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Filling In Brittingham Park

Date: 1907
Description: A steam-powered dredge anchored in Monona Bay is filling in Brittingham Park.
Postcard

Ore Docks

Date: 1920
Description: Caption reads: "Mammoth Ore Docks, Ashland, Wis." A building and roads are in the foreground. Several ore ships can be seen.
Photograph

Railroad Crossing

Date: 1955
Description: Elevated view of the Milwaukee Road and Chicago & Northwestern Railway crossing on Monona Bay, the site of the old MX tower.
Postcard

Railroad Tracks near Milwaukee Bay

Date: 1937
Description: View down the hill toward the U.S. Coast Guard Station on the left with two communications towers on the Lake Michigan shoreline. Railroad tracks are just ...
Photograph

Ahnapee & Western Railway Bridge

Date: 01 06 1958
Description: Ahnapee & Western Railway Bridge construction. View is from Highway Bridge. There are ships on the right side beyond the bridge. The forested shoreline cur...
Map or Atlas

Map of Wisconsin, Exhibiting The Routes of the Principal Rail Roads Chartered and Now in Process of Construction Within the State

Date: 1855
Description: This map shows current and purposed railroad routes. Lake Michigan is on the far right, with Lake Superior visible at the top of the map. Routes are marked...
Map or Atlas

Wisconsin & Michigan Railroad

Date: 1923
Description: This blueprint map shows Wisconsin and Michigan-owned railroad and trackage rights from Iron Mountain to Menominee, Michigan, as well as other railroads. W...
Photograph

Skyline Across Monona Bay

Date: 08 2013
Description: View from shoreline of natural plants and trees towards the Madison skyline from across Monona Bay. A line of high-rise buildings frame the Wisconsin State...
Photograph

Howard Side of Green Bay

Date: 
Description: Stereograph of an elevated view of Howard Side of Green Bay. View looks over roofs of long, industrial buildings near railroad tracks that run over the wat...
Book or Pamphlet

Brittingham Bay Panorama

Date: 1914
Description: Panoramic view of Brittingham Bay taken from the north west shore of Brittingham Park. The boathouse is on the left. On the right the railroad tracks cross...

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