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Loading Cargo with International Model 20 Tractor

Date: 03 25 1936
Description: Dock worker using an International Model 20 tractor equipped with a Lidgerwood crane to load cargo onto a ship.
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Cargo Ship on Menominee River

Date: 07 25 1914
Description: The Gilchrist Transportation Company cargo ship "Tyrone" transports coal on the Menominee River.
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Menominee River Coal Yards

Date: 07 17 1914
Description: Menominee River coal yards, west from the 16th Street viaduct. There is a cargo ship called the "John B. Cowle" in the harbor between two coal yards. Worke...
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Derrick on Cargo Ship

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Description: A cargo ship on the river with a derrick.
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Freighter on River

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Description: Elevated rear view of the freighter "James Laughlin, Duluth". On the right is a sand dredge and large piles of sand. In the background on the left are indu...
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Loading Truck Crates onto Ship

Date: 05 17 1934
Description: Men loading large "International Motor Truck" crates onto a ship with a crane. Men are working near the ship, and people are watching from the second-story...
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P&H 5-Ton Monorail Hoist Loading Barge

Date: 1913
Description: Pawling & Harnischfeger 5-ton monorail hoist with a lumber handling unit, possibly in Pensacola, Florida. The monorail track extends over the dock to permi...
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P&H 5-Ton Monorail Hoist Loading Lumber onto Barge

Date: 1913
Description: Pawling & Harnischfeger 5-ton monorail hoist with a lumber handling unit, possibly in Pensacola, Florida. The monorail track extends over the dock to permi...
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Port of Kenosha Transit Harbor No. 1

Date: 1945
Description: Port of Kenosha Transit Warehouse No. 1. There are two ships on the right side, one named "Broom Park." Three men are loading a car onto the ship using a c...
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North and South Harbor Tracts

Date: 06 14 1961
Description: Aerial view of North and South Harbor Tracts, looking north from South Pier No. 2. There are skyscrapers in the background. there are multiple items of mac...
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Cargo Ship "Henry LaLiberte"

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Description: View across water towards the cargo ship "Henry LaLiberte" sitting in a loading dock under a cargo crane.
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Carnegie Dock

Date: 1917
Description: Text on front reads: "Unloading Coal, Carnegie Dock, Superior, Wis." A Great Lakes freighter is being unloaded by a gantry crane at a dock. An enormous pil...

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