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Wood Shop at Chatham Works

Date: 1930
Description: Slightly elevated view of workers manufacturing, finishing and assembling wooden wagon components at International Harvester's Chatham Works in Ontario, Ca...
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Factory Worker at Osborne Works

Date: 09 1908
Description: Factory worker sawing a large piece of lumber at International Harvester's Osborne Works (later known as "Auburn Works"). The belt-driven machinery is alon...
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P&H Monorail Hoist with Lumber Handling Unit

Date: 1910
Description: Pawling & Harnischfeger monorail hoist with a lumber handling unit, laden with lumber, with operator repositioning load as the hoist leaves the lumber shed...
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P&H Monorail Hoist With Lumber Handling Unit In Warehouse

Date: 1910
Description: Pawling & Harnischfeger monorail hoist with lumber handling unit inside of an unidentified lumber warehouse. There is a man operating the unit.
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P&H Monorail Hoist with Lumber Handling Unit

Date: 1910
Description: Pawling & Harnischfeger 3-ton monorail hoist with lumber handling unit in an unidentified lumber shed with two men standing on a pile of lumber underneath ...
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P&H 3-Ton Monorail Hoist Unloading Lumber

Date: 1911
Description: Pawling & Harnischfeger 3-ton monorail hoist with an exterior closed cab and a lumber handling unit unloading lumber. There is a man in the cab of the cran...
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P&H 3-Ton Monorail Hoist in Lumber Storage Racks

Date: 1911
Description: A Pawling & Harnischfeger 3-ton monorail hoist in lumber storage racks. There's a man in the cab, and another man standing at the bottom of one of the stac...
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P&H 3-Ton Monorail Hoist In Lumber Mill

Date: 1912
Description: Pawling & Harnischfeger 3-ton monorail hoist in a lumber mill. There is an operator in the cab, and many men working on the floor of the mill.
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P&H 3-Ton Standard I-Beam Monorail Hoist in Lumber Mill

Date: 1912
Description: A standard Pawling & Harnischfeger 3-ton monorail hoist with lumber handling unit in a lumber mill. There is an operator in the cab, as well as a man with ...
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P&H 3-Ton Monorail Hoist

Date: 1912
Description: Pawling & Harnischfeger 3-ton monorail hoist with lumber handling unit operated by a man. There is a small shed in the background. The I-beam is stamped "P...
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MEC&MC Cant Handling Crane

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Description: Milwaukee Electric Crane & Manufacturing Company cant handing crane at Long Bell Lumber Co. with an operator in the cab. This was reportedly one of sixteen...
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MEC&MC Lumber Crane in Lumber Storage Area

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Description: Milwaukee Electric Crane & Manufacturing Company lumber crane in a lumber storage area at the Long Bell Lumber Company. The sign on the crane reads "The Mi...
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MEC&MC Lumber Crane

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Description: Milwaukee Electric Crane & Manufacturing Company lumber crane at the Long Bell Lumber Company. The cab is stamped "Milwaukee Electric Crane & Mfg. Co., 5 T...
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MEC&MC Bridge Crane In Lumber Warehouse

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Description: Milwaukee Electric Crane & Manufacturing Company bridge crane in an unidentified lumber warehouse. A sign on the crane reads "The Milwaukee Crane," and the...
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Monorail Hoist & Lumber Carrying Unit

Date: 11 04 1915
Description: Elevated view of monorail hoist with lumber carrying unit, with the number 17 painted on the front, at the Port Hammond Lumber Company. Men can be seen in ...
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Monorail Hoist, Lumber Carrying Unit and Switch

Date: 11 04 1915
Description: A monorail hoist with lumber carrying unit and monorail track switch, with the number 12 painted on the front, at the Port Hammond Lumber Company. Other te...
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Man In Lumber Warehouse

Date: 11 04 1915
Description: A man wearing a tie and a pocket watch on his belt, stands between stacks of lumber in a tall building at the Port Hammond Lumber Company. Tracks for the m...
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Machinery Inside Lumber Mill

Date: 1900
Description: Interior view of large room filled with machinery inside a lumber mill.
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Lumber Mill Machinery

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Description: A room full of machinery in the "Big Lumber Mill."
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Man Sitting on a Cart in a Factory

Date: 1910
Description: A factory worker is sitting on a cart on at International Harvester's Osborne Works. Behind him are stacked pieces of lumber. Hooks hang from the ceiling. ...

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