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Middleton Railroad

Date: 1873
Description: Elevated view of railroad tracks and several houses. Several railroad employees are doing repair work on the tracks, and one man is riding on a handcar. Be...
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La Crosse, Wis.

Date: 1873
Description: Bird's-eye map of La Crosse from the Mississippi River.
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Railroad Tracks by Lake Monona

Date: 1873
Description: View down railroad tracks at Angle Worm Station alongside Lake Monona. The station's unusual name originated from a speech given by Captain Frank Barnes ev...
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De Pere Depot

Date: 1873
Description: At the De Pere depot, the first train operated by the Milwaukee & Northern Railway. This train made its first run to Green Bay on June 25, 1873, and this p...
Photograph

Pontoon Railway Bridge, West Draw

Date: 1873
Description: Stereograph of John Lawler's pile-pontoon railway bridge over both channels of the Mississippi River at Prairie du Chien, and McGregor, Iowa. East draw, 39...
Photograph

Pontoon Railway Bridge, East Draw

Date: 1873
Description: Stereograph of John Lawler's pile-pontoon railway bridge over both channels of the Mississippi River at Prairie du Chien and McGregor, Iowa. The East Draw ...

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