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Crushing and Loading Equipment

Date: 04 19 1928
Description: Crushing and Loading equipment at gravel pit.
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General View, Looking East of Work on Power Dam

Date: 06 16 1912
Description: Elevated view of steam powered pile drivers at work on the coffer dam.
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Mineral Mining Corporation

Date: 08 1938
Description: Mine building at a gold and mica mine operated by the Mineral Mining Corporation. A body of water is in the foreground on the left side of a partially cons...
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Story and McDade Coal Mine Operation

Date: 01 19 1938
Description: Men and ponies standing near a building and carts on railroad tracks at the Story & McDade coal mine. The mine operation was powered by an International PA...
Book or Pamphlet

Road Construction Equipment Catalog

Date: 1935
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for road construction equipment. Includes illustrations of a crawler tractor and a road grader. The road grader is likely e...
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Soldiers with Wreckage

Date: 1958
Description: Soldiers of Fidel Castro's 26th of July Movement during the Cuban Revolution stand next to a pile of wreckage in a rural area holding guns.
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Construction Work on the New Free Bridge

Date: 1931
Description: View from shoreline of a crane lifting machinery to workers at the top of the bridge during construction. Words on the crane reads, "Stevens Brothers and S...
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Construction Work on the New Free Bridge

Date: 08 29 1930
Description: Two cranes and a car at the bridge construction site. Several workers work on carving out the road at the edge of the river.
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Rock Crusher

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Description: View looking down along wooden planks and machinery towards smoke in the distance. Identified as the rock crusher, located on the east side upriver from to...
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Ice Harvesting Machine

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Description: A man stands near an ice harvesting machine on a lake. A label on the machine reads: "Wisconsin." There is open water behind him, and in the far background...
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Man Standing on Raft with Machinery

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Description: A man is standing on a raft in the water near a shoreline. There is machinery on the raft, and a pipe runs from the machinery up the steep shoreline. Four ...
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Truck for Laying Asphalt

Date: 10 01 1928
Description: A man is standing at the front of a truck parked on a ramp. Further back on the right a group of men are working laying asphalt with large machinery. A gro...
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Lock and Dam No. 11

Date: 05 21 1939
Description: Elevated view of the General Zebulon Pike Lock and Dam No. 11, located on the Mississippi River between Dubuque, Iowa, and Grant County, Wisconsin. The Loc...
Photograph

UD-24 — Industrial Power Units (Misc.)

Date: 1950
Description: Subject: "UD-24 — Industrial Power Units (Misc.)." Where Taken: "Pac." Information with photograph reads: "Owned by the Roseburg Sand & Gravel Co., Rosebur...
Photograph

Railroads — UD-9 Engine

Date: 1950
Description: Subject: "Railroads — UD-9 Engine." Where Taken: "Pac." Information with photograph reads: "UD-9 Engine owned by AT&SF R.R., 6th & Main, Los Angeles, Calif...
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Norris Dam

Date: 1934
Description: Elevated, panoramic view of the Norris Dam.
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Greenwood Mills and Surrounding Buildings

Date: 1879
Description: Slightly elevated view across a river toward a large building with Greenwood Mills written on the side. The mill is reflected in the river in the foregroun...

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