Large electric motor with freight cars filled with coal attached to it inside a mineshaft. . A man stands between the motor and first car, possibly on the back of the motor. Wires run across the ceiling. The shaft is supported by large wood...
Three men stand in a mineshaft in front of a car filled with coal while four more stand behind it. They are each wearing caps with headlamps. Title: 7057 Loading Cage with Car of Coal at Bottom of Shaft, Scranton, Pa. Text on left: Keystone View...
Vertical axis wind turbines (VAWTs) are devices to convert wind energy into electricity. Unlike horizontal axis wind turbines (HAWT) where the main rotor shaft is set horizontally, VAWTs use vertical rotor shaft. Unlike HAWTs, VAWTs can be...
From the "Elements of Architecture: Mastaba to Pyramid" section of the "Art of Ancient Egypt" chapter (Chapter 3). Components highlighted are: mastaba (chapel, offering table, serdab with statue of ka, underground burial...
Discovered in Pompeii.
"With its fluted shaft and slightly flared bottom, the candelabrum rests on a tripod shaped like lion's paws, partially covered by a double plant-motif sheath. Three palmettes, one broken, ornament the space between the...
Archaeological sites; Excavation; Construction; Construction equipment; Subways; Mass transit; Streets; Roads; Automobiles; Vehicles; Trees; Plants; Gardens
Excavation on the southwest edge of the Zappeion Gardens (near the junction of Amalias and Olgas Avenues) preparing a ventilation shaft for the Metro system.
Stern wheelers; tugboats; Ship equipment & rigging; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Stern of the DUNCAN BRUCE, in dry dock while her wheel shaft is being repaired at Howard Shipyard in Jeffersonville, Indiana. DUNCAN BRUCE, a stern wheel towboat with a steel hull (133.6 ft. x 35.1 ft. x 6 ft.) and diesel engine was built at...
Pumps; Ship equipment & rigging; Industrial facilities; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana as seen from a barge at the bank of the Ohio River. A pump and stiff leg crane sit on the barge and a water tube boiler is on a trailer to the left. A stern wheel paddlewheel shaft is...
Stern wheelers; Tugboats; Steamboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
DUFFY, a stern-wheel towboat with steel hull (125 ft. x 25 ft. x 4.6 ft.), was built at Howard in 1921. Owned by Ohio River Sand Company in Louisville, Kentucky, DUFFY operated in the Louisville area. The Duffy became a familiar sight in...
Theaters; Cultural facilities; Building construction
View down rectangular space, possibly stairwell or elevator shaft, inside Loew's Theatre at 625 S. Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky, during its construction. Written on negative: "Miner D. Woodling. Loew Theatre. Jan. 7th 1928. Louisville,...
Theaters; Cultural facilities; Building construction
View of beams, dirt, and rectangular shaft (over which hangs a bucket), inside Loew's Theatre at 625 S. Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky, during its construction. Written on negative: "Miner D. Woodling. Loew Theatre. Feb. 7th 1928....
Historic sites; Monuments & memorials; Bunker Hill Monument (Boston, Mass.)
Bunker Hill Monument in Charlestown, Massachusetts. Obelisk-shaped monument made of granite with a small building next to it on a grassy area. A city skyline is in the background. Title: Bunker Hill Monument. Text on left: Boston & Suburbs....
From the "Elements of Architecture: Column and Colonnade" section of the "Art of Ancient Egypt" chapter (Chapter 3). Elements included: capital; shaft; base; capital (double bull).
"Just inside the Lion Gate, [Heinrich] Schliemann uncovered what archaeologists now designate as Grave Circle A. It predates the Lion Gate and the walls of Mycenae by some three centuries. Grave Circle A encloses six deep shafts that had...
