Requiem for Steam Photographs

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David Plowden, August 11, 2010

CPR ENGINE CREW IN SNOW STORM, THE GLEN WESTMOUNT (MONTREAL), PQ 1960
CPR THE GLEN ENGINE TERMINAL, MONTREAL, PQ 1960
CPR NUMBER 2663, MEGANTIC, PQ 1960
CPR ENGINE NUMBER 2822 BEING SERVICED AT THE GLEN ENGINE TERMINAL WESTMOUNT (MONTREAL)
CPR LOCOMOTIVE 5145 ON HOCHLEGA TURN, MONTREAL,PQ. 1960
GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY EXTRA 3383 EAST, NEAR WILLMAR, MN 1955
GREAT NORTHERN RLY. EXTRA 3377 EAST NEAR ATWATER, MN 1956
GREAT NORTHERN RLY. EXTRA 3383 EAST, KANDIYOHI , MN 1955
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD DEPOT AND GRAIN ELEVATORS, CHEYENNE WELLS, CO 1971
MILWAUKEE ROAD TRACKS NEAR SCENIC, SD 1974
GREAT NORTHERN RLY. FREIGHT TRAIN WEST OF HAVRE, MT 1968 CROPPED
CENTRAL VERMONT RLY. EXTRA 464 NORTH MEETS EXTRA 472 SOUTH, AMHERST, MA 1954
DEPOT, EL PASO, IL 1968
D& RGW RR LOCOMOTIVE NUMBER 494 AT CHAMA, NM 1962
DENVER & RIO GRANDE WESTERN RR FREIGHT TRAIN ON GRADE TO CUMBRES, CO 1962
CPR ENGINE NUMBER 136 ON NORTON-CHIPMAN BRANCH, NEW BRUNSWICK 1959
UNION TRANSPORTATION CO. PRR 0-6-0 NUMBER 5244 NEW EGYPT, NJ 1961
VIRGINIA BLUE RIDGE RR, FIREMAN 1961
BOB THOMBS, ENGINEER LOCOMMOTIVE 5137 ON THE 'SCOOT,' CPR MOOSEHEAD SUBDIVISION, ME 1959
CPR BUD ROLF, ENGINEER AND DOUG BLUE, FIREMAN IN CAB OF THE 5107, BROWNVILLE JCT, ME MARCH 28, 1960
LAKE SUPERIOR & ISHPEMING RR LOCOMOTIE NUMBER 23, MARQUETTE, MI 1975
ENGINEER OILING ROUND ENGINE NUMBER 2461 MONTREAL, QUE 1960
CENTRAL VERMONT RLY. LOCOMOTIVE NUMBER 707, WHITE RIVER JCT. VT 1957
HOSTLER CLEANING FIRES CNR. NUMBER 6218, WHITE RIVER JC. VT 1965
SANDING LOCOMOTIVE DENVER RIO GRANDE & WESTERN RR. CHAMA, NM 1962
HOSTLER COALING TENDER OF CPR LOCOMOTIVE 5137 BROWNVILLE JCT. ME 1959
CPR NUMBER 2816, 1960
CPR #5145 ST. LUC, MONTREAL 1960
MLW. #261 Chicago, IL 2004
CPR LOCOMOTIVE NUMBER 2408 IN ROUNDHOUSE, THE GLEN ENGINE TERMINAL, MONTREAL, PQ 1960
HOSTLER AND CNR LOCOMOTIVE NUMBER 8403 ON TURNTABLE, HAMILTON, ON 1959
CPR MEGANTIC, PQ. LOCOMOTIVE NUMBERS 5107 AND 3514 LAST DAY OF STEAM MARCH 28, 1960
CPR LOCOMOTIVE NUMBER5400 BEING WASHED , MCADAM, NB 1959
CPR ENGINE NUMBER 5107 ON THE SCOOT CROSSING SHIP POND STREAM VIADUCT, ONAWA, ME MARCH 1960
CENTRAL RAILROAD OF NEW JERSEY SEMAPHORE SIGNAL BRIDGES JERSEY CITY TERMINAL, NEW JERSEY 1971
INGOT MOULDS, INLAND STEEL INDIANA HARBOR WORKS, EAST CHICAGO, IN 1979
HIGH LINE INLAND STEEL INDIANA HARBOR WORKS, EAST CHICAGO, IN 1979
CENTRAL VERMONT RLY. TRAINSHED, ST. ALBANS, VT 1963
B & O RR YARD OFFICE, EAST SALAMANCA, NY 1975
C & EI RR DEPOT PRINCETON, IN 1966
C&EI RR DEPOT, PRINCETON,IN 1966
WAITING ROOM , NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN & HARTFORD RR DEPOT, CANAAN, CT 1963
SCALE READING COMPANY OUTER STATION, READING, PA 1963
READING COMPANY, OUTER DEPOT, CONCOURSE, READING, PA 1963
CENTRAL VERMONT RLY. MAN ON BENCH IN ST. ALBANS VT STATION 1963
WESTBOUND PHOEBE SNOW, SCRANTON,PA 1964
CPR CONDUCTOR AND ENGINEER WINDSOR STATION, MONTREAL, PQ 1960
CPR Trains Departing Windsor Station, Montreal QUE 1960
CPR LOCOMOTIVE NUMBER 2412, THE GLEN ENGINE TERMINAL, MONTREAL, PQ
CPR LOCOMOTIVE NUMBER 2408 DEPARTING VAUDREUIL, PQ 1960

categories Photographs, Requiem for Steam

Wasteland Photographs

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David Plowden, November 8, 2009

Indian Reservation, Cache Creek, British Columbia (1968)
Copper Mine and Smelter, Globe, Arizona (1978)
Open Pit Copper Mine, Bisbee, Arizona (1978)
U.S. Steel Gary Works, Gary, Indiana (1973)
Taconite Mine, MesabiRange, Minnesota (1979)

View of Bethlehem Steel Works, Johnstown, Pennsylvania (1975)
Norfolk and Western Railway Yards, Bluefield, West Virginia (1974)

Abandoned Blast Furnace Row, Bethlehem Steel, Lackawanna Works, Lackawanna, New York (1985)
Bloomfield Bridge, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (1967)
Norfolk and Western Railway Yards, Welch, West Virginia (1974)
Doremus Avenue, Newark, New Jersey (1964)
Schrage Avenue, Whiting, Indiana (1982)

George Westinghouse Bridge, Wilmerding, Pennsylvania (1963)
'Stevie' Davy, West Virginia (1974)
Elk Grove Village, Illinois (1983)
Shopping Mall, Beaver Dam, Wisconsin (1980)
Iowa State Penitentiary, Fort Madison, Iowa (2004)
Cresson, Pennsylvania (1975)
Davy, West Virginia (1974)
Kimball, West Virginia (1974)
Sandusky, Ohio (1969)
Muir, Michigan (1999)
Street near Steel Mill, Lorain, Ohio (1969)
Power Lines, Northbrook, Illinois (1981)
Statue of Liberty from Caven Point Road, Jersey City, New Jersey (1967)

categories Photographs, Wasteland

Small Town America Photographs

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Fayetteville, West Virginia (1974)
Marion Baustian, Guernsey, Iowa (1986)
Village Hardware, Scales Mound, Illinois (1992)
Auburn City Hardware, Auburn, Indiana (2005)
Ted Bohsteadt, Victor, Iowa (1986)
Van's Clothing, Victor, Iowa (1986)
Darien Hardware, Darien, Wisconsin (2003)
Frederick, South Dakota (1972)
Preston's Station, Belle Plaine, Iowa (2004)
Pittsfield, New Hampshire (1999)
Eldridge, North Dakota (1972)
General Store, Cedar Bluff, Iowa (1987)
Storekeeper, Watrons, New Mexico (1972)
General Store, Cedar Bluff, Iowa (1987)
Van's Clothing, Victor, Iowa (1986)
Whitworth's Hardware, Victor, Iowa (1986)
Waseca Music Company, Waseca, Minnesota (1991)
Shoe Store, Wapakoneta, Ohio (20050
Levite's Store, Apache, Oklahoma (1969)
Maurice Stroda's Garage, Ramona, Kansas (1991)
Mac Dickey, Horse Trader, Eleven Mile Corner, South Dakota (1971)
Dessie Higgenbottom, Dessie's Bar and Grill, Pocahontas, Virginia (1974)
Helen Nelson's Beauty Shop, Alta Vista, Kansas (1991)
Carl Lee, Barber, Columbus Junction, Iowa (1984)
Kelly Bradley, Scotch Grove, Iowa (1987)
Jason Miller, Scotch Grove, Iowa (1987)
Cement, Oklahoma (1969)
Roeder's Hardware, Gilman, Illinois (1981)
Faxon, Oklahoma, (1969)
Tuttle, North Dakota (2005)
Coffee Station, Long Point, Illinois (2003)
Former New York Central Railroad Depot, Newark, New York (1966)
Sante Fe Railroad Depot, Wagon Mound, New Mexico (1968)
Wesley Chapel, Henderson, Iowa (1987)
The Western House, Springville, New York (1992)
Waseca County Courthouse, Minnesota (1991)
Post Office, Menoken, North Dakota (2005)
Janesville, Wisconsin (2003)
Gymnasium, Montezuma, Iowa (1987)
Coatroom, School House, South Haven, Michigan (1992)
Bathroom, Hotel Brooklyn, Brooklyn, Iowa (1987)
Bedroom, Hotel Brooklyn, Brooklyn, Iowa (1987)
Independent Order of Odd Fellow (IOOF) Lodge Hall, Shullsburg, Wisconsin (1992)
Art and Ione Johnson's Living Room, Peterson, Iowa (1986)
Judy Wright's, Living Room, Springville, New York, (1992)
Art and Ione Johnson, Peterson, Iowa (1986)
Alan and Adele Wolfe's Front Parlor, Waseca, Minnesota (1991)
Joe and Ellen Teltzoff's Dining Room, Janesville, Minnesota (1991)
The Beaumont House, Lyons, New York (1966)
Coxsackie, New York (1973)
Cazenovia, New York (1966)
Hazelton, North Dakota (1971)

categories Photographs, Small Towns

Rural America Photographs

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East of Las Vegas, New Mexico (1971)
Peoria County, Illinois (2003)
Section Road, Lee County, Iowa (2004)
Dusty, Washington (1973)
U.S. Route 2, Near Malta, Montana (1968)
Grain Elevator, Toulon, Kansas (1969)
Fergus County, Montana (1971)
Fence-Line, Whitman County, Washington (1972)
Cedar County, Iowa (1987)
Section Road, Scott County, Iowa (1986)
Grain Elevators, Manson, Iowa (2004)
Paoli, Colorado (1971)
Grain Elevators, Aurelia, Iowa (1986)
Grain Elevator. Fancy Prairie, Illinois (2004)
John Dieckhoff's Farm, Green County, Wisconsin (2000)
Oford View Farm, Ofordville, Wisconsin (2000)
Cow Barn Interior, Juda, Green County, Wisconsin (2000)
Cow Barn Interior, Solon Mills, McHenry County, Illinois (2000)
Cow Barn Interior, Cedar County, Iowa (1987)
Barn Interior, Near Broadhead, Green County, Wisconsin (2000)
Gramco Feed Company, Springville, New York (1992)
Avalon Farmers Supply, Avalon, Wisconsin (2005)
Avalon Farmers Supply, Avalon, Wisconsin (2005)
Hay Loft, Wayne Dieckhoff's Barn, Green County, Wisconsin (2000)
Shovels in Grain Elevator, Dike, Iowa (1983)
Fence Post, Near Faith, South Dakota (1971)
St. Joseph Township, Williams County, Ohio (2000)
Abandoned Barn, Barns County, North Dakota (1973)
Abandoned Grain Elevators, Arena,North Dakota (2005)
Livingston County, Illinois (2003)
Isabella County, Michigan (1975)
Logan County, Illinois (1973)
Near Mantewo, Kankakee County, Illinois (1998)
Ernest Herrington's Barn, Tonawanda Creek Road, Clarence Township, Erie County, New York (2001)
Ajax, Burlington, Vermont (1972)
LaGrange County, Indiana (1975)
Herman Lau's Barn, Fulton County, Ohio (2000)
Farmhouse, Near Piqua, Ohio (1964)
Belknap County, New Hampshire (1999)
Church, Williamsville, Vermont (1962)
Church, Saline County, Missouri (1974)
Farm, Will County, Illinois (1981)
Near Pocahontas, Buena Vista County, iowa (1986)
Freight Train, West of Havre, Montana (1968)
Grain Elevators, Golden Valley, North Dakota (1971)
Geronimo, Oklahoma (1969)
Carter, Montana (1971)
Soo Line Railroad Depot, Martin, North Dakota (1968)
Colorado and Southern Railway Tracks, Grenville, New Mexico (1971)

categories Photographs, Rural America

Bridge Photographs

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The Young's High Bridge, Kentucky River, Tyrone, Kentucky (1968)
The Market Street Bridge, Susquehanna River, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (1969)
Reading Company Bridge, Susquehanna River, Rupert, Pennsylvania (1963)
Sciotoville Bridge Ohio River, Sciotoville, Ohio (1968)
The Jefferson Barracks Bridge, Mississippi River, Jefferson Barracks, Missouri (1998)
The Yaquina Bay Bridge, Newport, Oregon (1968)
The Mid-Hudson Bridge, Poughkeepsie, New York (1969)
Old Trails Bridge, Colorado river, Topock, Arizona (1968)
The Thomas Viaduct, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Relay, Maryland (1964)
The Tunkhannock Viaduct, Nicholson, Pennsylvania (1973)
The Washington Bridge, Harlem River, New York City (1973)
Portal Detail of Iron Bridge, Middlefield, New York (1969)
The Kinzua Viaduct, Kushequa, Pennsylvania (1968)

Former Boston and Maine Railroad Iron Truss Bridge, Connecticut River, Northampton, Massachusetts (1968)
Skew Truss, Lehighton, Pennsylvania (1973)
The Sciotoville Bridge, Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, Ohio River, Sciotoville, Ohio (1968)

The Chicago Skyway Bridge, Calumet River, Chicago, Illinois (1966)
The Astoria Bridge, Columbia River, Astoria, Oregon (1968)
Narragansett Bay Bridges, Jamestown, Rhode Island (1998)
The Chicago Skyway Bridge, Calumet River, Chicago, Illinois (1966)




The Starrucca Viaduct, Lanesboro, Pennsylvania (1973)
The Lethbridge Viaduct, Old Man River, Lethbridge, Alberta (1968)
Canadian Pacific Railway Bridge (Foreground), Canadian National Railways Bridge (Background), Fraser River, Siska Creek, British Columbia (1968)

categories Bridges, Photographs

Industry Photographs

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Charging Open Hearth Furnace, Steel Mill, East Chicago, Indiana (1979)
Puddler, Blast Furnace Cast House, Steel Mill, East Chicago, Indiana (1979)
Slagging Ingots, Steel Mill, East Chicago, Indiana (1979)
Basic Oxygen Furnace, Steel Mill, East Chicago, Indiana (1979)
Tapping Open Hearth Furnace, Steel Mill, East Chicago, Indiana (1979)
80 Inch Hot Strip Mill, Steel Mill, East Chicago, Indiana (1979)
Blast Furnace Cast House, Steel Mill, East Chicago, Indiana (1982)
Blast Furnace Cast House, Steel Mill, East Chicago, Indiana (1982)
Puddler in Blast Furnace Cast House, Steel Mill, East Chicago, Indiana (1979)
Walker, Puddler in Blast Furnace Cast House, East Chicago, Indiana (1979)
Steel Mill, East Chicago, Indiana (1979)
Steamer Crispin Oglebay Loading Coal, at Sandusky, Ohio (1990)
Ore Bridges, Steel Mill, East Chicago, Indiana (1979)

Blast Furnace Row and Ore Stockyards, Steel Mill, East Chicago, Indiana (1979)
Steamer Kinsman Independent, Superior, Wisconsin (1985)
Indiana Harbor Canal, East Chicago, Indiana (1982)
Ore Stockyards, Steel Mill, East Chicago, Indiana (1979)

Roof of General Mills Flour Mill, Chicago, Illinois (1983)
Finishing Stands, 80-inch Hot Strip Mill, Steel Mill, East Chicago, Indiana (1979)
Cast House, Steel Mill, East Chicago, Indiana (1982)
Bob Powell, Fireman, Steamer Henry Steinbrenner (1989)
Steve Schmidt, Deckhand, Steamer J. Burton Ayers (1990)
Cleaning Cargo Hold, Steamer Crispin Oglebay (1989)
Scooper in Cargo Hold of Steamer William A. McGonagle, Buffalo, New York (1990)
Scoopers in Cargo Hold of Steamer Henry Steinbrenner, Buffalo, New York (1989)
Coal Loading Facility, Superior, Wisconsin (1985)
Taconite Mine, Mesabi Range, Minnesota (1979)
Piles of Taconite, Superior, Wisconsin, (1979)
Taconite Plant, Keewatin, Minnesota (1979)
Grain Elevator Ventilating Fans, Chicago, Illinois (1982)

Coal Mine Ventilator, Sesser, Illinois (1980)
Conrail Right-of-Way, Chicago, Illinois (1983)
Amoco Oil Refinery, Whiting, Indiana (1981)
Nuclear Power Plant, Braidwood, Ilinois (1983)

Buffalo, New York (1985)
Cooling Silo, Byron Nuclear Power Plant, Stillman Valley, Illinois (1981)

categories Industry, Photographs

Marine Photographs

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David Plowden, November 5, 2009

M.V. Britannic, Arriving in New York City, on it's Last Westbound Crossing (December 1960)
Tug Julia C. Moran, Undocking S.S. Rotterdam (1975)
Tug Julia C. Moran Undocking Liner, Hudson River, New York City (1975)
Liners in Hudson River, New York City (1961) [S.S. France (left), S.S. Rotterdam (background), R.M.S. Mauritania (right)]
Steamer William A. McGonagle, Buffalo, New York (1989)
Tug Edna G. Undocking Steamer Irving S. Olds, Two Harbors, Minnesota (1968)
Steamer J. Burton Ayers, Allouez Ore Docks, Superior, Wisconsin, (1979)
Ore Carriers at Allouez Ore Docks, Superior, Wisconsin (1979)
Steamer Kinsman Independent, Duluth, Minnesota (1985)
Stack Detail, Tug, New York Central No. 18, Weehawken, New Jersey (1963)
Ferryboat Orange in Hudson River, Approaching Newburgh, New York (1963)
Steam Tug, New York Central No. 31, Weelhawken, New Jersey (1963)
Steamer Lone Star on Mississippi River, below Davenport, Iowa (1964)
Steam Tug New York Central No. 18 on Hudson River, off Weehawken, New Jersey (1963)
Captain Jacobsen, in Pilothouse off New York Central No. 18, Weehawken, New Jersey (1963)
After House, Steamer Crispin Oglebay (1990)
Quadruple Expansion Engine, Steamer E.M. Ford (1989)
Douglas Monk, Third Assistant Engineer, Steamer Irvin L. Clymer (1990)
Lenz Standard Marine Engine, Steamer J. Burton Ayers (1990)
Joe McKay, Fireman, Steamer S.T. Crapo (1990)
Engine Room, Steamer Crispin Oglebay (1990)
Firehold, Steamer William A. McGonagle (1989)
Firehold, Steamer Irvin L. Clymer (1990)
Captain Ernest 'Gus' Barth, Master of S.S. Badger, Kewaunee, Wisconsin (1990)
Ferryboat Binghamton Arriving Barclay Street, New York (1960)
Ferryboat Chatham Arriving Hoboken, New Jersey (1960)
Interior, Ferryboat Scranton, Hoboken Ferry (1967)

Steamer Henry Steinbrenner (1990)
Texas Deck, Steamer S.T. Crapo (1990)
Stateroom Door, Steamer S.T. Crapo (1990)
Steamer J.B. Ford in Lake Michigan off Waukegan, Illinois (1983)

categories Marine, Photographs