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Unloading Coal

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Description: A man unloads coal from a boat by walking a wheelbarrow across wooden platforms raised on scaffolds. In the background a man stands with an empty wheelbarr...
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Pyrofax Plant

Date: 08 1929
Description: Carbide & Carbon Chemicals Co. Pyrofax plant under construction, 130 Fair Oaks Avenue. Men are pouring a cement floor.
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Construction Workers Digging a Hole

Date: 1969
Description: Three construction workers, two in the hole, and one above, digging at the World Trade Center construction site.
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Speranza's Neighbors Dig Basement for New Shop

Date: 11 06 1948
Description: Blooming Grove neighbors of John Speranza digging a basement for a new Speranza shop which will replace the one lost to a fire that also destroyed the Sper...
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Madison Housing Authority Project

Date: 11 23 1948
Description: This ceremony at Truax Field signaled the start of construction of the 120-unit apartment project for war veterans by the Madison Housing Authority. Henry ...
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Two Men Converse on a Construction Site

Date: 1942
Description: Two men talking on a construction site, probably at International Harvester's Bettendorf Tank Arsenal (factory). A pile of bricks is in the foreground alon...
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T-20 TracTracTor in Building Excavation

Date: 1937
Description: Three workers removing ropes from an International T-20 TracTracTor (crawler tractor) with bulldozer during a building excavation. A large pulley is hangin...
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Sand & Gravel Being Conveyed into the Bed of a Truck

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Description: A man is standing on a walkway on top of a mechanical conveyor belt machine in a quarry, loading a truck with sand and gravel. A man with a shovel is stand...
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Men Leveling Ground for Construction

Date: 1937
Description: Men work to level the ground for foundations to be poured for homes. Exposed brick walls of partially constructed homes are on the left and right, and a di...
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Badger Shovel with McCormick-Deering Engine

Date: 11 11 1937
Description: A man shovels dirt from a highway five miles north of Richmond next to an Austin-Western Badger shovel powered by a McCormick-Deering engine. The equipmen...
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Two Men at Silo Construction Site

Date: 1915
Description: One man is using a hand crank to pull a bucket of earth from the bottom of a pit silo. Another man stands behind him.
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Twine Mill Construction Site

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of a construction site surrounded by buildings in what appears to be an industrial area. A sign on the building on the left side of reads: "W...
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Tree Planting at Columbian Exposition Grounds

Date: 05 03 1892
Description: Tree planting ceremony on the Wooded Island during construction of the Columbian Exposition in Jackson Park. Standing to the left of the tree wrapped with ...
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Construction of the Stern of a Ship

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Description: A man wearing a hardhat stands on scaffolding at the stern of a ship under construction. Beams and other shipbuilding material can be seen scattered around...
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Construction of the Bow of a Ship

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Description: Two men stand on scaffolding as they work on the construction of the bow of a ship. Another man stands on the ground nearby. A crane is visible in the back...
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Construction of a Paper Mill

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Description: Elevated view of workers during construction of a paper mill.
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At Work on the New Episcopal Church

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Description: Photographic postcard view of workers building the new Episcopal Church. Workers in hats and overalls, and holding shovels, are standing among scaffolding,...
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International Truck at Hoover Dam

Date: 1931
Description: Men drive an International truck up a dirt road along the Colorado River during the construction of the Hoover Dam in Black Canyon. There is a steam, or po...
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Construction Crew and Observers

Date: 1911
Description: Construction crew and observers standing on a scaffold. Trees, a wooden tripod with a block and tackle and the roof of a house are visible in the backgroun...
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Old and New School Building

Date: 1924
Description: Children play on makeshift seesaws created from construction materials outside the old schoolhouse.

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