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Smashing Illegal Slot Machines

Date: 1948
Description: John Roach, director of the state beverage and cigarette tax division, using a sledge hammer to smash illegal slot machines.
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Chippewa County Rock Crusher

Date: 06 14 1940
Description: Men posing in front of a rock crusher manufactured by Wisconsin Foundry & Machine Company, 623 East Main Street.
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Rock Crusher

Date: 06 18 1940
Description: Elevated view of a truck-pulled rock crusher at Wisconsin Foundry & Machine Company, 623 East Main Street. In the background can be seen the International ...
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Rock Crusher

Date: 06 18 1940
Description: Truck-pulled rock crusher manufactured by Wisconsin Foundry & Machine Company, 623 East Main Street. Left rear view of the unit parked along railroad track...
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Dane County Tug of War Champions

Date: 08 20
Description: Dane County tug of war champion team, dressed in overalls, with ropes used in competition. The team went to the 1934 Chicago World's Fair.
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Construction Equipment on Display

Date: 01 29 1931
Description: Elevated view of Wisconsin Foundry and Machine Co. road construction equipment, featuring a new portable rock crushing plant, being displayed at the Wiscon...
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Road Work on University Avenue

Date: 08 19 1929
Description: Workers lay pipe and repave University Avenue, looking east along the 2400 block.
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Construction of Pyrofax Plant

Date: 10 09 1929
Description: A Chicago & North Western Railroad Bucyrus crane installing a large tank at a Carbide & Carbon Chemicals Company Pyrofax plant, at 130 Fair Oaks Avenue.
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Gravel Pit

Date: 05 04 1929
Description: View from the east towards the Carl E. & Paul G. Roth gravel pit, showing conveying equipment.
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Hydraulics Laboratory Addition

Date: 03 28 1929
Description: Men working on the concrete forms for the roof of the addition to the University of Wisconsin hydraulics laboratory, 660 N. Park Street looking north over ...
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Concrete Block Machine

Date: 03 12 1929
Description: Concrete block machine as seen from the front, at Madison Silo Co.
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Road Equipment Exhibit

Date: 02 01 1929
Description: A crushing machine is displayed as part of a Wisconsin Foundry & Machine Company road equipment exhibit on Monona Avenue (Martin Luther King Blvd.).
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Quinn Construction Company Steam Shovel

Date: 10 03 1928
Description: Quinn Construction Company steam shovel excavating for the First Congregational Church, 1609 University Avenue. There is a house in the background.
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Compressing Machine on Truck

Date: 06 18 1928
Description: Compressing machine manufactured by Wisconsin Foundry and Machine Company on truck, from left front.
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Compressing Machine on Truck

Date: 06 18 1928
Description: Rear view from right of a compressing machine, manufactured by Wisconsin Foundry and Machine Company, on a truck.
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Crushing and Loading Equipment

Date: 04 19 1928
Description: Crushing and Loading equipment at a gravel pit.
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Crushing and Loading Equipment

Date: 04 19 1928
Description: Crushing and Loading equipment at gravel pit.
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Crushing and Loading Equipment

Date: 04 19 1928
Description: Crushing and loading machinery at a gravel pit.
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Compressing Machine

Date: 05 22 1928
Description: Wisconsin Foundry & Machine Co. compressing machine from the side. 613-629 E. Main Street. The Wisconsin State Capitol dome is in the background.
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Groundbreaking Ceremony

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Description: Developers, local dignitaries, and other businessmen participate in a ground-breaking ceremony for the construction of the Park Tower Apartments.

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