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Construction Equipment on Display

Date: 01 29 1931
Description: Elevated view of Wisconsin Foundry and Machine Co. road construction equipment, featuring a new portable rock crushing plant, being displayed at the Wiscon...
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Road Work on University Avenue

Date: 08 19 1929
Description: Workers lay pipe and repave University Avenue, looking east along the 2400 block.
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Road Construction

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Description: Road construction just north of the Crawford-Vernon County line on State Highway 27, showing both the new and old routes. According to the caption on the ...
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Road Construction Steam Shovel

Date: 1920
Description: Road construction crew of the Nelson Weber Construction Company and steam shovel. This construction was photographed for the Wisconsin Good Roads Associati...
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Titan Tractor and Road Grader

Date: 1912
Description: Two men doing road work with a Titan tractor hitched to a road grader.
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Roxboro Road

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Description: A view of men grating the new surface of Roxboro Road, a section of the U.S. Highway. In the background is a steamroller.
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Resurfacing the Highway

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Description: A view on men resurfacing rural sections of U.S. Highway, with machinery and a small train running alongside the road.
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Mogul 45 H.P. Tractor Pulling Road Grader

Date: 1912
Description: Group of men standing with road grader pulled by a 45 h.p. Mogul tractor along a rural road.
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Tractor for Road Construction

Date: 04 24 1908
Description: Men using a tractor for road construction.
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Man on Tractor Pulling Road Leveler

Date: 06 16 1925
Description: Rear view down road towards a man on a tractor pulling a road leveler.
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Man Driving Industrial Tractor Pulling Road Construction Equipment

Date: 06 16 1925
Description: Three-quarter view from left rear of a man driving an industrial tractor pulling road construction equipment.
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Man Driving Industrial Tractor Pulling Road Grader

Date: 06 16 1925
Description: Three-quarter view from front left of a man driving an industrial tractor pulling a road grader. In the background is a field, and farm buildings and large...
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Man Operating Grader

Date: 11 18 1926
Description: View down unpaved road towards a man operating a grader. In the background is a large house with a front porch and a turret.
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Man Operating Russel Motor Patrol No. 3 Grader

Date: 11 18 1926
Description: Right side profile view of a man using a grader on an unpaved road.
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McCormick-Deering Tractor with Road Grader

Date: 07 02 1927
Description: A man is driving a McCormick-Deering Tractor with a grader attached to the front to work on a road.
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Road Graders

Date: 07 02 1927
Description: Two men with two road graders on a road. The grader on the left has a painted sign that reads: "Russel Motor," and the one on the right reads "_ Internatio...
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Truck for Laying Asphalt

Date: 10 01 1928
Description: A man is standing at the front of a truck parked on a ramp. Further back on the right a group of men are working laying asphalt with large machinery. A gro...
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Man Using Continuous Track Tractor for Road Construction

Date: 06 12 1929
Description: A man is driving a continuous track tractor to pull a man operating road grading equipment on a road.

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