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Old Quarry Road at Frontenac

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Description: Upper Mississippi, view through trees down the old quarry road at Frontenac. Lake in background.
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Quarry

Date: 1950
Description: View of stones in a quarry used by the Mormons in the settlement formerly known as Voree.
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Rock Quarry on Blackhawk Bluff

Date: 06 13 1913
Description: Workmen and machinery at the quarry on Blackhawk Bluff. The gravel was used in construction of the power dam.
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Steam Shovel in Gravel Pit

Date: 07 18 1913
Description: Workers and a boy, Edgar Walch, posing on and around a steam shovel in the quarry at Eagle View Bluff. Edgar's father, Engelbert Walch, owned the steam sho...
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Looking East at the Upstream Side of Power House and Dam

Date: 08 19 1915
Description: Elevated view of the completed power house and dam, looking east at the north, or upstream, side of the structure. On the far shore, the site of the gravel...
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Interior of West Shore Coffer Dam

Date: 07 16 1912
Description: Workers posing inside the coffer dam. The narrow gauge railroad is behind them. One of the pile drivers is in the background. A bare area on the bluff in t...
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Rock Quarry on Blackhawk Bluff

Date: 06 13 1913
Description: A view, from the west, of the quarry on Blackhawk Bluff. Gravel from the quarry was used in concrete for the construction of the power plant and dam.
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Kiln Drive

Date: 06 06 1977
Description: Elevated view of a kiln drive that was purchased and used by Dravo Line. Original Falk caption reads, "Color view of May 1977 Pit and Quarry. Photos sent t...
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Stone Quarry

Date: 06 02 1894
Description: View from the Ohio River of a stone quarry.
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Montello Granite Quarry

Date: 1908
Description: A view of the Montello granite quarry with Montello Lake in the background. The sign in the foreground reads, "J.T. Barrett Pays Highest Prices for Furs, M...
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The Marble Quarry

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Description: View across water toward the marble quarries at the edge of Dorset. They are said to be the oldest in the country and provided the marble for buildings suc...
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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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Old Bangor Slate Quarry

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Description: A view of a slate mine. The slate industry was begun in Bangor by Robert M. Jones in 1848 and the region became a major world center for slate.
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Leathem D. Smith Stone Company

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Description: View of Leathem D. Smith Stone Company, which expanded after 1918. A factory building is in the background, and a steam shovel is working in the foreground...
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Montello

Date: 1883
Description: Bird's-eye view of Montello, county seat of Marquette County. The granite quarry, woolen mill, and planing mill are clearly identified. A steamboat on Buf...
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York Iron Works

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Description: View across river of York Iron Works. On the hill are the boardinghouse and dance hall. Just below the boardinghouse there appears to be a quarry.
Map or Atlas

Geological Survey Map of Southeastern Wisconsin

Date: 1917
Description: A geological survey map that shows the sedimentary and igneous deposits in southeastern Wisconsin and south central Wisconsin, as well as the limits of gla...
Map or Atlas

Sanborn Map of Montello

Date: 09 19 1909
Description: Sanborn Map of Montello, Page 1.
Map or Atlas

Sanborn Map of Montello

Date: 09 19 1909
Description: Sanborn Map of Montello, Page 2.
Map or Atlas

Travel Map of Door County, Wisconsin

Date: 1915
Description: This map of Door County, Wisconsin, from the early 20th century shows roads, schools, churches, creameries and cheese factories, orchards, docks, quarries,...

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