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The Illinois Mine

Date: 1907
Description: Iron mines with railroad tracks three miles south of North Freedom, in La Rue. One the left are buildings with three large smokestacks; on the right is mac...
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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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T-20 and Sideboom

Date: 1937
Description: Workers lay a pipeline in a field using an International T-20 TracTracTor (crawler tractor) and sideboom. Original caption states: "Jones & Hannahan."
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Pepperidge Lake Trout Hatchery Truck

Date: 07 03 1926
Description: A boy sits behind the wheel of an International truck used by the Pepperridge Lake Trout Hatchery. The truck is parked along a dirt road in a wooded area a...
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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...
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Road Maintenance

Date: 01 13 1938
Description: Adams road grader equipped with a McCormick-Deering power unit on a rural road. A county road maintenance crew is using the grader near the border between ...
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Road Construction

Date: 01 13 1938
Description: An Adams road grader equipped with a McCormick-Deering power unit is used by a county road crew to smooth a road in a rural area near the Ohio and Indiana ...
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Resurfacing the Highway

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Description: A view on men resurfacing rural sections of U.S. Highway, with machinery and a small train running alongside the road.
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After Powder Explosion

Date: 03 09 1911
Description: A man stands on a foundation among the debris of the aftermath of a powder explosion. Around the man are pieces of corrugated metal, machinery and wood. In...
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Ames Portable Steam Engine

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Description: Stereograph of a portable steam powered engine, outdoors in the woods. The wheels are set on thick planks. The engine is being used to power more machinery...
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Florence Mine

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Description: Stereograph of an elevated view of a mining operation. Men are posing on the head frame/gallows frame over the pit. One man is perching on the top of the g...

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