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Granite Quarry

Date: 1977
Description: Elevated view across a granite quarry looking west, with Buffalo Lake in the background. Buildings of the town are between the quarry and the lake, and a p...
Postcard

The Bucyrus Company

Date: 02 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "The Bucyrus Co., South Milwaukee, Wis." A factory and headquarters with railroad tracks on the left. From Wikipedia "Bucyrus-Erie was...
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Wisconsin Granite Company — Granite Quarry

Date: 1910
Description: View across the bottom of a quarry toward a group of men posing around a horse who appears to be pulling an open railroad car on railroad tracks. Steep cli...
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Quarry Houses

Date: 1910
Description: Six men are posing on horse-drawn wagons at quarry houses for the Montello Granite Co. A large building is on the right, and a pile of stone and two small ...
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Steam Drill

Date: 1910
Description: Steam drill at work in quarry at Montello Granite Co. A man is standing on the right operating the drill. There are ladders against the stone cliff in the ...
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Large Derrick in Quarry

Date: 1910
Description: View from below looking up a rockface toward a derrick at the top of a quarry. Men are standing along the top nearby. Caption on back reads: "Quarry view w...
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Where Granite is Quarried

Date: 1910
Description: View across the quarry toward three men standing on a ledge below a large rock face. Ladders are set up above and below the ledge. Another group of men are...
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Scene in the Quarry

Date: 1910
Description: View looking across the quarry, which has trees and plants growing up the sides on the left, and smaller rocks and other debris are toward the bottom. Ladd...
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Wisconsin Granite Company — Crushers at Granite Quarry

Date: 1910
Description: Angled view across two sets of railroad tracks toward industrial buildings along a hill on the left. A locomotive pulling a railroad car is coming down the...
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Wisconsin Granite Company — Granite Quarry

Date: 1910
Description: View towards railroad tracks and men working with large pieces of stone. In the distance is the town of Berlin. Caption at bottom reads: "Granite Quarry — ...

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