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Walking Dredge

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Description: View across grass towards men, boys, and girl posing on top of a walking dredge.
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Men Working at Dam

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Description: Men working in a drained reservoir with shovels, probably at the Hatfield Dam.
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Men Reconstructing a Barn

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Description: Two horses, several men and two youth stand in front of a stone wall or foundation. The men could be reconstructing a barn after the flood of 1911.
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Harrison Street Bridge

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Description: View from what appears to be a lumber yard of men posed standing on the newly constructed Harrison Street bridge that replaced one destroyed in the flood o...
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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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York Iron Works

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Description: Elevated view over railroad tracks of York Iron Works. Probably the construction of the blast furnace.
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York Iron Works

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Description: Elevated view over railroad tracks of York Iron Works. Probably the construction of the blast furnace.
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York Iron Works

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Description: York Iron Works, with a group of men posed standing in front of the construction of the blast furnace.
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Group of Men Posed at Construction Site

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Description: Men posed standing at the construction site. They are probably laying the foundation of a building. A small wooden building in the background has a poster ...
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Home Construction

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Description: Men posed demolishing one house and building another on the same property, possibly the R.P. Ravey property. Two boys and a girl are posed standing in the ...
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Dam Construction

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Description: View from railroad tracks towards industrial activity on the edge of the river, possibly building a dam.
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Dam Construction

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Description: Men working on the foundation of a building, possibly laying a foundation for the post-flood business district dam.
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Construction of a Building Foundation

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Description: Four men in the foreground are posing standing with shovels in a large hole in the ground. In the background behind a wall, men are working near cars along...
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Building Site in Vandrieul

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Description: Exterior view of several wooden buildings under construction in a field. Identified as Vandrieul, Wisconsin.
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Tar Paper Shack at a Construction Site

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Description: View looking up towards a small building standing at the top of a slope. Equipment and piles of building material surround the tar paper shack. Probably a ...
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Steam Dredge at Hatfield Dam Construction Site

Date: 1907
Description: Elevated view of a steam dredge at the construction site of a dam on a river. Identified as the construction of the Hatfield dam in 1907.
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Reconstruction after the 1911 Flood

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Description: View of a construction site, with a ditch in the foreground. Location identified as the fill and reconstruction of Town Creek after the 1911 flood in Black...
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Construction of the New Channel

Date: 1911
Description: Elevated view of a construction site, with wreckage behind a wooden wall. Location identified as the fill and reconstruction of Town Creek after the 1911 f...

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