistical maps

Public domain image of the vintage map from NYPL Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division is one of the wo... More

City of Washington, statistical maps

City of Washington, statistical maps

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a road works, construction, excavation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

City of Washington, statistical maps

City of Washington, statistical maps

Picryl description: Public domain image of an old city plan, vintage cartography, 18th-19th century map, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Delaware & Raritan Canal, Six Mile Run Culvert, .2 mile South of Blackwells Mills Road, East Millstone, Somerset County, NJ

Delaware & Raritan Canal, Six Mile Run Culvert, .2 mile South of Black...

Significance: The Six Mile Run Calvert is an integral part of the Delaware & Raritan Canal's (hereafter D&R Canal) early nineteenth-century engineering design. The culvert's original construction remains large... More

Strawberry Valley Project, Payson, Utah County, UT

Strawberry Valley Project, Payson, Utah County, UT

Significance: As the first project built by the U.S. Reclamation Service in Utah, the Strawberry Valley Project had a major impact on the State. It represents the beginning of Federal assistance in water devel... More

Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel, Lock & Dam No. 6, Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, WI

Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel, Lock & Dam No. 6, Trempealeau,...

Significance: The Upper Mississippi River Lock and Dam Project represents one of the largest and most ambitious of such undertakings. With roots in the Progressive Era, the project was adopted by New Deal prop... More

Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel, Lock & Dam No. 6, Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, WI

Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel, Lock & Dam No. 6, Trempealeau,...

Significance: The Upper Mississippi River Lock and Dam Project represents one of the largest and most ambitious of such undertakings. With roots in the Progressive Era, the project was adopted by New Deal prop... More

Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel, Lock & Dam No. 6, Trempealeau, Trempealeau County, WI

Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel, Lock & Dam No. 6, Trempealeau,...

Significance: The Upper Mississippi River Lock and Dam Project represents one of the largest and most ambitious of such undertakings. With roots in the Progressive Era, the project was adopted by New Deal prop... More

Boston Water Works, Chestnut Hill High-Service Pumping Station, 2450 Beacon Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Boston Water Works, Chestnut Hill High-Service Pumping Station, 2450 B...

Significance: With the construction of the Roxbury Standpipe in 1870 and a small pumping station nearby, the Boston Water Board had introduced water to the higher elevations of Roxbury and other parts of Boston... More

Louisville Water Company Pumping Stations, Zorn Avenue & River Road, Louisville, Jefferson County, KY

Louisville Water Company Pumping Stations, Zorn Avenue & River Road, L...

Significance: Theodore R. Scowden, chief engineer for the Louisville Water Company, designed Pumping Station No. 1 in the Classical Revival style in 1856. The complex included an engine room and boiler house i... More

Water Power Development at Falls of Chattahoochee, Chattahoochee River, Columbus, Muscogee County, GA

Water Power Development at Falls of Chattahoochee, Chattahoochee River...

Significance: As the Chattahoochee crosses the fall line at Columbus, Georgia, it falls 125 feet within 2 1/2 miles producing a potential energy of between 66,000 and 99,000 horsepower. That water power made C... More

Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel, Lock & Dam No. 4, Alma, Buffalo County, WI

Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel, Lock & Dam No. 4, Alma, Buffal...

Significance: This lock and dam was the first constructed as part of the Upper Mississippi River Nine-Foot Channel Project. It contains the standard items on most of the lock and dam structures in this project... More

Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel, Lock & Dam No. 4, Alma, Buffalo County, WI

Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel, Lock & Dam No. 4, Alma, Buffal...

Significance: This lock and dam was the first constructed as part of the Upper Mississippi River Nine-Foot Channel Project. It contains the standard items on most of the lock and dam structures in this project... More

Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel, Lock & Dam No. 4, Alma, Buffalo County, WI

Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel, Lock & Dam No. 4, Alma, Buffal...

Significance: This lock and dam was the first constructed as part of the Upper Mississippi River Nine-Foot Channel Project. It contains the standard items on most of the lock and dam structures in this project... More

Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel, Lock & Dam No. 4, Alma, Buffalo County, WI

Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel, Lock & Dam No. 4, Alma, Buffal...

Significance: This lock and dam was the first constructed as part of the Upper Mississippi River Nine-Foot Channel Project. It contains the standard items on most of the lock and dam structures in this project... More

Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel, Lock & Dam No. 4, Alma, Buffalo County, WI

Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel, Lock & Dam No. 4, Alma, Buffal...

Significance: This lock and dam was the first constructed as part of the Upper Mississippi River Nine-Foot Channel Project. It contains the standard items on most of the lock and dam structures in this project... More

Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel, Lock & Dam No. 9, Lynxville, Crawford County, WI

Upper Mississippi River 9-Foot Channel, Lock & Dam No. 9, Lynxville, C...

See HAER MN-20, Upper Mississippi River Nine-Foot Channel Project History, Locks and Dams 3-10, for additional information. Significance: The Upper Mississippi River Lock and Dam Project represents one of the l... More

Delaware & Raritan Canal, Lock, On Delaware Canal, North of Hamilton, East of George Street, New Brunswick, Middlesex County, NJ

Delaware & Raritan Canal, Lock, On Delaware Canal, North of Hamilton, ...

Significance: Lock 13 was one of 14 locks in a canal totaling 65.5 miles in length, connecting the Raritan River at New Brunswick, New Jersey, to the Delaware River at Bordentown and at Raven Rock, New Jersey, ... More

Delaware & Raritan Canal, Lock, On Delaware Canal, North of Hamilton, East of George Street, New Brunswick, Middlesex County, NJ

Delaware & Raritan Canal, Lock, On Delaware Canal, North of Hamilton, ...

Significance: Lock 13 was one of 14 locks in a canal totaling 65.5 miles in length, connecting the Raritan River at New Brunswick, New Jersey, to the Delaware River at Bordentown and at Raven Rock, New Jersey, ... More

Delaware & Raritan Canal, Lock, On Delaware Canal, North of Hamilton, East of George Street, New Brunswick, Middlesex County, NJ

Delaware & Raritan Canal, Lock, On Delaware Canal, North of Hamilton, ...

Significance: Lock 13 was one of 14 locks in a canal totaling 65.5 miles in length, connecting the Raritan River at New Brunswick, New Jersey, to the Delaware River at Bordentown and at Raven Rock, New Jersey, ... More

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