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Teams of Horses

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Description: Many teams of horses placing machinery on Palmer Mountain, climbing to 4,291 feet above sea level. Caption reads: "Placing Machinery on Palmer Mountain, Lo...
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Generator Plant

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Description: Elevated view of the interior of a generator plant. A man is standing next to the machines.
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Roxboro Road

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Description: A view of men grating the new surface of Roxboro Road, a section of the U.S. Highway. In the background is a steamroller.
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Resurfacing the Highway

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Description: A view on men resurfacing rural sections of U.S. Highway, with machinery and a small train running alongside the road.
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Gears and Machinery

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Description: The gears and machinery of an old mill.
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Massachusetts Mill

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Description: An interior view of large machines in the card room of Massachusetts Mill, which produced 1/7 of all textiles in Georgia. Caption reads: "No. 2 Card Room, ...
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Massachusetts Mills

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Description: Slightly elevated view of large machines in the card room of Massachusetts Mill, which produced 1/7 of all textiles in Georgia. Photograph published by Br...
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Massachusetts Mills

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Description: Rows of large spinning machines can be seen in the card room of Massachusetts Mill, which produced 1/7 of all textiles in Georgia. Caption reads: "No. 3 Sp...
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Pioneer Cotton Mill

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Description: Elevated view of women working in the spinning room of the Pioneer Cotton Mill, which was in full operation by 1910, with W. H. Coyle as president. Caption...
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Pioneer Cotton Mill

Date: 1910
Description: A young boy and a man are shown among the machinery in the carding room of the Pioneer Cotton Mill, which was in full operation by 1910, with W. H. Coyle a...
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Great Northern Paper Company

Date: 1930
Description: Two men sit on a roller near a large paper machine at Great Northern Paper Company, which was incorporated in 1898 and soon became one of the largest Ameri...
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Northwest Paper Company Plant

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Description: An exterior view of the Northwest Paper Company. It was founded in 1898 and manufactured high quality printing, writing, and converting paper. The Cloquet...
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Early Printing Press

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Description: An early printing press exhibited at the Smithsonian Institute.
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Buffington Coke Works

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Description: The roofs and smokestacks of the power house and hoist house of Buffington Coke Works are behind the coke ovens which are in the foreground. Buffington Cok...
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National Tube Works

Date: 1910
Description: Construction on National Tube Works was commenced in 1903. The first pipe was made February 10, 1905 and the tube mills were completed the following year. ...
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Cotton Compress

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Description: Men surrounded by large bales of cotton stand and wait near a cotton compress, also known as a bailing machine.
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Harding Mills

Date: 1920
Description: By 1919, the Washoe Reduction Works at Harding Mills could boast that its 585-foot smokestack was the tallest masonry structure in the world and that the s...
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Harding Mills

Date: 1920
Description: By 1919, the Washoe Reduction Works at Harding Mills could boast that its 585-foot smokestack was the tallest masonry structure in the world and that the s...
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Harding Mills

Date: 1920
Description: By 1919, the Washoe Reduction Works at Harding Mills could boast that its 585-foot smokestack was the tallest masonry structure in the world and that the s...
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Harding Mills

Date: 1920
Description: By 1919, the Washoe Reduction Works at Harding Mills could boast that its 585-foot smokestack was the tallest masonry structure in the world and that the s...

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