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Logs in Ashland Harbor

Date: 1936
Description: Elevated view of logs tugged across Lake Superior to the harbor at Ashland.
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Harbor and Grain Elevator

Date: 1920
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 ...
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Steamboat on Menominee River

Date: 07 17 1914
Description: Steamboat "E.L. Wallace" on the Menominee River looking east from the 16th Street viaduct. Coal yards are on the banks of the harbor.
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Menominee River Coal Yards

Date: 07 17 1914
Description: Menominee River coal yards, west from the 16th Street viaduct. There is a cargo ship called the "John B. Cowle" in the harbor between two coal yards. Worke...
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Mowing Along Waterfront (League Island?)

Date: 1899
Description: A man in work clothes is operating a horse-drawn mower in a patch of grass along a waterfront, while another man wearing a hat and tie is looking on. Ships...
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New York Central Lines Travel Poster: Ashtabula Harbor, Lake Erie

Date: 1928
Description: An original New York Central Lines railway lithograph promoting Ashtabula Harbor, Lake Erie, as the location "Where Trainloads of Appalachian Coal are Exch...
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Green Bay Harbor

Date: 1938
Description: View from railroad bridge of the harbor at Green Bay. On the other side of the harbor, there are many industrial buildings, including Northern Paper Mills,...
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C-55 Truck in Hawaii

Date: 1935
Description: An International C-55 truck works to build a breakwater at Port Allen on the island of Kauai.
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View of Solombola, Russia

Date: 1918
Description: View of Solombola from Archangel [Archangelsk], Russia. In the distance are series of cranes. In the foreground on the ice are stacks of logs near a pier m...
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Foggy View of Lake Steamer

Date: 10 1962
Description: Lake steamer at dock, in fog. To the right is the boom of a crane. In front of the steamer is a tugboat.
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U.S. Coast Guard Boat

Date: 2012
Description: United States Coast Guard boat and a dredging barge at the Riverside Park, Levee Dock, a United States port facility on the Mississippi River. A brick walk...
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Manitowoc Shipbuilding Floating Drydock

Date: 07 02 1960
Description: View across water towards the Manitowoc Shipbuilding floating drydock. Pilings and grass are in the foreground. On the far shoreline are buildings on a hil...
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Manitowoc Shipyard & Manitowoc Portland Cement Company

Date: 01 08 1958
Description: Elevated view over icy water towards ships in the shipyard on the left, and the cement company in the background. Cranes and industrial buildings are in th...
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Michela Coal & Dock Company

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Description: View across water towards ships unloading coal and sulphur. Cranes rise above both ships, and a man is walking near a large pile of coal in the background ...
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Canadian Ship at Michela Coal & Wood Dock

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Description: Elevated view over railroads tracks of Canadian ship with cargo of wood pulp. Sulphide bales are being unloaded and there are several men on the ship. In t...
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Green Bay

Date: 12 16 1957
Description: View across water, with cranes among piles of coal along the right, and among piles of other materials on the left. Smoke is in the distance on the right, ...
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Port of Kenosha Transit Harbor No. 1

Date: 1945
Description: Port of Kenosha Transit Warehouse No. 1. There are two ships on the right side, one named "Broom Park." Three men are loading a car onto the ship using a c...
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Marinette Harbor

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Description: Aerial view of harbor. In the foreground is a lighthouse and breakwaters. Bridges cross the harbor, and there are factory and industrial buildings near the...
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Cargo Ship "Henry LaLiberte"

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Description: View across water towards the cargo ship "Henry LaLiberte" sitting in a loading dock under a cargo crane.
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Milwaukee Coal Yards

Date: 07 1936
Description: Elevated view of vast piles of coal dominate this scene of the Milwaukee Harbor. A bridge crane is in the center, with two other cranes at the far left. Th...

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