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International TD-9 Crawler Tractor

Date: 1955
Description: TD-9 International Superior crawler tractor loading South African crop onto a wagon with the attached side loader. A man is driving the tractor, and a chil...
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International TD-20 Crawler Tractor with Drott Shovel

Date: 1960
Description: Color photograph of an International TD-20 crawler tractor (TracTracTor) with attached Drott shovel loader.
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Pontoon Railway Bridge

Date: 1910
Description: Slightly elevated view of the pontoon bridge construction. People are standing on and near the railroad tracks in the foreground.
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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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Painters on Scaffold

Date: 10 17 1945
Description: Two Capital Decorating Company employees on a scaffold painting window frames in the Park Hotel, 22 South Carroll Street. A man can be seen looking out of ...
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Man with Camera Near McCormick Works

Date: 08 08 1914
Description: A photographer is standing near a camera on the bank of the Chicago River. He likely works for International Harvester Company and appears to be photograph...
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Man in Diving Suit

Date: 08 06 1914
Description: A man wearing a diving suit stands on a ladder coming out of a body of water (possibly the Chicago River). A sign in the background reads, "Dredge". The ma...
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10-20 Tractor With Crawler Track and Monarch Loader

Date: 01 20 1927
Description: McCormick-Deering 10-20 industrial tractor with a crawler track and a Monarch loader.
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15-30 Tractor Pulling an Austin Mammoth Reversible Road Grader

Date: 1916
Description: An International Harvester Mogul(?) 15-30 tractor pulling an Austin mammoth reversible road grader.
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Soldiers Operating Crawler Tractor

Date: 1958
Description: Sergeant Dennis McGhee and a student in an International crawler tractor (TracTracTor) built for the U.S. Army. The student is learning how to operate the ...
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Construction Worker Buddis Stone

Date: 1958
Description: Construction worker Buddis Stone at the site of the Mammoth Pool Dam along the San Joaquin River in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Stone bored holes for expl...
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Machinery at Prairie du Sac Dam

Date: 08 11 1910
Description: The first machinery at work sounding at the site for the power dam. Workmen are posing near the carriage-mounted equipment. A horse-drawn wagon is in the ...
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Erecting Pile Driver for Railroad Extension to Dam Site

Date: 1911
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...
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Pile Driver and Cenrifugal Pump at Prairie du Sac Dam Site

Date: 1911
Description: Steam-powered pile driver and centrifugal pump (in shed) at work at the Wisconsin River dam site. Men and children are watching the work.
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Main Office at Prairie du Sac Dam Site

Date: 03 1911
Description: Construction workers posing during construction of the main office at the Wisconsin River dam site.
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Hoisting Machine Loading Pilings on Barge at Prairie du Sac Dam Site

Date: 03 1911
Description: Workers use a rail car mounted crane to load pilings onto a barge. Bluffs are in the distance.
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Pile Driver at Work on Railroad Extension from Prairie du Sac to Dam Site

Date: 04 1911
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...
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First Concrete Laid at Power Dam

Date: 04 14 1911
Description: Newly poured concrete abutment on the east shore of the Wisconsin River. Iron reinforcing rods protrude from the concrete. Workmen and the steam-driven cem...
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Men Standing on Railroad Car

Date: 04 1911
Description: Group of men standing on and beside a rail car in front of the main construction office at the site of the Wisconsin River dam.
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Narrow Gauge Trestle and Pile Drivers at Prairie du Sac Dam Site

Date: 06 19 1911
Description: Looking west over the Wisconsin River at the unfinished narrow gauge railroad trestle built for construction of the dam. Two pile drivers are seen in the a...

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