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Iron Works

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Description: Elevated view of York Iron works. Large group of men posing in yard. The boardinghouse is on a hill in the far background. Early iron was mined at Mayville...
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Wisconsin Central Pile Driver Car

Date: 1907
Description: Wisconsin Central locomotive No #50 and pile driver No #2 working near Owen. Men stand on and around the tracks.
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Wisconsin Central Caboose

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Description: Brakeman Clarence Commingore (left) and Philip C. Haag on Wisconsin Central Railroad's caboose No #171. The shield caboose markers were exclusive with the ...
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Lehigh Coal and Iron Company

Date: 1890
Description: Elevated view of the coke ovens at the Lehigh Coal and Iron Company. A group of men are posing in the foreground.
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Loading Box Car with Kerosene Engine

Date: 10 12 1926
Description: A man uses a McCormick-Deering Kerosene engine to run a conveyor to load grain onto a train boxcar near Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada(?). A building in t...
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Man Waving from "Trainload of Twine"

Date: 1949
Description: A man hangs on to the side of a train from a ladder and waves his hand. Original caption reads: "Giving his engineer the 'highball' upon arrival of the 25-...
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Early P&H 5-Ton Crane in Large Foundry

Date: 1910
Description: An early Pawling and Harnischfeger cab-operated crane with dial operated controllers and a 5-ton type "O" bridge with a type "A" trolley. The operator is i...
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Ship Building

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Description: A crane lowers a beam onto the frame of a boat. Workers can be seen standing along the top of the vessel and scaling a ladder. Construction equipment and m...
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Two Men Posed with Locomotive

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Description: Two men posed by the locomotive of a freight train on railroad tracks, probably by the coal shed at Millston. The two-wheeled express wagon on the platform...
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Group of Men Posed with Railroad Train

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Description: View from steep bank of a large group of men posed standing with shovels by a railroad train with flat cars covered with sand or dirt. Man of the men are h...
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Goodyear Mill

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Description: Lumberyard with railroad lines and a sawmill, probably the Goodyear Mill, three miles south of Saddle, or a mill located in McKenna.
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York Iron Works

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Description: Elevated view of York Iron Works with a view of the blast furnace and pig iron stock piles. The boardinghouse is visible on the hill in the far background.
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Depot and Yards

Date: 1911
Description: View across railroad tracks of the Merrimac train depot. Against the building a man poses on top of a ladder. He is repainting the exterior. There is a hou...
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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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Ester Point, Turkey River

Date: 1905
Description: View down railroad tracks, showing the switching station, water tank, and buildings. Two men stand on the railroad tracks. Ester Point is near Cassville, W...
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Quarry and Crew at Stone Company

Date: 1912
Description: Group portrait of quarrymen posing with their implements. There are carts on tracks that lead to the cliffs of the quarry behind the group.
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U.S. Army Barracks

Date: 1918
Description: A group of barracks near railroad tracks with snow in the ditch. On the far right three soldiers are walking along the railroad tracks, and other men are n...
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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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