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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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P&H 25-Ton Type "C" Crane with Covered Trolley

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Description: Pawling & Harnischfeger 25-ton type "C" I-beam crane holding two stone blocks at the Pfeiffer Stone Company. The crane is stamped with the text "Pawling & ...
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Wisconsin Granite Company Quarry

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Description: Ladders extend into the quarry at Wisconsin Granite Company, and factory buildings and towers can be seen above. Three men stand near a railroad car at the...
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Rock Crusher

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Description: A man stands outside the rock crusher at the Wisconsin Granite Company quarry. To the right, railroad tracks span the side of the building.
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Cohn & Robertson Granite Mfg. Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Cohn & Robertson Granite Manufacturing Company of Granite Heights and Wausau, Wisconsin, with a view of workers loading a C.M.&St.P. rail...
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Construction of Railroad

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Description: Group of men at the construction of a railroad branch line among piles of stones. Railroad ties placed on the ground are visible on the platform in the bac...
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Polisher at Work

Date: 1910
Description: A workman poses beside a belt-driven polisher inside a shed at the Montello granite quarry. Two other men relax in the background near an open door where n...
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Quarry Scene

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Description: Elevated view of a group of men posing standing near and on a rock face with two sets of small railroad tracks behind them. Identified as probably the quar...
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...
Postcard

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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Dr. Lange

Date: 1905
Description: A well-dressed man is standing on the bank of the Montello River just below the dam, which was owned and operated by the Montello Granite Company. On the o...
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Apparatus for Filling Trucks at Quarry

Date: 07 25 1925
Description: Slightly elevated view of a man driving a truck at a quarry underneath an apparatus for filling the truck beds.
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Man Driving Dump Truck

Date: 07 14 1925
Description: A man is sitting in a dump truck parked outdoors near an industrial building, perhaps at a quarry. The truck has a bench seat, and no cab enclosure.
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Industrial Tractors

Date: 07 25 1927
Description: Men are driving industrial tractors pulling trailers that are being loaded at a granite quarry or mine.
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Fleet of Dump Trucks

Date: 03 01 1928
Description: Fleet of dump trucks parked in a row. Men are sitting in the driver's seats of the trucks, and the beds of the trucks are raised up in the air in the dumpi...
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Norris Dam

Date: 1934
Description: Elevated, panoramic view of the Norris Dam.
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Quarry Houses

Date: 1910
Description: Six men are posing on horse-drawn wagons at quarry houses for the Montello Granite Co. A large building is on the right, and a pile of stone and two small ...
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Wisconsin Granite Company — Crushers at Granite Quarry

Date: 1910
Description: Angled view across two sets of railroad tracks toward industrial buildings along a hill on the left. A locomotive pulling a railroad car is coming down the...
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Wisconsin Granite Company — Granite Quarry

Date: 1910
Description: View towards railroad tracks and men working with large pieces of stone. In the distance is the town of Berlin. Caption at bottom reads: "Granite Quarry — ...

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