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| Date: | 1884 |
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| Description: | View across water of a Milwaukee, Lake Shore, and Western Railroad locomotive (No #33) pulling a pay car across a trestle over the Fox River. Several large... |
| Date: | 08 24 1886 |
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| Description: | View across water of several men steering a lumber raft over the dam at Munger's Mill. A second raft is in the background, in front of railroad bridge. |
| Date: | 1883 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye map of Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin with an inset of Clifton. |
| Date: | 1883 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye map of Sauk City. |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of the view down the railroad tracks, with two men standing and one man sitting on the railing of the White River bridge, six miles south of As... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Wiscsonsin Central's bridge over the White River, about six miles south of Ashland. The bridge was 1600 ft. long and 110 ft. above the... |
| Date: | 09 01 1882 |
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| Description: | View looking up towards the special train of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad comprised of 24 freight cars loaded with lumber and other ... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Construction of a railroad bridge on the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railroad line. A set of railroad tracks is in the foreground, running along the s... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | View of the ore dock of the Milwaukee, Lake Shore, and Western Railroad. Large logs, buildings and a railroad bridge are in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | A panoramic view of the east bank of the Wisconsin River from the Green Bay & Western Railway bridge to the wagon bridge. |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | View of the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy railroad drawbridge and trestle. |
| 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: | 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: | 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." |
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