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Brickmaking Plant

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Description: Brick plant, possibly the one at Haley, six to seven miles up the river from Black River Falls. May also be a sawmill, as piles of lumber are in the foregr...
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Interior of a Factory

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Description: Interior of a factory with two blurred men on the right, and men in the background on the left.
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McGillavray Sash and Door Company

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Description: Men and boys posed standing on the Harrison Street bridge next to the McGillivray Sash and Door Factory.
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York Iron Works

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Description: View down hill of York Iron Works. On the left are charcoal kilns, and in the far background is the town.
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York Iron Works

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Description: York Iron Works with a view of the blast furnace. On the hill is the boardinghouse and the dance hall. A man is working near the railroad cars, and other p...
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York Iron Works

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Description: View across river of York Iron Works. On the hill are the boardinghouse and dance hall. Just below the boardinghouse there appears to be a quarry.
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Man in Boat by York Iron Works

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Description: View down hill of man posed sitting in a boat near the bank of a river taken from an iron mound of the York Iron Works. There is a view of the blast furnac...
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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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Halcyon Brick Works

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Description: Elevated view from opposite shoreline of Halcyon Brick Works on the shore of a river. Trees, fields and hills are in the far background.
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McGillivray Factory Fire

Date: 07 1912
Description: Elevated view of the fire at the McGillivray factory. Pedestrians and onlookers are in the foreground.
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Scene from McGillivray Fire

Date: 07 1912
Description: Elevated view of the fire at the McGillivray factory. Horse-drawn vehicles and onlookers are on the road in the foreground.
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York Iron Works

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Description: Indoor view down a long room in an industrial building, with several men posing standing, some with shovels. A man is standing in the right foreground. Ide...
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York Iron Works

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Description: Indoor view of a large industrial building, with a man posing standing in the distance. Identified as the interior of the York Iron Works.
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McGillivray Factory; Exterior

Date: 1913
Description: View across water towards a two-story wooden building, probably the McGillivray factory built about 1913 across the bridge at Water and Harrison Streets.
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McGillivray Factory; Exterior

Date: 1913
Description: View across water towards a two-story wooden building, probably the McGillivray factory built about 1913 across the bridge at Water and Harrison Streets.
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Mattson Cement Factory; Interior

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Description: Indoor view of a cement factory showing shelves with molded cement blocks and other materials. Identified as the Mattson Cement Block Factory in Brockway.
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Sled at Spaulding Manufacturing

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Description: Sled runners on the grass. Location identified as the Spaulding Manufacturing yard. Part of a building and what may be a loading dock is in the background.

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