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Train on Ferry

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Description: View across water toward a railroad train and locomotive on a ferry going across the Mississippi River near New Orleans.
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Elevated View of the Mississippi River

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Description: View of two bridges on the Mississippi River and the working river banks. A number of boats are in the water and cargo is stacked on the shore.
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Coal Dock

Date: 08 1940
Description: Elevated view of a coal barge pushed by a stern wheeled steamboat heading upstream from the Mississippi River Lock and Dam No. 9 north of Prairie du Chien,...
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La Crosse Harbor

Date: 1908
Description: View across water towards the La Crosse Harbor. On the right are two people in a small excursion boat. Along the shoreline is the paddle steamer "St. Paul,...
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Mississippi Mosaic

Date: 12 1976
Description: Towboat pushing barges through ice on the Mississippi River as winter closes shipping traffic. Elevated view shows broken ice surrounding the barges, creat...

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