Historical Engineering Plans

A collection of detailed engineering diagrams and plans for various historical construction projects, featuring mechanical structures and waterworks designs.

Continuous electric furnace No. 1 at the Development Division of the U.S. Chemical Warfare Service in Cleveland, Ohio. The furnace is being charged as part of the development process. The photograph captures the tower leads, steam supply, steam entry, condensate discharging device, and discharge panel. Taken on February 6, 1919.

Husqvarna Weapon Factory Chronology.ur Carl Sahlin Mountain History Collection.

Building Number 132. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Engineering Plans, Distribution Department, Northern High Service Spot Pond Pumping Station, 36-inch sluice gate, Stoneham, Mass., Oct. 1898 , waterworks, pumping stations, engineering maps

N.N., water supply and drainage, Neustadt. (From: Atlas to the magazine for Building, ed. V. Ministry of Public Work, Jg. 50, 1900): Sewage treatment plant: cuts 1: 125. Stitch on paper, 43.4 x 56.5 cm (including scan edges)

N.N., Dortmund-Ems-Canal. Ship lift, Henrichenburg. (From: Atlas to the magazine for Building, ed. V. Ministry of Public Works, Jg. 51, 1901): cuts 1:50. Stitch on paper, 44.3 x 29.2 cm (including scan edges)

Yard Sub-Surface Survey. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Pumping plant for draining a excavation, construction drawings, view, cut and cracks

Continuous electric furnace No. 1 at the Development Division of the U.S. Chemical Warfare Service in Cleveland, Ohio. The furnace is being charged as part of the development process. The photograph captures the tower leads, steam supply, steam entry, condensate discharging device, and discharge panel. Taken on February 6, 1919.

Stranding machine wire 37 and wire 127, vintage engraved illustration. Industrial encyclopedia E.-O. Lami - 1875.

Technical figures of presses and silk reels, Daniël Vulawaard (II), After Herman Daniël van Perls, After G.J. Verdam, 1832 - 1859 print Technical figures of presses and silk reels for the magazine to promote industry. At the top right: I part No I Plate I. paper etching machines; parts of machines; tools and appliances. tools, aids, implements ~ crafts and industries: press. manufacturing with yarn

Pendul machine for lifting loads from the depth, construction drawings, view, cut and crack

N.N., swimming excavator »Thor« of the hydraulic engineering inspection, Tönning: bucket conductor: cuts 1:50, 1:20. Lithograph on cardboard, 50.1 x 63.8 cm (including scan edges) N.N. : Schwimmbagger »Thor« der Wasserbauinspektion, Tönning

Poelzig Hans (1869-1936), Rybniker coal union. Separation and laundry system, Annagrube (1914-1915): cuts of the rows of columns G, H, I and K. Break on paper, 93.7 x 144.7 cm (including scan edges) Poelzig Hans (1869-1936): Rybniker Steinkohlen-Gewerkschaft. Separations- und Wäscheanlage, Annagrube

Yard Sub-Surface Survey. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

N.N., steam excavator machine of the hydraulic engineering inspection, Diez: cuts 1:50. Lithograph on paper, 41.9 x 71.4 cm (including scan edges)

Five-raducted sowing machine for pullers. Inv. in 1851.

Sala mine and silver plant chronology.sala silver mine.ur Carl Sahlin mountain historical collection.

Schwechten Franz (1841-1924), water production machine. (From: Contributions to machine construction, H.1, ed. V. Rothe, Berlin 1827.) (1827-1827): Details. Stitch on paper, 44.2 x 33.9 cm (including scan edges)

Sala mine and silver plant chronology.sala silver mine.ur Carl Sahlin mountain historical collection.

N.N., excavator No. 82 of the hydraulic engineering inspection, Trier: cuts 1:50. Light break on paper, 43.1 x 66.8 cm (including scan edges)

Drawing over Oppboga A. Bol. Proposal for power station. Scale 1:50.

Machine for lifting water, construction drawings

Lupus healing facility, Creation of the bass for the steam bath cut, cut cd, Otto Wagner -, artist

Running bridge over the Lothse, Hamburg-Harburg: site plan, supervision, cuts (from: Atlas to the magazine for construction, ed.

Distribution Department, Mystic River pipe crossing, details of coffer dam (engineering plan), Mass., 1899 , waterworks, pipes conduits, engineering maps

Section of oil pump motor (drawing).

N.N., new sea lock, Emden: sliding gates, towing car 3: cross -sections 1:20. Lithograph on cardboard, 66.1 x 48.4 cm (including scan edges)

Drawing from the builder: Building company Contractor, Stockholm General Motors Nordiska AB's first factory building in Sweden. Work image. Hammarbyhamnen in 1927.

Album with photographs from Bohusbanan. Rigns belonging to Bohusbanan's technical workbro at Svarteborg.

Unknown author, steam engine excavator for the deepening of the fairway at Stralsund (1834): Longitudinal cut through the excavator barge (from: Construction of the Prussian State, Vol. 1, Bl. 65). Stitch on paper, 28.6 x 69.9 cm (including scan edges) unbek. Verfasser : Dampfmaschinen-Bagger für die Vertiefung des Fahrwassers bei Stralsund. (Aus: Bauausführungen des preußischen Staats, Bd. 1)

Schultz Hans, coke ovens, Saarbrücken. (From: Atlas to the magazine for Building, ed. V. G. Erbkam, Jg. 8, 1858.) (1858-1858): floor plans, views, details printing presses. Stitch on paper, 28.9 x 45 cm (including scan edges) Schultz Hans : Koksöfen, Saarbrücken. (Aus: Atlas zur Zeitschrift für Bauwesen, hrsg. v. G. Erbkam, Jg. 8, 1858)

Yard Sub-Surface Survey. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Engineering Plans, Distribution Department, addition to Chestnut Hill High Service Pumping Station, iron work, Sheet No. 2, Brighton, Mass., Sep. 15, 1897 , waterworks, pumping stations, engineering maps

Dry Dock Number 4, Cross-Sections Through Pump Well and Discharge Culvert, Drawing F544 S399. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

N.N., lock on Mühlendamm, Berlin: Turbine facility: cuts 1:25. Lithograph on paper, 64.6 x 86.2 cm (including scan edges) N.N. : Schleuse am Mühlendamm, Berlin

Unknown authors, hand excavator to deepen the fairway in the Ucker (1839-1839): Details (from: Construction of the Prussian State, Vol. 2, Bl. 4). Stitch on paper, 36.1 x 55 cm (including scan edges) unbek. Verfasser : Handbagger zur Vertiefung des Fahrwassers in der Ucker. (Aus: Bauausführungen des preußischen Staats, Bd. 2)

N.N., New turning bridge in the harbor, Emden: Machine systems on the short arm of the swing bridge: cuts 1:15. Lithography on cardboard, 50 x 69.8 cm (including scan edges)

N.N., Schleuse, Hohensaaten: Iron Stemtore, elevator device: View, cuts 1: 7.5. Lithograph on paper, 62.3 x 33.3 cm (including scan edges) N.N. : Schleuse, Hohensaaten

Album with photographs from Bohusbanan.R drawings belonging to Bohusbanan's technical works. Bro over the Göta River.

N.N., floating steam winch of the hydraulic engineering inspection, Emden: 3000 kg load capacity: cuts 1:25. Lithograph on cardboard, 49.1 x 65.6 cm (including scan edges) N.N. : Schwimmende Dampfwinde der Wasserbauinspektion, Emden

A paper making machine Date: 1853

N.N., valley crossing of the Westerwaldquerbahn, Westerburg. (From: Atlas to the magazine for Building, ed. V. Ministry of public work, Jg. 57, 1907 (1907-1907): View, cuts rails, details warehouse and main carrier. Pressure on paper, 29.7 x 46 cm ( incl. Scan edges) N.N. : Talübergang der Westerwaldquerbahn, Westerburg. (Aus: Atlas zur Zeitschrift für Bauwesen, hrsg. v. Ministerium der öffentlichen Arbeiten, Jg. 57, 1907)

N.N., turntable crane on the shipyard, Stralsund: cuts, details 1:30, 1:10. Lithograph on paper, 63.6 x 93.2 cm (including scan edges) N.N. : Drehscheibenkran auf der Werft, Stralsund

N.N., Condiescher steam hammer, Glasgow. (From: Atlas to the magazine for Building, ed. V. G. Erbkam, Jg. 3, 1853): cuts. Stitch on paper, 27.7 x 42.2 cm (including scan edges)

Drawing. Electric power station turbines at Klabböle.

N.N., Hafen, Sassnitz: Leitwerkfeuer: cuts 1:10. Lithograph on paper, 94.8 x 53.9 cm (including scan edges)

A section through a sawing-shed, with a water-powered sawmill. Engraving by Mutlow.

N.N., steam excavator »Stralsund«: view, cuts. Lithography on cardboard, 44 x 62.3 cm (including scan edges)

Plüddemann Richard (1846-1910), slaughterhouse and cattle market, Wroclaw. Machine and cooling house (1894-1896): Foundations of the steam engines and compressors: longitudinal section 1:20. Lithograph colored on cardboard, 69.9 x 102.9 cm (including scan edges)

N.N., floating steam winch of the hydraulic engineering inspection, Emden: 3000 kg load capacity: cuts 1:10. Lithograph colored on the cardboard, 53.7 x 75.5 cm (including scan edges) N.N. : Schwimmende Dampfwinde der Wasserbauinspektion, Emden

Man at a mill on a hill. Leaf 9 Recto from a sketchbook with 77 sheets.

Plüddemann Richard (1846-1910), slaughterhouse and cattle market, Wroclaw. Fertilizer house (1894-1896): fertilizer: floor plan longitudinal cut and side view 1:10. Lithograph, 69.2 x 102.4 cm (including scan edges)

Mechanical repair shop at Camp Holabird in Maryland, taken in 1919. The photo shows equipment and supplies scattered around the shop. It is unclear what the specific repairs being performed were.

N.N., Dortmund-Ems-Canal. Coal and Huntsche unloading device on the pumping station on the lip, dates: site plan 1: 2500, side view 1:75, floor plan 1: 200. Lithograph on paper, 49 x 67.7 cm (including scan edges)

Distribution Department, siphon boxing, flexible joint (engineering plan), Mass., ca. 1880-1889 , waterworks, pipes conduits, engineering maps

Brewhouse, distillery, ideal design, cuts

Building Number 132. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Drawing: Dry Dock Number 4, Granite and Concrete for the US Navy Yard, New York, New York, Expansion Joint, Conduit Brackets, Sump Struts, Stones for Caisson Groove and Test Pipe. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Labor Inspectorate Photo Collection. 9x12 planer powered gasoline. undated

N.N., steam excavator machine of the hydraulic engineering inspection, Diez: steam boiler: cuts 1:30, 1:10. Lithograph on paper, 34.1 x 61.6 cm (including scan edges)

Album with photographs from Bohusbanan.Trisings belonging to Bohusbanan's technical works. Culverts at Skårby

Borden Flats Lt. Sta., improvements to fog signal apparatus , Machinery, Bells. Coast Guard Heritage Museum General Collection

Illustration showing Marc Isambard Brunel's machinery for making pulley blocks, used in Portsmouth Dockyards. 1866

N.N., steam excavator for the Klodnitz Canal (without date): bucket with joint: cuts 1: 5. Lithograph on paper, 32 x 42.2 cm (including scan edges) N.N. : Dampfbagger für den Klodnitzkanal

Dimostrazioni dell'Emissario del Lago Albano , Hydraulic facilities, Tunnels, Excavation. The Antonio Cardinal Tosti Collection

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

Disposition of a factory for the production of oils, vintage engraved illustration. Industrial encyclopedia E.-O. Lami - 1875.

Lent Alfred (1836-1915), blast furnace system with a connecting railway. Schinkel competition 1863 (1863): Charging and sieve facility at the coal mines: Riss side view, cross-section, details; 2 scale strips. Ink on cardboard, 53.9 x 64.3 cm (including scan edges) Lent Alfred (1836-1915): Hochofenanlage mit Verbindungsbahn. Schinkelwettbewerb 1863

Development of the New York Navy Yard, as Submitted by Naval Constructor, U.S. Navy, Civil Engineer, U.S. Navy, Scale 100 Feet Equals 1 Inch. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

N.N., Wehr, Wolfsanger: cuts 1: 100, sheet piling 1:50, 1:10. Lithograph on paper, 33.6 x 84.7 cm (including scan edges)

Construction drawing on the cut of the chambers LT turbine.

N.N., excavator »Persante« of the port construction inspection Kolbergermünde, Kolberg: cuts 1: 100. Lithograph on cardboard, 33.2 x 49.5 cm (including scan edges) N.N. : Bagger »Persante« der Hafenbauinspektion Kolbergermünde, Kolberg

N.N., steam excavator »Pommerzig«: Winden: View, cuts 1:10. Lithograph on cardboard, 57.3 x 81.3 cm (including scan edges)

Mechanical engineering drawings on sepia background. Tap tools, borer. Technical Design. Cover. Blueprint. Vector illustration.

Distribution Department, Venturi Meter Tube, engineering plan, Mass., ca. 1904 , waterworks, pipes conduits, engineering maps, Venturi Meters

N.N., steam bucket excavator »Alberich«: cuts 1: 100. Lithograph on cardboard, 29.2 x 42.5 cm (including scan edges)

Drawing for Equipment Communication Radio

Distribution Department, Venturi Meter Tube, engineering plan, Mass., ca. 1904 , waterworks, pipes conduits, engineering maps, Venturi Meters

Sectional view of lead chamber process for large-scale production of sulphuric acid 1870. Also known as Oil of Vitriol or H2S04. It was one of the most important of industrial chemicals, The example shown was at the Saint-Gobin chemical works, France. This incorporates Gay-Lussac's (1778-1850) and John Glover's (1817-1902) refinements. From 'Les Merveilles de l'Industrie' by Louis Figuier. (Paris, c1870). Engraving

Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. Agricultural machinery and equipment, work, drawings, beacon. undated

Drawing. Machine for cropping trees. From Carl Johan Cronstedts collection.

N.N., steam bucket excavator »Beckmesser«: cuts 1: 100, 1:20. Lithograph on cardboard, 29 x 42.6 cm (including scan edges) N.N. : Dampf-Eimerbagger »Beckmesser«

Transformer or steam superheater, Maiche system, vintage engraved illustration. Industrial encyclopedia E.-O. Lami - 1875.

Distribution Department, horizontal gate valves with by-passes, engineering plan, Mass., Mar. 1897 , waterworks, engineering maps

Regulating Schedule for Turbine M10JI.

N.N., Dortmund-Ems-Canal. Coal and Huntsche unloading device on the pumping station on the lip, dates: view, floor plan, cuts 1:75. Lithograph on paper, 49.2 x 67.6 cm (including scan edges)

N.N., steaming out of the no. 3 and 4 of the hydraulic engineering inspection, Emden: anchor winch, flap winch: cuts. Lithograph colored on the cardboard, 49.8 x 66 cm (including scan edges) N.N. : Dampfprähme Nr. 3 und 4 der Wasserbauinspektion, Emden

Dry Dock Number 4, Monthly Progress Photo. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

N.N., steam excavator of the hydraulic engineering inspection, Stade: floor plan, cuts 1:50. Lithograph on cardboard, 62 x 86.2 cm (including scan edges)

Distribution Department, valve, Y branch, flexible joint, etc., engineering plan, Mass., ca. 1880-1889 , waterworks, pipes conduits, engineering maps

Side view of a set with a wheel, Isaac Weissenbruch, 1836 - 1912 print Netherlands paper machines; parts of machines; tools and appliances

N.N., technical systems, dental and water wheels (approx. 1800): various technical representations. Pressure on paper, 48.9 x 40.2 cm (including scan edges) N.N. : Technische Systeme, Zahn- und Wasserräder

N.N., Pump excavator I of the hydraulic engineering inspection, Emden: Schlick pump and suction basket: cuts 1:20, 1:10. Lithograph colored on cardboard, 49.9 x 65.8 cm (including scan edges) N.N. : Pumpenbagger I der Wasserbauinspektion, Emden

Yard Sub-Surface Survey. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Dampfmaschinen des 19. Jahrhunderts, Compound Dampfmaschine von Collmann, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhund...

Engraving depicting various fastenings for rail tracks. Dated 19th century

G. Luther Maschinenfabrik (company), ship design (without date): machine parts. Photo on cardboard, 35.5 x 49.4 cm (including scan edges) G. Luther Maschinenfabrik (Firma) : Schiffsentwurf

Yard Sub-Surface Survey. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

N.N., Pump excavator I of the hydraulic engineering inspection, Emden: Suction tube: cuts 1: 100, 1:50, 1:25. Lithograph colored on the cardboard, 49.6 x 66.3 cm (including scan edges) N.N. : Pumpenbagger I der Wasserbauinspektion, Emden

Distribution Department, Southern High Service Forbes Hill Reservoir, general plan and sections (engineering plan), Mass., Feb. 20, 1902 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, engineering maps

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