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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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Train Crossing a Bridge

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Description: A freight train makes its way across a bridge over a dam on the Black River.
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Men Working on Tipped Train Cars

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Description: A panoramic view of many men gathered on the railroad tracks on an embankment, working to up-right train cars that have tipped over. On the right is a loco...
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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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Copy Photograph; Train Cars Loaded with Tree Trunks

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Description: Copy photograph of a steam train pulling railroad cars loaded with large trees.
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Reconstruction after the 1911 Flood

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Description: View of a construction site, with a ditch in the foreground. Location identified as the fill and reconstruction of Town Creek after the 1911 flood in Black...
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Sand Haulers at Town Creek

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Description: View towards men standing by a line of sand haulers on a railway. Location identified as the fill and reconstruction of Town Creek after the 1911 flood in ...
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Derailed Locomotive

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Description: View down railroad tracks towards the front of a locomotive tipped sideways on the set of railroad tracks on the right. On the left set of railroad tracks ...
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Locomotives in a Train Yard

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Description: View down center of railroad tracks towards a train yard, showing several trains with locomotives. A man is standing near a building on the right has a sig...

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