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Loading Rock from Quarry

Date: 1894
Description: Men loading rock from Saddle Mound quarry onto a St. Paul Railroad flat car.
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Hauling Granite

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Description: Horses hauling granite in Bethel, VT.
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Granite Quarry

Date: 
Description: View of a granite quarry in Bethel, VT.
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Compressor at Gallagher Quarry

Date: 05 14 1943
Description: Truck-mounted Catepillar engine/compressor parked at Albert W. Gallagher Quarry on Highway 51 near the airport. The photograph was taken for Nagle-Hart Tra...
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Gravel Pit

Date: 05 04 1929
Description: Carl E. & Paul G. Roth gravel pit with conveying equipment.
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Gravel Pit

Date: 05 04 1929
Description: View from the east towards the Carl E. & Paul G. Roth gravel pit, showing conveying equipment.
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Crushing and Loading Equipment

Date: 04 19 1928
Description: Crushing and Loading equipment at a gravel pit.
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Crushing and Loading Equipment

Date: 04 19 1928
Description: Crushing and Loading equipment at gravel pit.
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Crushing and Loading Equipment

Date: 04 19 1928
Description: Crushing and loading machinery at a gravel pit.
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Montello Granite Company at Noon

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Description: View of workers from the Montello Granite Company heading down the street to lunch after the noon whistle.
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Kissel Truck

Date: 1919
Description: Kissel truck owned by Washington County entering a gravel pit.
Book or Pamphlet

International Construction Trucks Brochure

Date: 1980
Description: Cover of a brochure advertising International heavy-duty trucks for construction. Features color photograph of two dump trucks hauling gravel in a quarry....
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A.M. Mickelson Inspecting a Blast Site

Date: 04 09 1945
Description: A.M. Mickelson, 10 N. Owen Dr., inspecting the scene of the explosion at the base of Sunset point where three Madison boys were badly burned while playing ...
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Sand Quarrying

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Description: Sand quarrying in German Hill to obtain fill for use in the business district after a flood. Steam shovel in use.
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Power Shovel or Crane Near Large Trench

Date: 1929
Description: International dump truck and a power shovel or crane next to a large trench or quarry. There is a building in the background. The sign on the shovel reads:...
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Conveyor at Roth Gravel Pit

Date: 02 16 1931
Description: Wisconsin Foundry & Machine Co. conveyor belt loading gravel into hopper which is filling a C.E. & P.A. Roth truck at their gravel pit, 1910 Roth Street ne...
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Stone Quarry

Date: 06 02 1894
Description: View from the Ohio River of a stone quarry.
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The Old Bangor Slate Quarry

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Description: The slate industry was begun in Bangor by Robert M. Jones in 1848. The region became a major world center for slate. The view is from near the bottom of th...
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Rock Crusher

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Description: A man stands outside the rock crusher at the Wisconsin Granite Company quarry. To the right, railroad tracks span the side of the building.
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Model M-51 Dump Truck

Date: 1952
Description: Color photograph of a model M-51 dump truck depositing raw lime rock from a quarry into the back of a truck marked "U.S. Air Force." Another vehicle is in ...

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