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| 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: | Union soldiers stand by their tents in front of a trestle bridge on the railroad line that spans a valley. A mountain is in the background. Plate 06 |
| 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: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of John Lawler's pile-pontoon railway bridge over the Mississippi River. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | The "J.C. Ames," a Lake Michigan car ferry, probably in the South Chicago harbor. There is a railroad bridge visible in the background. |
| Date: | 09 1884 |
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| Description: | Sanborn map of Fort Atkinson including Barrie, Germany, and North Water Streets. |
| Date: | 09 04 1885 |
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| Description: | Exterior and interior bill of fare from The Chequamegon, with views on the back of rock formations, waterfalls, a spot illustration of a train going over a... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Timber railroad trestle over a wooded valley, apparently at the final stage of construction. |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Bridge carpenters and other workmen with a winch constructing a railroad trestle over a wooded valley. |
| Date: | 07 1892 |
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| Description: | Engraved illustration depicting Frank Lenz sitting on the edge of a railroad bridge holding his safety bicycle in front of him and his box camera on his ba... |
| 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. |
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