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Introduction

Thematic Framework

NPS Units

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History and Prehistory in the
National Park System and the
National Historic Landmarks Program

Thematic Representation: National Historic Landmarks
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III. Thematic Representation:
National Historic Landmarks


XVIII. Technology (Engineering and Invention)

A. Measurement, Observation, and Control (Surveying, Cartography, etc.)

     Benjamin Banneker: SW-9 Intermediate Boundary Stone, VA
     Beginning Point of First Public Land Survey, OH
     Charles B. Dudley House, PA
     General Electric Research Laboratory, NY
     W. & L. E. Gurley Building, NY
     Leffingwell Camp Site, AK
     Volta Bureau, DC

B. Transportation

     Allegheny Portage Railroad of Pennsylvania Canal, PA
     Nathaniel Bowditch House, MA
     Brooklyn Bridge, NY
     Carrollton Viaduct, MD
     Casselman Bridge, MD
     Central of Georgia Railroad Shops and Terminal, GA
     Covington and Cincinnati Suspension Bridge, KY
     Drydock Number One, VA
     Eads Bridge, MO
     Erie Canal, NY
     Robert Fulton Birthplace, PA
     Grand Central Terminal, NY
     Harrisburg Station and Trainshed, PA
     Horseshoe Curve, PA
     Charles F. Kettering House, OH
     Lincoln Motor Company Plant, MI
     Main Street Station and Trainshed, VA
     Montgomery Union Station and Trainshed, AL
     Mount Royal Station and Trainshed, MD
     Nashville Union Station and Trainshed, TN
     Old Blenheim Bridge, NY
     Old Lock Pump House, Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, MD
     Reading Terminal and Trainshed, PA
     S Bridge, National Road, PA
     Smithfield Street Bridge, PA
     Star of India, CA
     Wapama (Steam Schooner), CA
     Wheeling Suspension Bridge, WV

C. Energy Conversion, Utilization and Distribution

     Adams Power Plant Transformer House, NY
     Columbus Historic Riverfront Industrial District, GA
     Thomas A. Edison Birthplace, OH
     Espada Aqueduct, TX
     Experimental Breeder Reactor No. 1, ID
     Folsom Powerhouse, CA
     General Electric Research Laboratory, NY
     Great Falls of the Passaic/SUM Historic District, NJ
     Joseph Henry House, NJ
     Historic Augusta Canal and Industrial District, CA
     Hoover Dam, AZ & NV
     Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, NM
     Lowell Locks and Canals Historic District, MA
     Roosevelt Dam, AZ
     Elihu Thomson Douse, MA
     U.S.S. Nautilus, CT

D. Tools and Machines

     Charles F. Kettering House, OH
     Cyrus McCormick Farm and Workshop, VA
     Charles H. Norton House, CT
     Robbins and Lawrence Armory and Machine Shop, VT
     Jethro Wood Home, NY

E. Military (Fortifications, Weapons, and War Vehicles)

     Alcatraz Island, CA
     Samuel Colt Home (Armsmear), CT
     Drydock Number One, VA
     Fort Adams, RI
     Fort Crown Point, NY
     Fort Hancock and Sandy Hook Proving Ground Historic District, NJ
     Fort Sam Houston, TX
     Fort Knox, ME
     Fort Mifflin, PA
     Fort Monroe, VA
     Fort Myer Historic District, VA
     Fort Warren, MA
     Fort Worden, WA
     Goddard Rocket Launching Site, MA
     Governor's Island, NY
     Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, NM
     Quarters A (U.S. Naval Facility), NY
     Quarters 1 (Fort Myer), VA
     Springfield Armory, MA
     Trinity Site, NM
     U.S.S. Nautilus, CT

F. Extraction and Conversion of Industrial Raw Materials

     Edward C. Acheson House, PA
     E.W. Marland Mansion, OK
     Sloss Blast Furnaces, AL

G. Industrial Production Processes (Including Agriculture)

     Boston Manufacturing Company, MA
     Luther Burbank House, CA
     Carlsbad Reclamation Project, NM
     Coker Experimental Farms, SC
     Connecticut Agriculture Experiment Station, CT
     John Deere Home and Shop, IL
     Highland Park Ford Plant, MI
     Hoover Dam, AZ-NV
     Edward D. Libbey House, UN
     Cyrus McCormick Farm and Workshop, VA
     Peavy-Haglin Experimental Concrete Grain Elevator, MN
     John B. Tytus House, OH
     Jethro Wood Home, NY

H. Construction

     Main Street Station and Trainshed, VA
     Montgomery Union Station and Trainshed, AL
     Mount Royal Station and Trainshed, MD
     Nashville Union Station and Trainshed, TN
     Old Blenheim Bridge, NY
     Peavy-Haglin Experimental Concrete Grain Elevator, MN
     Potomac Canal Historic District, VA
     Reading Terminal and Trainshed, PA
     Roosevelt Dam, AZ
     S Bridge, National Road, OH
     Smithfield Street Bridge, PA
     Thomas Viaduct, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, MD
     Wainwright Building, MO
     Washington Aqueduct, DC
     Wheeling Suspension Bridge, WV

I. Information Processing, Transmission, and Recording

     Bell Telephone Laboratories, NY
     George Eastman House, NY
     The Factory, Speedwell Village, NJ
     Reginald A. Fessenden House, MA
     Samuel F.B. Morse Home, NY
     Volta Bureau, DC

J. Earth and Space Exploration

     Apollo Mission Control Center, TX
     Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL
     Eight-Foot High Speed Tunnel, VA
     Full-Scale Tunnel, VA
     Goddard Rocket Launching Site, MA
     Launch Complex 33, NH
     Leffingwell Camp Site, AK
     Lunar Landing Research Facility, VA
     Neutral Buoyancy Space Simulator, AL
     Pioneer Deep Space Station, CA
     Propulsion and Structural Test Facility, AL
     Redstone Test Stand, AL
     Rendezvous Docking Simulator, VA
     Rocket Engine Test Facility, OH
     Rocket Propulsion Test Complex, MS
     Rogers Dry Lake, CA
     Saturn V Dynamic Test Stand, AL
     Saturn V Space Vehicle, AL
     Spacecraft Magnetic Test Facility, MD
     Spacecraft Propulsion Research Facility, OH
     Space Environment Simulation Laboratory, TX
     Space Flight Operations Facility, CA
     Space Launch Complex 10, CA
     Twenty-Five-Foot Space Simulator, CA
     Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel, CA
     Variable Density Tunnel, VA
     Zero-Gravity Research Facility, UN

K. Water and Sewerage

     Hoover Dam, AZ-NV
     Old Lock Pump House, Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, MD
     Old Mission Dam, CA
     Roosevelt Dam, AZ
     1762 Waterworks, PA
     Shreveport Waterworks Pumping Station, LA
     Washington Aqueduct, DC

L. Fire, Safety, Sanitation, and Pollution Controls

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