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Miners working at a diamond mine in Kimberley, South Africa. Vintage photo etching circa 19th century.
Aralsk, Kazakhstan - September 22, 2011: Unidentified teenagers play at the abandoned sea port equipment on September 22, 2011 in Aralsk, Kazakhstan.
Lower Saxony (unfortunately the exact location is not known), Germany, 1954. Steelworks with workers in the Lower Saxony Industrial Park.
Cedar Falls, Iowa, USA - August 23, 1958: Huber steam traction engine being driven in the Threshermen's Field Days parade. A steam engine like this would have been used to power a threshing machine or other farm machinery. Although steam engines and steam tractors were used in the US until the late 1930s and early 40s, collector goups were already forming by the time this photo was taken in 1958 to preserve steam engines and tractors. Scanned film with significant grain.
Genk, Belgium – April 14, 2022: A view of one of the coal mine shafts of a C-mine in Genk, Belgium
Two engineers wearing coveralls and hard hats standing on a rusty external walkway at a gas fired power plant on the California coast. One of them is holding a radio. \n\nAuthorization was obtained from the FAA for this operation in restricted airspace.
Mining shaft in Ophirton Johannesburg, left as a relic to the history of the gold mining city.
Garimpeiros in Serra Pelada Gold Mine, a village near Curionópolis, Amazon, Pará State, Brazil. Serra Pelada was a large gold mine in Brazil in the 1980’s. Gold Rush, 1986.
Pike River, New Zealand, March 1, 2014: Men pause for lunch while drilling into the 2 km entrance tunnel of the Pike River Coal Mine in preparation for the recovery of 29 miners who died in an explosion. No cameras were allowed to operate while the rig was working.
Kississing Lake, Manitoba, Canada - March 1928. Men at the Sherritt Gordon Mines No. 2 west ore zone shaft at Kississing Lake in Manitoba, Canada. Vintage photograph ca. 1928.
Subway Chiyoda line construction sites
Used during WW1, now rotting away.
32nd Red Arrow Infantry Division
Old gold mining tin building, equipment in Victor, Colorado in western USA, North America. Wench used to raise gold ore to the surface.
A large mining town built for miners in Nevada in 19th century Silver and Gold rush on West Coast of America in 19th century
Mechanical equipment in industrial plants
ZHAOXING DONG, CHINA - JUNE 21, 2012: Chinese workers repairing outdoor electricity wire using excavator as crane. Miao minority village in background.
Kississing Lake, Manitoba, Canada - March 1928. Men at the Sherritt Gordon Mines No. 1 east ore zone shaft at Kississing Lake in Manitoba, Canada. Vintage photograph ca. 1928.
Johannesburg, South Africa – April 01, 2024: Construction workers laboring on a bridge with onlookers
General Sherman's vanguard on the march through the marshes of South Carolina during the American Civil War. Wood engraving from \
Small mine operator wash gold off rock and sand in Chicken Creek on July 24, 1997 in Alaska, USA
Man on tractor disking. Metal wheels on tractor. Wellman, Iowa, USA. 1941. Scanned film with grain.
Magpie Mine, a disused lead mine near, Sheldon,  Bakewell, Derbyshire, UK
1898 photograph of men and children taking a photo break from building a barn. Pencil lines identify certain people.
Tama River early in the morning in and near the rokugo
Herb Lake Landing, Manitoba, Canada - 1924. A group of men at the headframe of the original Rex Gold Mine on the edge of Wekusko Lake in Manitoba, Canada. Vintage photograph ca. 1924. It is considered Manitoba’s first gold mine and operated from 1916 to 1945.
Johannesburg, South Africa – April 03, 2024: The Construction workers on a building site in Johannesburg, South Africa, in grayscale
Abandoned mine buildings in eastern Idaho.
Cappella Maggiore, Italy - May 21, 2016: Image in retro style with sephia effect of farmers with old farm carriage are talking. A group of people represent refugees at the traditional festival. Men and women are dressed in traditional old farm clothes.
Cedar Falls, Iowa, USA - August 23, 1958: Wood Brothers steam traction engine being driven in the Threshermen's Field Days parade. A steam engine like this would have been used to power a threshing machine or other farm machinery. Although steam engines and steam tractors were used in the US until the late 1930s and early 40s, collector groups were already forming by the time this photo was taken in 1958 to preserve steam engines and tractors.
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