Historical Construction Projects

Vintage photographs documenting various construction projects from the early to mid-20th century, featuring machinery and workers at construction sites.

Scaffolding for the Courtyard balcony, construction of the McKim Building , Public libraries, Building construction, Balconies, Boston Public Library

Project (White Clay Spillway Construction). 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

Manufacture of wagon wave in Hässleholm 1927.

Dam #179 Finishing Section of Apron. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Project (Kyle Dam - Spillway Stilling Pool). 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

Interior work : construction of marble walls, looking northwest.. 1905. Photographs. New York Public Library Archives. New York Public Library, New York Public Library. Humanities and Social Sciences Library, Library architecture, Building construction , New York (State) , New York, Masonry , New York (State) , New York

The construction of a new railway vigor across Norrtullsgatan. Foundation.

Laying Forms for Curb and Gutter - Standing Rock Avenue Project 7AB. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Blagden Street side, construction of the McKim Building , Public libraries, Building construction, Boston Public Library

Scaffolding for the Courtyard balcony, construction of the McKim Building , Public libraries, Building construction, Balconies, Boston Public Library

Work at the outlet.

The basis for Porjus power plants is laid.

Double track building between Alingsås - Olskroken. The bridge over Sveån Södra Bro Halvan. Piling for eastern land attachment.

Spontaneous and basic excavation at Sävelången.

Construction of Sjölundaviadukten, Northern Land Fort.

Concrete Man George Clark. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Stockholm Västerås Bergslagen, SWB Viaduct Casting on the Tomteboda - Hagalund line. Steam crane SJ Q8 1074.

Housing for Oklahoma refugees. California. 1936. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California, Internal migrants, Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939

Track building and house building.

Double track banking Gothenburg - Alingsås. Here we have the start of the work in Hede, in 1914. To the left is the provisional bypass track.

Construction of the new station house

View from S.S. Pierce Building of site, construction of the McKim Building , Public libraries, Foundations, Building construction, Boston Public Library

Project (White Clay Spillway Construction). 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

Rebuilding the bridge over Ramstaån

Untitled silver gelatin photograph by Martin Gerlach Jr., created around 1930, showing a landscape or urban environment in black-and-white.

Floods 1955 , Floods, Debris, Trucks, Civil defense. Records of the Office of Civil Defense and Defense Mobilization

Track work after derailment of train 93, Nordpilen, on the route between Simeå and Undersvik 1956-03-27.

Madrid, 1930 (CA.). Construction works of the Las Ventas Bullring.

St.Vendimiano, construction of a lift. .

Double track building between Alingsås - Olskroken. Lerån on the line Floda - Lerum. The extension of the old culvert.

Casting of platforms and pedestrian tunnel at Södertälje Södra Station.

Cement casting of pillars to road gate facility, at Skövde.

Conduit (Compacting Soil). 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

Construction of road bridge over the railway farm at Lund Central Station. Construction of the Eastern Land Fort, December 1924.

Grusgropen vid Keräsjoki.

Wounded Knee Dam (Repair). 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

House Being Built, Portland, Maine. 1939 - 1947.

Photo collection Government information service. Sluisbouw in Tiel for Connection Amsterdam-Rhine. The length of the lock is 350 meters and the width 50 meters. The height of the side walls 14 meters. 350 workers work day and night and with the help of mechanical work people hope to have completed the lock in the projected time. December 1951. Gelderland, Tiel

Porjus power plant during construction. The distribution pool.

Medle. State Railways, SJ. Bridge construction over Bjurån in September 1910.

Basic excavation at Eslöv's station house and tunnel building.

Werkzaamheden bij schuilkelder B bij Heemskerk; Kelders te Heemskerk.The basement B is stripped of the concrete formwork. These bomb-free cellars were built in 1940 after the shelters in North Holland villages were not safe. The collection of the museum of the museum had been adacred in 1939. The new cellars were put into use in 1941.

Casting the roof over the vestibule

Contract No. 85, Manufacture and Delivery of Precast Concrete Steel Cylinder Pipe, Southborough, Framingham, Wayland, Natick, Weston, fabricating machine for reinforcing cages, Natick, Mass., Mar. 23, 1939

Construction work on the western scaling head and demolition of the goat on the eastern head on the banks of the Kali Brantas south of Malang (Photo XIX), Anonymous, c. 1890 - c. 1920 photograph Photo with the corresponding caption on the left page. Part of photo album with recordings of the construction of a bridge over the Kali Brantas south of Malang on Java. Java cardboard. paper. photographic support engineering. landscape with bridge, viaduct or aqueduct. bridge. building-site. scaffold (~ building activities) Dutch East Indies, The. Java. Kali Brantas

The pile on the road port building in Skövde is almost in place.

Interior from the saw at the bridge construction across the Öre River.

The construction of the Royal Opera, Stockholm 1891-1898. Out of album "congl. Opera building".

Porjus power plant during construction. The concrete mixing station at intake under building.

The construction of the double track between Rönninge and power.

Major Project. 1940-02-01T00:00:00. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Wooden Drop Inlet Spillway Being Installed. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Major Project (Dams & Spillways). 1930 - 1949. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Negative. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Technical Teaching Course Chelmel.Hood Best Case. .

Contract No. 107, Quabbin Hill Recreation Buildings and Road, Ware, framework for temporary shelter for utility building, boiler house on right, looking southwesterly, Ware, Mass., Dec. 9, 1940

Lumber mill being dismantled. Careyville, Florida. 1937. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Florida , Caryville, Florida , Washington County, Mills, Plant shutdowns, Sawmills

Construction of the housing house

The master focuses the road port construction at Skövde.

Elsevier photo collection. Anna Jacobapolder St. Philipsland, Fruitweker C. erased canal 100 meters length 8 meters wide rid orchards salt. pump squeeze water pipes country, fruit trees fresh water sprayed syringe. water cannon radius 15 meters remains 12 hours. 6, 1953. Anna Jacobapolder, St. Philipsland

Here the work team mixes cement to work on the road gate in Eslöv May 1923.

Technical course. Kleiner box ready. .

Chicago Construction Project. Original caption: Expansion Joint of Lastite Joint Co. with Dowel bar installation in background.

Sudbury Department, Hopkinton Dam, wasteway and overfall, Ashland, Mass., 1892 , waterworks, dams, construction sites, spillways

Connection of the track for the state track Malung - Vansbro to Vansbro Bangård.

Contract No. 80, High Level Distribution Reservoir, Weston, 5 feet left of Sta. 103+10 looking southwest showing placing of concrete for curbs and mat, high level distribution reservoir, Weston, Mass., Oct. 24, 1939

Contract No. 80, High Level Distribution Reservoir, Weston, looking east from Sta. 887+10+/- showing forms ready for second pour of upper pipe, high level distribution reservoir, Weston, Mass., Mar. 20, 1940

Major Project. 1939-11-01T00:00:00.. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Belawan, Oceaanhaven Belawan, Montage bak 23. NHW, verso - manuscript, Construction site with the construction of a barge with a crane on rails. Numbered: 24. Part of the group of loose photos about the construction of the Belawan harbour on the coast of Medan, Sumatra 1921-1922., photograph, foto, Indische albums, 16, 6-21, lower right - manuscript, No. 24. Montage bak 23. NHW, height 160 mm, width 220 mm, photographer, 1921-06-16 - 1921-06-16, first quarter 20st century, photographic paper, photo paper, daylight gelatin silver print

Connection work, Montparnasse Welcome, Boulevard de Vaugirard 1934

Road gate at Lomma brickworks

CCC-ID Enrollees Making Cement Blocks. 1920 - 1965. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Sisseton Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Gravel load at Lövstabanan.

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

Bergav coverage at Strängsered station. Decauville tracks, the finished rail lengths were used as provisional paths for track work vehicles.

Other Project (Excavating). 1930 - 1949. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Pålen on the road port building in Skövde is now in place in the pile crane.

Construction site for the viaduct at Krukmakegergatan.

Driving Sheet Piling. 1930 - 1949. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Preparation for double track line Järna-Katrineholm.Bron at Skeboån.

Ranger brakes.

Double track building between Alingsås - Olskroken. The bridge over Säveån Södra Bro half. Wrapping of iron spouting.

Double track building between Alingsås - Olskroken. The bridge over Säveån Södra Bro half. Reinforcing iron is inserted for the vault while monitoring the landstorm.

Double track building between Alingsås - Olskroken. Steam excavator, the bridge over Säveån at Lerum. Demolition of old bridge.

Setting platform edges.

Dam #186 Pipe Work Site. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Hot house for the bridge construction at the Torne river.

Martin Gerlach junior's 1931 silver gelatin photograph shows Vienna's wholesale market hall, highlighting interior architecture, market stalls, and urban commercial environment.

Project (Oglala Dam Irrigation Canal). 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

Other Project. 1930 - 1949. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Construction of the transhipment magazine in Hallsberg.

Madrid. January 1962. Construction of the Madrid Health Residence, with capacity for seven beds distributed over fifteen floors.

The State Railways, SJ, Duke Mine from the west.

Construction of the new station house

Oglala Dam Project. 1940-01-01T00:00:00.. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

The bridge construction for the double track over the channel between Rönninge - stream.

Mountain coverage at 21/760. Decauville tracks, the finished rail lengths were used as provisional paths for track work vehicles.

Sample load at Sjölundaviaduct.

Major Project. 1930 - 1949. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Negative. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Reform station in Eksund under construction.

Florida - Key West Depot. Key West Depot, Florida. This pile (2700 tons) of coal is 67' from the storehouse and Depot Keeper's Office. Dumping coal. From Depot Office porch.

Silver gelatin photograph depicting a provisional round of construction work, including temporary supports, beams, and site activity in 1933.

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