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| Date: | 04 18 1913 |
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| Description: | View near crane operator looking down on coal car near exterior of building. Pawling & Harnischfeger type "O" bridge crane with a type "G" trolley in a fou... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | View looking up the 200 block of State Street from West Johnson Street, showing the Wisconsin State Capitol dome under construction. The bank on the left i... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Fourth Capitol and dome under construction, while the north wing of the third Wisconsin State Capitol remains standing on the right. T... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Workmen posing on the partially demolished dome of the third Wisconsin State Capitol, together with the hoist used for removing salvaged materials. This d... |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | The sternwheel excursion, J.S. in the middle of the Mississippi River. The opposite shoreline is in the background. |
| Date: | 08 1907 |
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| Description: | The dismantling of the dome of the third Wisconsin State Capitol began with the removal of the 32-foot flagpole. The eagle at the top of the pole was an 18... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | The construction of the East Wing of the new Capitol is underway. This is a view of the North and South Wings and the dome of the Third Wisconsin State Cap... |
| Date: | 07 20 1914 |
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| Description: | The bronze statue "Wisconsin," by Daniel Chester French, is hoisted to the top of the Wisconsin State Capitol dome. |
| Date: | 07 20 1914 |
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| Description: | A crane places the gilded bronze statue, "Wisconsin," by Daniel Chester French, on top of the Wisconsin State Capitol dome. |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the wreck of a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad train at Corliss. A large crowd of men are watching as a Bucyrus crane is lifting a car b... |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the bridge over a river. The Nicolet Paper Company is at the end of the bridge on the far shoreline. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | View of the harbor. On the left is a grain elevator and wood pulp on the wharf. In the center background is the Northern Paper Mills and to the right are ... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | The Wisconsin State Capitol under construction during the summer of 1914. One wing is still under construction and the statue "Wisconsin," by Daniel Cheste... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the shipyards with the Badger State cement plant in background. |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | Excavation for bridge column footings for the Mirror Lake Bridge. |
| Date: | 11 16 1960 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the interstate highway bridge construction at Mirror Lake showing the concrete footings halfway down the embankment. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Library under construction on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. In the background is the State Historical Society, and Science Hall is in the upp... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Pawling & Harnischfeger monorail hoist crane with lumber handling unit outdoors. A man is in the cab, which is stamped "Pawling & Harnischfeger, Milwaukee,... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Pawling & Harnischfeger exterior monorail hoist crane with lumber handling unit and a man in the cab. The text written on boxcars in the distant background... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Pawling & Harnischfeger 5-ton gantry crane with a covered 5-ton auxiliary trolley, two standard hooks, and 3 bottom blocks. The crane is stamped with the t... |
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