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| Date: | 05 10 1919 |
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| Description: | Workers digging in a muddy trench near bridge no. 1, mine no. 2. Benham was a "company town" created by International Harvester for the workers of the Wisc... |
| Date: | 03 19 1919 |
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| Description: | Small steam engine hauling empty cars over a bridge along a narrow gauge railroad track. Houses in a residential neighborhood are in the background. The tr... |
| Date: | 05 03 1948 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a Chicago and Northwestern passenger train, which is the first across a new bridge in Sheboygan. There is a group of people standing near ... |
| Date: | 09 29 1963 |
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| Description: | The Menasha Woodenware plant and water tower on Doty Island from across the Fox River canal, with a small railroad dolly in the foreground. |
| Date: | 09 29 1963 |
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| Description: | View down railroad tracks towards the railroad bridge, with industrial plants on Doty Island. |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | A Chicago & Northwestern train crossing a railroad bridge. |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the bridge, which is intersected by a railroad bridge. Caption reads: "John St. Bridge, Appleton, Wis. Largest stone arch bridge in Wiscon... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the river, with railroad tracks on the left shoreline, and a railroad bridge crossing the river. Caption reads: "View of River from Grand ... |
| Date: | 1933 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a covered railroad bridge over a calm body of water, with bluffs in the background. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Northwestern Manufacturing Company plant. Caption reads: "Birds-eye View showing Northwestern Mfg. Co.'s Plant, Fort Atkinson, Wis." |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | A day passenger train crossing the high North Western railroad bridge over the Chippewa River. Railroad tracks are along the shoreline in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of the pontoon bridge construction. People are standing on and near the railroad tracks in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of International Harvester branch house. Signs on the building advertise farm machines, oil tractors, engines, wagons and motor trucks. A lon... |
| Date: | 09 12 1911 |
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| Description: | An overview of the dam site on the Wisconsin River from the west shore. Three pile drivers are at work on the coffer dam. The railroad trestle is in the ... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View from the top of the Wisconsin Central Railroad White River bridge. |
| Date: | 08 06 1911 |
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| Description: | A view following the lower trestle to the west bank. The construction camp buildings, including the office and temporary power plant are seen on the left. |
| Date: | 08 01 1912 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the power dam construction site from the west, showing the elevated trestle, coffer dam, and steam pile drivers. The concrete plant is vis... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Looking south. Bridge in foreground is over Kinnickinnic River. Bridge over the road holds railroad tracks. In background are several houses and a build... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Looking southwest along the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad causeway. Two boys fish from the bridge. The sign declares "Private Property. No Thor... |
| Date: | 04 19 1961 |
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| Description: | View across a railroad bridge of a group of seven oil storage tanks in a wooded area. |
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