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| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Steam locomotive moving an overhead crane used to lay rails for International Harvester's Hawkins Mine. One man is standing on the right, and another man i... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Workers and a steam railroad crane laying rails for International Harvester's Hawkins Mine. |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Two miners at work with shovel and hammer inside International Harvester's Hawkins Mine. |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Worker at a Hawkins Mine machine shop checking a measurement on a large casting under a trouble light. Hawkins Mine was a subsidiary of International Harve... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | The top of the shot tower shaft with the entrance. The sign on the railing reads: "Do Not Throw Anything Down This Shaft". |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | The tunnel at the bottom of the shot tower shaft. |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | View from the bluff at Tower Hill State Park of the Wisconsin River. A sign on the right reads: "Tower Hill State Park Shot Shaft". |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | A marker at the former site of the smelter which stood at the top of the shot tower shaft. The sign reads: "Tower Hill State Park The Old Shot Tower At thi... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Tower Hill State Park trail leading to the top of the shot tower shaft. |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Tower Hill State Park trail to the top of the shot tower shaft. |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Two workers in coveralls and hardhats underground at International Harvester's Hawkins Mine near Hibbing, Minnesota. |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Worker in an elevator at International Harvester's Hawkins Mine near Hibbing, Minnesota. |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Two workers, both in overalls and hardhats, use tools underground at International Harvester's Hawkins Mine in Hibbing, Minnesota. One man uses a drill wh... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | A welder wearing overalls holding a protective mask in front of his face while working at Hawkins Mine. |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | A man uses a hammer and chisel to work at Hawkins Mine, while another man stands behind him. |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | A group of men laying rails at Hawkins Mine while a man in the background is using surveying equipment near the base of a cliff face. |
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