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Black and white images of historical construction sites featuring various structures like towers and bridges, capturing the essence of engineering from the mid-20th century.

Anefo photo collection. Construction television channel in Lopik now 100 meters high. November 8, 1950. Lopik, Utrecht
Anefo photo collection. Construction television channel in Lopik now 100 meters high. November 8, 1950. Lopik, Utrecht
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Anefo photo collection. Burning gas at lighthouse mountains by the sea; Helmed man. March 15, 1976Pioneers when piloting. .Indian - Alaska. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic HistoryGerman Funk Mess Beobachter Radar Installation At Sete, France.Logroño. 07/23/1977. It has been confirmed that methane gas leaks have begun to occur in the "Rioja-2" oil well. This is a clear indication that a pocket of the precious liquid may exist in this well.The carrying post Ickery drawn by the test load on the line Kuosakåbå - Gällivare.600 kilos test loading of carrying post on the line Kuosakbå - Gällivare.Baggermolens, anonymous, 1936 - 1950 photograph Album magazine with a photo of a dredger for use at the gold mining in Aceh. Part of the photo album of the N.V. Machinefabriek Braat in Surabaya with photos of different products for the industry from the period 1936-1953. Aceh albumblad: cardboard. foto: photographic support gelatin silver print dredge, dredging machine. mining Java. Acehin australia the concept of industrial with an off shore platform in the clear oceanCollection Dutch Heidematschappij. Forestry, abroad, climate, land, elements. undatedQueen Victoria's pictures. Riksantikvarie Hans Hildebrand and Tronarvingen Gustav Adolf by an excavation on Öland. The Riksantikvari landscape.Photograph showing a 'Fighter Direction Aerial system' radar installation in Britain, during the Second World War, c.1945. On the right of the image a technician can be seen climbing the stairs into the control booth of the machine. Date: 25/08/1945'Black Gold,' one of the many oil gushers of the rich Odessa Oil Field , Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United StatesMan on a Utility Pole. Original caption: Miscellaneous. 1939-01-01T00:00:00. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. PhotographsPhoto collection Government information service. Church clock waiting for rebuilding a tower destroyed during WO II location unknown. The clock was found in IJsselmeer after being put overboard during drain to Germany. November 1945Spotting Tower No. T-620, Target Area No. 3, Petersham, Mass., Jun. 24, 1949 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, military installations, watchtowers'Black Gold,' one of the many oil gushers of the rich Odessa Oil Field , Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United StatesGroove on Matcze.50-FOOT INTERFEROMETER MOUNT WITH CAMERAS ATTACHED AT PT. LOMA ECLIPSE SITE. VIEW FROM THE SOUTHWEST.Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. Radiation meters, shading instrument, Schulze radiation meter. March 1965. Gelderland, Deelen airbaseExtending Mast Vehicle -- This vehicle has been designed for use with centimetric link equipment allowing the paraboloids to be extended approximately 60ft. from the ground and operated by remote control.Vehicle on site with radio link equipment in position ready for elevating. November 15, 1954. (Photo by BBC Television Service).Winding Towers Germany, France, Britain Perspective Views. Bernd Becher (b.1931) and Hilla Becher (b.1934). Executed in 1988. Black and white photographs on board. 40.6 x 31.1cm.Anefo photo collection. Placement Light platform Goeree for coast of Zeeland, no. 11 Lightship Goeree with the new light platform under construction in background. July 25, 1971. ZeelandVintage Photograph. Oil fields in Wyoming.Vintage Photograph. The Wyoming oil fields.Anefo photo collection. Strike of construction workers in Rotterdam. March 8, 1960. Rotterdam, South HollandTelesect.Mounting TV mast.Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)Resting diving valleys in the warp. Resning av dykdalber i Varpen.Photograph taken of an oil gusher at Port Arthur, Texas. Dated 1901Mining - North Dakota. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic HistoryVintage Photograph. Helicopter hoisting powerline poles to aid in their erection.Oil in the Gabon, Africa. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and PersonnelPeace River Bridge. Original caption: Stage in erection of towers - all work was done on the ice. State: Alaska.Anefo photo collection. Construction of view tower in Dortmund T.G.V. Horticultural exhibition "Bundesgartenschau". April 14, 1959For the establishment of a mast for telecommunications or telephone traffic, 2 people are certainly necessary.100-INCH TELESCOPE DOME BEING ERECTED WITH CRANE BASE EXTENDING FROM INSIDE THE BUILDING TO WELL ABOVE THE TOP OF THE DOME; CRANE HOISTING MAIN DOME GIRDER IN PLACE.Instrumentation - Climate - General. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic HistoryDistribution Department, Mystic Pumping Station, chimney, Somerville, Mass., Aug. 31, 1920 , waterworks, pumping stationsBennehoff Run. Oil regions of Pennsylvania. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Petroleum chemical industry , Environmental aspects, Petroleum industry , New York (State), Petroleum industry , PennsylvaniaOil fields. Kern County, California. 1938. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Kern County, Oil fieldsPhoto collection Dutch heidemaatschappij. Vaste Points Cultuurtechnic service. Windmills too Doniawerstal (Swap Rawning Wollegaug). January 1955. Doniawerstal, FrieslandAnefo photo collection. Build television tower in Goes. December 5, 1957. GoesDistribution Department, Southern High Service Forbes Hill Reservoir, Standpipe, Quincy, Mass., Nov. 28, 1900 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, water towers, construction sitesRescue car, manufactured at Scania-Vabis.WA - Columbia River. Columbia River, Washington. Fales Light. Light Structure under construction. Hauling outside piles together and fastening. Looking North (mag.) 25'.Water tower at the Ngandjoek sugar factory on Java, c. 1925 - c. 1930 photograph Part of photo album with recordings of four sugar factories on Java. Nganjuk cardboard. paper. photographic support gelatin silver print sugar. plantation. plants and herbs: sugarcane. water tower Dutch East Indies, The. Nganjuk50-FOOT INTERFEROMETER MOUNT AT SANTA BARBARA ST. IN PASADENA, READY FOR ECLIPSE CAMERAS.Distribution Department, Southern Extra High Service Bellevue Reservoir, masonry tower, Bellevue Hill, West Roxbury, Mass., Jun. 28, 1915 , waterworks, water towers, construction sites, 1886-1888 Bellevue Hill Water TowerThe art wheel at Timansberg's mines. Assault water wheels, which with artificial ran the pumps in Timansberg's mines. The water wheel: Diameter 54 feet (18m). Shovel width 2.3 feet (0.75m). Number of shovels 144st. Speed 4 revolutions per minute. Fall height 61.5 feet (20.5m). Water consumption 6 pitchers per second (15,6liter / second). The length of the art 3348 feet (1113m). The mining pumps invited 125 liters / minute. Constructor Engineer CJ Nilsson, Högåsen, Värmland. Building year 1880-81. The wheel and the art venture was in operation to about 1907.AB State Forest Industries, Assi, PiteåPoll photo collection. Report Amsterdam. Mill on the Haarlemmerweg. 1933. Amsterdam, Noord-HollandMining at Persberg.Base of the erection tower. Original caption: A closer view of the base of the erection tower shows in greater detail the construction features and bracing at the base of the tower. The building attached to the base of the tower was used for housing the steam powered hoisting equipment. Whenever it becomes necessary to move the tower from place to place, caterpillar tractors were used to skid the tower of the ice. No. 64-1 March 1943. State: Alaska.Standard drilling rig, Bradford Oil fields , Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United StatesMounting position for the arc range.The course electrification.Hay stacker. Teton County, Wyoming 1936. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography CollectionAnefo photo collection. unknown . Natural gas field in Slochteren has been officially put into use mr. Fock and Drs. De Pous during commissioning the tower. July 25, 1963. Groningen, SlochterenSweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)Anefo photo collection. Forklift matches (Framework Sportweek). June 26, 1954The Great Harkins Well. Marietta Creek. Morgan collection of Civil War drawings. Wells, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Equipment & supplies, United States, Georgia, MariettaPhoto collection Government information service. Oil extraction, natural gas extraction. July 1960. RidderkerkLincoln lab antenna , Armories, Ordnance industry, Laboratories, Antennas Electronics, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army OperationalRadar installation at Falga.Radio Buoy #10. This item consists of a photograph of an individual standing atop a numbered radio buoy.Photo collection Government information service. Apparators, Urk. undated. Flevoland, UrkWorkshop workers standing next to leash rods, Nydqvist & Holm AB.Pump (Margaret Defender). 1930 - 1949. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. PhotographsExternally polder mill at the Norfolk Broads, Peter Henry Emerson (attributed to), 1885 - 1886 photograph Norfolkpublisher: Great Britain photographic support. cardboard. tracing paper windmill in landscape Norfolk BroadsCollection Dutch Heidematschappij. wood industry. undatedAnefo photo collection. Zaanse annual market on Zaanse Schans, outline with mills. August 18, 1973Anefo photo collection. Construction first Dutch space variety T.g.v. Opening shop week in Haarlem East. January 17, 1961. HaarlemAnefo photo collection. Construction of television jet transmitter in Markelo, the television in the landscape. January 15, 1959. MarkeloAnefo photo collection. Minister Smit Kroes puts MoneNet North Sea into use. Building of the North Sea monitoring network. September 6, 1983German railway troops wooden administrator under constructionGerman railway troops. Holzviaduct under constructionAnefo photo collection. First pile for new factory du Croo & Brauns Westhaven Amsterdam. April 16, 1956. Amsterdam, Noord-Hollandc.1960 Hawaii, Oahu, Female workers in yellow uniform standing in front of Dole Cannery Pineapple, blue skies, postcard