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Pyrofax Plant

Date: 09 1929
Description: View across field towards the Carbide & Carbon Chemicals Co. Pyrofax plant under construction, 130 Fair Oaks Avenue, almost finished.
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Pyrofax Plant

Date: 09 1929
Description: View across field towards the Carbide & Carbon Chemicals Co. Pyrofax plant under construction, 130 Fair Oaks Avenue, almost finished.
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Big Horn Ditch Head Gate

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Description: The head gate at the Big Horn Ditch on the Crow Reservation in northeast Wyoming. Men are working with cranes near a tent with a chimney spewing out smoke.
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Man Operating Russell Grader

Date: 11 18 1926
Description: A man operates a grader marked "Russell Motor Patrol No.3" on a rural road.
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Military Men on Lunch Break

Date: 1944
Description: Soldiers sitting on the ground under the shade of a tree to eat lunch. Construction equipment, including an International crawler tractor, is in the backgr...
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Construction Work

Date: 06 15 1926
Description: A man uses a McCormick-Deering 10-20 tractor and a Monarch loader to do construction work, possibly irrigation, in a field. Pieces of pipe lie on the groun...
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Dredge Winneconne

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Description: View across water of the dredge "Winneconne" on the Fox River canal. Although undated the photograph was probably taken during the 1940s. The "Winneconne"...
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Field Preparation for Cranberry Marsh

Date: 08 08 1922
Description: A man is sitting on the back of a Kissel truck using machinery to dredge a field. The field was being cleared in order to prepare it for use as a cranberry...
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International Dump Truck and Shovel at Hoover Dam

Date: 03 1932
Description: Men use shovel to load boulder pieces, removed from the walls of Black Canyon with dynamite, into the back of an International truck during the constructio...
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Theresa Library

Date: 08 1989
Description: "A groundbreaking ceremony was held for Theresa's new library."
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Pine Bluff Observatory Site

Date: 04 24 1957
Description: Bulldozers and steam shovels prepare the site for the future University of Wisconsin Observatory site near Pine Bluff.
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Dam Construction

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Description: Men working on the foundation of a building, possibly laying a foundation for the post-flood business district dam.
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Water Tower

Date: 06 1997
Description: "Theresa's new water tower."
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Derailed Railcars

Date: 09 22 1997
Description: "Heavy-duty moving equipment from Michels Pipeline of Brownsville helped to move derailed cars back onto the tracks. Within 27 hours, all cars were righted...
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IH TD-15 Series B Tractor Crawler Clearing Trees

Date: 1969
Description: This photograph was likely taken by the International Harvester Overseas Division for promotional purposes, and shows a man driving an International Harves...
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Men Operating Pay Haulers

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Description: Men driving Pay Haulers on a road at the base of a cliff. In the background is a tall arch cut through the rock of the cliff.
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Earthmovers

Date: 06 02 1927
Description: Men working outdoors in a rocky area, perhaps a quarry. One man is operating a steam shovel.
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Man Operating Road Construction Equipment Behind Industrial Tractor

Date: 09 06 1927
Description: Rear view from side of unpaved road towards a man standing on road construction equipment which is being pulled by another man operating an industrial trac...
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Construction Site

Date: 08 28 1914
Description: View looking uphill towards a factory building under construction. A brick chimney is near a tall metal tower on the left side of an open steel or iron str...

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