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| Date: | 1889 |
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| Description: | Chicago & North Western Railway viaduct on the line along the Milwaukee River. The viaduct has two arched passages, and stones and rocks lining the path f... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Partial removal of railroad bridge over Rock River. A train is on a section not being removed in order to transport men and materials. |
| Date: | 1878 |
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| Description: | View from riverbank of the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad locomotive no. 142 on the Kilbourn bridge. |
| Date: | 06 12 1899 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a town with a railroad bridge crossing over a river. Several individuals are visible crossing the bridge. Sign near bridge says: "Willow R... |
| Date: | 06 12 1899 |
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| Description: | Elevated view toward the horizon over a bridge on a river of the widespread destruction left in the wake of a tornado. Destroyed houses litter the scene an... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | A railroad section crew poses with a handcar on the trestle spanning the Buffalo River, north of Alma, Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 1866 |
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| Description: | View towards the Allatoona Pass from behind earthworks overlooking the Etawah River. A railroad bridge crosses the river on the right. Plate 24 |
| Date: | 1866 |
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| Description: | View along earthworks overlooking the Etawah River and a railroad bridge. A tree stripped of branches and bark is on the left. Plate 23 |
| Date: | 1864 |
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| Description: | View from shoreline of tall trestle bridge on the railroad line crossing the river at Whiteside. Two men sit on logs in the river on the left. More men sit... |
| Date: | 09 1884 |
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| Description: | Sanborn map of Fort Atkinson including Barrie, Germany, and North Water Streets. |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | View across water towards what is identified as the second railroad bridge at Black River Falls. Note the wood trestle on the right. |
| Date: | 1884 |
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| Description: | View across river of the Model Roller Mills, with the date 1884, with a railroad trestle is on the left. The mill wheel is turning. |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Front page of booklet with an engraving of a man with a team of two horses in a field with the "Celebrated Gorham Sulky Cultivator." |
| Date: | 1892 |
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| Description: | Elevated view upriver towards a railroad bridge crossing the river. Rocks are in the foreground in the middle of the river. Identified as the bridge across... |
| Date: | 1892 |
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| Description: | Elevated view upriver towards a bridge and dam. Two people are walking among the rocks on the lower right. Identified as the railroad bridge across the Bla... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | View towards a railroad bridge across a river. Identified as the railroad bridge across the Black River after 1885. |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | The City of Fort Howard, Brown County, Wisconsin. Compiled from the records and drawn by F.E. Predergast, of De Pere. |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of the side cliff view of the railroad White River bridge, showing the support beams and river underneath. It is six miles south of Ashland. Th... |
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