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| Description: | Interior of railroad bridge, with walkway below. There is a man standing on the left at the railing of the walkway. |
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| Description: | Upper Mississippi, Minnesota, near Hastings. Engine and car of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway with men posing sitting on the cattle-catcher, l... |
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| Description: | Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul passenger train on Kilbourn railroad bridge. "Apollo No. 1" steamboat below bridge, with musicians in bow. Various launch b... |
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| Description: | Bridge over river with railroad train. "Apollo No. 1" steamboat under bridge. Boats are along the shoreline. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a train running parallel to the river, past the Ink Stand. Several people are standing along the tracks and waving. |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Advertisement for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad featuring an illustration of Uncle Sam stretched from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean.... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye view of Whitewater, with insets. |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye view of Janesville from the High School building. |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | View from shoreline of men standing on the bridge over west branch of the Wolf River. They are constructing the Wisconsin & Northern railroad bridge. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Four men inspecting the washout of Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie tracks caused by a flood at Medina Junction. The view is looking west from th... |
| Date: | 1877 |
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| Description: | Women in hats in foreground, with railroad tracks below and sign that says, "Look out for the cars," and "While the bell rings the whistle blows." Very lik... |
| Date: | 1857 |
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| Description: | At the opening of the railway between Grandhaven and Grand Rapids, Michigan on July 26, 1857, the locomotive Grand Rapids was manned by the railroad... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Illustrated view of Superior, as well as Omaha, Kansas City, St. Paul, and Winnipeg. Caption reads: "Superior - The Last Possible Great Marine City in the ... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Workers erecting a steam driven pile driver while others survey for the railroad extension from the village of Prairie du Sac to the dam site on the Wiscon... |
| Date: | 04 1911 |
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| Description: | Workmen pose on a steam-powered pile driver at work at the north end of the slough on the Wisconsin River. The railroad was extended from the village to th... |
| Date: | 10 11 1911 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of high water on the Wisconsin River which has inundated the coffer dam at the construction site. The narrow gauge railroad (curved line in f... |
| Date: | 05 30 1914 |
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| Description: | Juneau Park looking north from approximately E. Mason Street, with the Chicago and North Western railroad tracks on the right. The Lake Michigan shoreline ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Caption reads: "Riverfront from Pettibone Park, La Crosse, Wis." There are three steamboats docked on the right in the harbor. A mother and her children ar... |
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| Description: | A woman sits among a group of logs on the shoreline of a river. In the background, a railroad bridge is visible. |
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| Description: | Three women playfully pose among logs near a railroad bridge that passes over a dam. On the bridge, a standing man is visible. |
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