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Workers Load Dirt into International Heavy-Duty Truck

Date: 1929
Description: Workers are looking on as a Bucyrus Erie excavating crane is loading dirt into the bed of an International heavy-duty dump truck.
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Construction Of Streetcar Tracks

Date: 1905
Description: Construction crew building a double streetcar track around the Capitol Square on North Pinckney Street. The oversized awnings were common around the Square...
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Ready Mixed Concrete Truck

Date: 11 10 1937
Description: Castle & Doyle Rex Moto Mixer truck delivering ready mixed concrete in the alley behind Dean Clinic, 113-115 N. Carroll Street, with five men looking on.
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Construction Crew at Northwestern Railroad Crossing

Date: 10 27 1936
Description: Elevated view of a construction crew working on Chicago & Northwestern Railroad crossing, showing the W.R. Baker Tavern at 601 E. Wilson Street, and the Pa...
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State Office Building Construction

Date: 07 02 1930
Description: State Office Building, Wilson Street, construction showing concrete mixer, workers, and a Castle & Doyle truck dumping.
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UW-Madison Mechanical Engineering Building Construction

Date: 09 07 1930
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison Mechanical Engineering Building at 1513 University Avenue under construction. Men are working on the steel framework. A mas...
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Road Work on University Avenue

Date: 08 19 1929
Description: Workers lay pipe and repave University Avenue, looking east along the 2400 block.
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Butterfield Bridge

Date: 1925
Description: Construction workers stand in front of the Butterfield covered bridge.
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Worker in Trailer

Date: 1969
Description: A construction worker leans in the doorway of a break trailer at the construction site of the World Trade Center.
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War Chest Day's Pay Pledge

Date: 10 04 1945
Description: Madison Building and Construction Trades workers on the job at the Hoofer Glass Co. take time out to sign their pledge cards for one day's pay to the Madis...
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International H-400 Payloader

Date: 1964
Description: International H-400 Payloader lifting a load of dirt. The H-400 was built by Hough, the construction equipment subsidiary of International Harvester.
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Senior High School

Date: 1897
Description: Workers pose on scaffolding in front of the Senior High School during construction. A child and a man with a bicycle are on the lower left side underneath ...
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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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Concrete Mixer and East Shore Abutment at Power Dam

Date: 04 13 1912
Description: The concrete mixer standing near the newly poured east shore abutment while men are working nearby. Reinforcing rods protrude from the abutment.
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Pedestrians on Sidewalk

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Description: Pedestrians on sidewalk. The street is full of rubble and appears to be under repair or construction. Construction workers are also working in the street.
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Bridge Under Construction

Date: 1905
Description: Men at work on a bridge under construction. A sign on a building in the background reads: "Drake Brothers Co." and "Drugs • Oils • Paints."
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Road Crew Repairing Street

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Description: A road crew repairing a street.
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Two Construction Workers on Break

Date: 1969
Description: Two construction workers wearing hardhats stand outside a storefront while on a break.
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Gathering of Construction Workers

Date: 1969
Description: A group of construction workers gather to listen to a speaker near the office for the Sand Chapter of Mechanical Contractors at the construction site for t...
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Water Street Bridge Reconstruction

Date: 06 02 1943
Description: Looking south down street, with storefronts on either side. The street and bridge are undergoing reconstruction. Military vehicles are in the background.

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