Construction
- A Marion Steam Shovel, Simpson Logging Company, Near Seattle c 1905As low as $5.00This detailed image shows a cut being made through a ridge by the Simpson Logging Company, to be used for their logging railroad. Learn More
- A Shipbuilding Crew in Seattle - circa 1900As low as $5.00From 1893 through 1906 photographer Wilhelm Hester documented ships and shipping in Washington State, as well as Alaska scenes he captured when he joined the gold rush of 1898. Learn More
- A Shipbuilding Crew in Seattle, Side View - Circa 1900As low as $5.00In 1900 wood was still the dominant material used in ship building, and many wooden ships were built in the Pacific Northwest, especially in the Seattle area. Learn More
- Applying Gunite, Oregon City Bridge Construction - 1922As low as $5.00The Oregon City Bridge is the only Oregon bridge to be encased in gunite, which protects its steel frame from corrosive sulfur dioxide fumes from the paper mills to the south of the bridge. Learn More
- Assembling a Steam Gold Dredge, Eastern Oregon - c. 1900As low as $5.00This large steam-powered gold dredge is under construction on an unidentified river somewhere in eastern Oregon, probably near Baker City, where photographer Martin Hazeltine operated his studio. Learn More
- Barge Used for Oregon City Bridge Construction - 1922As low as $5.00This close-up view shows us many of the details of the barge with a steam donkey powered crane used to build the Oregon City Arch Bridge. Learn More
- Big Rock Cut, Above Cabinet, Northern Pacific Railroad - c. 1882As low as $5.00This view of railroad construction was captured by Davidson as Northern Pacific's transcontinental line neared completion. (It was opened in 1883.) Learn More
- Bucyrus Steam Shovel near Brinnon, Washington - c. 1910As low as $5.00This hundred-year-old image shows a large steam shovel on rails, digging a channel to float logs for Iszett Logging Company to Hood Canal. Learn More
- Building a Bridge Along the Snake River near Robinette - c. 1909As low as $5.00This view shows a railroad bridge under construction across the Powder River where it flows into the Snake. Robinette was located behind the photographer on the west bank of the Snake River. Learn More
- Building a Sternwheeler in Portland Harbor - c. 1905As low as $5.00In this group portrait of workers at the construction site of a new sternwheeler, we can identify the M. F. Henderson and the No Wonder moored behind it. Learn More
- Building Station B Electric Plant at Willamette Falls - 1895As low as $5.00The concrete foundation for the new Station B Electric Plant on the west bank at the Falls is in progress in this unusual view of its initial construction. Learn More
- Building the Bolton Reservoir - c. 1915As low as $5.00Photographer S. P. Davis has captured some wonderful abstract patterns while documenting the construction of West Linn's first reservoir in about 1915. Learn More
- Building the Dalles - Celilo Canal - 1910As low as $5.00The Dalles-Celilo canal, over eight miles long, begins about three miles upriver from The Dalles. Its construction lasted from 1905 through 1915. Learn More
- Building the Railroad Bridge Across the Willamette at Wilsonville - c. 1907As low as $5.00A construction crew poses in front of the almost-completed railroad bridge at Wilsonville, built for the Oregon Electric Railway. Learn More
- Building the Temporary Bridge at Willamette Falls - 1921As low as $5.00It's said that this temporary footbridge was built in one day, which may be a slight exaggeration, but it clearly went up quickly. Learn More
- Building West Linn's First Stand Pipe - c. 1915As low as $5.00This fifty-foot tall, 50,000 gallon standpipe was built as part of West Linn's first water project, to supply the upper parts of the newly-incorporated city. Learn More
- Concrete Workers, Oregon City - c. 1915As low as $5.00From the early part of Ralph Eddy's career, this image is restored and printed from his original glass negative. Learn More
- Construction Crew, South Side of Willamette Falls - c. 1890As low as $5.00This early view of construction on the south side of the falls shows a variety of activities going on. Learn More
- Construction of Columbia River Highway, with Temporary Railroad - 1915As low as $5.00Many historic photos exist of the Columbia River Highway. This one is unusual, showing the temporary railroad used to move heavy materials along the highway grade during construction. Learn More
- Corbett Building, 5th and Morrison, Portland, Looking South - 1928As low as $5.00Featured here is the Corbett Building, built about 1909 and then imploded in 1988 to make way for the current Pioneer Place development. Learn More
- County Road Crew Near Hoodsport - c. 1895As low as $5.00At first glance this group portrait appears to be a very diverse logging crew, but a second look reveals that in addition to saws and peaveys, many shovels and grub hoes are visible. Learn More
- Crew with Municipal Engine Co. Gas Cement Mixer - c. 1914As low as $5.00Somewhere in the Portland area, a crew pauses from their concrete work to have their picture taken. Their main equipment is an early version of a gas-powered cement mixer. Learn More
- Dedication Crowd, Oregon City Bridge Opening - 1922As low as $5.00On December 28, 1922, the new Arch Bridge across the Willamette River between Oregon City and West Linn was dedicated. Photographer Ralph Eddy captures the view from below. Learn More
- Draft Horses at Star Sand Company Docks, Portland - c. 1900As low as $5.00It took strong horses, wagons, and men to distribute the crushed aggregate and sand sold by Star Sand Company, which was the largest company of its type in the Pacific Northwest. Learn More
- Enterprise, Ladder Dredge for Star Sand Company, Portland - c. 1900As low as $5.00The Enterprise was the first boat in Oregon to take sand from under the water. She was built for Christian Missinger in about 1890, soon after he founded Star Sand Company. Learn More
- Government Locks at the Cascades, Columbia River - c. 1890As low as $5.00It took 18 years to build these locks, which were completed in 1896. They operated for forty years, until being submerged by Bonneville Dam in 1938. Learn More
- Grading the Railroad to Harney Valley - c. 1914As low as $5.00In 1914 the Oregon Eastern Railroad was extending its line from Riverside over the hills to the town of Crane, east of Burns in the Harney Valley. Learn More
- Horse-drawn Water Tanker - c. 1912As low as $5.00It takes a strong team to pull a water tanker. This pair looks like they're up to the task. Learn More
- Interstate Bridge, Nearing Completion - 1917As low as $5.00This is the new Interstate Bridge, the first auto bridge between Portland and Vancouver, shortly before it was opened on Feb. 14th, 1917 - which was Oregon's 58th anniversary of its statehood. Learn More
- Lake Oswego Railroad Bridge - c. 1910As low as $5.00The Lake Oswego Railroad Bridge, built as the Southern Pacific Railroad Bridge north of Tyron Creek, nearing the end of its construction. Learn More
- Launch of the 1st Liberty Ship, the Star of Oregon - 1941As low as $5.00A large crowd has turned out at the Kaiser Shipyards in Portland on September 27, 1941, to celebrate the launch of the first of many Liberty Ships built here. Learn More
- Laying Water Pipes down 6th Street, Oregon City - c. 1914As low as $5.00A ten-inch water main for West Linn is already in the trench, and pipe is being distributed to add a six-inch line to power the new municipal elevator along the bluff in Oregon City. Learn More
- Laying Wooden Pipe near Astoria - c. 1884As low as $5.00In this print reproduced from an early stereoview, Astoria photographer Samuel Crow captures part of the crew installing wood stave pipe - probably for a water line. Learn More
- Lower Falls and Pipe, South Fork of the Clackamas - c. 1915As low as $5.00In this juxtaposition of nature and industry, a large water pipe is carried across the falls by cable - part of the construction of the South Fork water project to provide water to Oregon City and West Linn. Learn More
- Marent Trestle, Height 226 Feet, Highest Trestle on NPRR - c. 1883As low as $5.00This wooden trestle, completed in 1883, was short-lived, replaced by an iron trestle in 1884 - 1885. Learn More
- Members of the Pure Mountain Water League - 1916As low as $5.00These distinguished members of the Pure Mountain Water League, most of them from Oregon City, were among the original promoters of the South Fork Water Project, built to bring clean water from the upper Clackamas River to Oregon City. Learn More
- Nearly Completed Oregon City Bridge with Scaffolding - 1922As low as $5.00The scaffolding seen here was built to apply the metal mesh and coating of gunite for the bridge. The steel structure had already been completed. Learn More
- New Bridge over the Clackamas at Estacada - 1908As low as $5.00An almost finished bridge over the Clackamas River at Estacada, with a workman waving his hat from on top. Learn More
- New Construction at Paper Mills, Willamette Falls - 1906As low as $5.00This rather chaotic view shows piles of lumber, wood pulp, cordwood and rocks as construction is completed for the new building in the left foreground. Learn More
- North Jetty, Newport - c. 1898As low as $5.00This photo was taken shortly after the north jetty for Yaquina Bay was completed in 1896, after 8 years of construction. Learn More
- Opening the Columbia, Canal & Locks at the Cascades - 1889As low as $5.00This 1889 engraving shows the construction of the Cascade Locks and Canal, which took 20 years to complete, finally opening in 1896. Learn More
- Overlooking Guild's Lake from the Northwest Hills - c. 1903As low as $5.00Guild's Lake in northwest Portland, now drained, became famous a few years after this photo when it was chosen for the site of the 1905 Lewis & Clark Exposition. Learn More
- Placing the Top Section, Oregon City Bridge Contruction - 1922As low as $5.00A barge-mounted crane helps to install the center sections of steel for the new Arch Bridge spanning the Willamette at Oregon City. Learn More
- Portland Harbor Wall Nearing Completion - 1929As low as $5.00This photo, dated March 19, 1929, was taken shortly before Portland's Harbor Wall was completed. A newspaper article that displayed this image stated "City officials watch workers put last touches to 5400 - foot retaining wall." Learn More
- Pouring the Deck, Oregon City Bridge Construction - 1922As low as $5.00Lots of wheelbarrows are involved in the pouring of the bridge deck in this 1922 photo by Ralph Eddy. The arches are now carrying the weight, but have yet to be covered in gunite. Learn More
- Railway Under Construction near Castle Rock - c. 1905As low as $5.00While the work crew's steam engine looks like something from the 1870s, we suspect this view is from the early 1900s, when railway lines were being extended along the north bank of the Columbia River. Learn More
- Raising a 75 Foot Pole, State Street, Oswego - 1913As low as $5.00If you ever wondered how they erected those really tall electric poles back in the day, here's your answer. Lots of men and pikes (the smaller poles with spikes on their ends). Learn More
- Rebuilding After the 1890 Flood, Willamette FallsAs low as $5.00The large flood of 1890 caused extensive damage to structures on both sides of the Willamette River at the Falls. In the foreground we see workers rebuilding the almost new mills on the west side. Learn More
- Snag Boat & Diver on the Columbia at Quinn - 1893As low as $5.00The snag boat crew, including their diver, poses for a photo at Hodgkins & Balls Salmon Fishery in Quinn, a long-lost town north of Clatskanie. Learn More