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Loading Rock from Quarry

Date: 1894
Description: Men loading rock from Saddle Mound quarry onto a St. Paul Railroad flat car.
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Montello Granite Company at Noon

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Description: View of workers from the Montello Granite Company heading down the street to lunch after the noon whistle.
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Quarry

Date: 1950
Description: View of stones in a quarry used by the Mormons in the settlement formerly known as Voree.
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Voree Quarry

Date: 1905
Description: Quarry from which was taken material for the Mormon village of Voree.
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Voree Quarry

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Description: Quarry from which the Mormons secured stone for their houses.
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Kissel Truck

Date: 1919
Description: Kissel truck owned by Washington County entering a gravel pit.
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Quarry on Basswood Island

Date: 1915
Description: Bill Baker standing on top of a wall of the quarry on Basswood Island.
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Power Shovel or Crane Near Large Trench

Date: 1929
Description: International dump truck and a power shovel or crane next to a large trench or quarry. There is a building in the background. The sign on the shovel reads:...
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International D-40 Truck in Gravel Pit

Date: 1937
Description: A man loads gravel into the back of an International D-40 truck. The original photograph caption reads: "Removing overburden from Gravel Pit - D40 of 134" ...
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Universal Rock Crusher

Date: 10 12 1938
Description: Men work with a Universal crusher, used to crush 400 yards of gravel in 8 hours. The crusher was powered by an International PA-100 power unit owned by E.F...
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Rock Crusher at Stone Quarry

Date: 01 11 1938
Description: Simmons stone crusher powered by an International power unit at a State Highway Commission stone quarry.
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Brookville Locomotive

Date: 12 22 1937
Description: Brookville locomotive pulling dump cars in a rock quarry owned by General Refractories Company. Two men can be seen sitting inside through the front window...
Postcard

Workmen with Horses Working on an Excavating Project

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Description: Photographic postcard of workmen and young boys posing with horses and hand tools. They are working on an excavating project near Boscobel.
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Scout Terra Loading Up

Date: 1976
Description: Scout Terra being loaded up with rubble.
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D-Line Model 1100-D

Date: 1969
Description: Slightly elevated view of a man standing with a 1/2 ton D-Line Model 1100-D 4x4 pickup. In the background a crane is loading an International Payhauler. Ro...
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Model 65 Payhauler

Date: 1960
Description: A man stands in the foreground on the left with arm raised while a Bucyrus-Erie power shovel dumps a load into a Model 65 Payhauler. Off road rock truck. T...
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Model 65 Payhauler

Date: 1960
Description: Right side view of a Model 65 Payhauler outdoors. A Bucyrus-Erie power shovel is dumping dirt and rock into the dump truck. The Model 65 is the smallest of...
Postcard

Montello Granite Works

Date: 1905
Description: A workman is standing on the platform of a wooden derrick at the granite quarry. A two-story wood frame building is behind the derrick. Large granite block...
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Montello Granite Works

Date: 1906
Description: Charles Richter, second from left, poses in front of a building at the top of the Montello granite quarry. His wife stands at the front of the group, weari...
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Quarry at Devil's Lake

Date: 07 1936
Description: A worker is pulling a wheelbarrow behind him while walking alongside a narrow gauge railroad track at the south end of the East Bluff near Devil's Lake. Em...

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