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| Date: | 03 27 1908 |
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| Description: | View of the wreck of the Wells Fargo Express number 13, March 27th. Number on the front of the train is "2539." Caption reads: "Wreck of the Wells Fargo Ex... |
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| Description: | View down curving tracks toward the Canisteo and Hornell Electric Railway Car, outside the city of Canisteo. Caption reads: "Along the Canisteo & Hornell E... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Composite of views of a rapid transit trolley crossing a bridge as men stand by and observe. Caption reads: "Scenes on the Lake Shore Fast Trolley Line." |
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| Description: | View of a barge transporting railroad cars and an engine across a river. Several men are on the barge, including one on an overhead structure. Text on phot... |
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| Description: | Two men pumping handcar on White Pass & Yukon Route Railroad. This railroad served the needs of Yukon's population as well as its mining industry since 18... |
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| Description: | The station at Sylvan Beach was essential in providing transportation to central New York's recreational resort area. Caption reads: "Train Time. Sylvan Be... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a steam shovel scooping iron ore into cars at, the Hull Rust Mahoning Mine, the world's largest open pit iron ore mine. |
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| Description: | A steam shovel loading ore at the Hull Rust Mahoning Mine, the world's largest open pit iron ore mine. Published by J.C. Congdon. |
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| Description: | Two trains transporting taconite from Susquehanna Open Pit Iron Ore Mine, part of the Mesabi Iron Range, discovered in 1866. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of railroad cars transporting iron ore from the Mesabi Iron Range, once important because of the discovery of hematite, and then for its larg... |
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| Description: | Miners at work using steam shovels and railroad cars for transporting iron ore in Virginia, located on the Mesabi Iron Range. |
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| Description: | Railroad cars pass through an iron ore mine pit in Virginia, Minnesota, home to the Mesabi Iron Range. |
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| Description: | Trains transported iron ore through St. George every twenty minutes. A view of the city can be seen behind the railroad yard. |
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| Description: | Several men loading sugar cane bales into train cars using a hoist. The text "USS Corp. 24" (partially obscured) is painted on one of the train cars. |
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| Description: | Two views in postcard format. The view on left is of two lumberjacks sitting in front of a tree, each holding an axe. To the left is a large saw used for f... |
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| Description: | A postcard with two views functioning as a "before" and "after" of forestry. The view on the left features a man standing in the distance among large trees... |
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| Description: | A team of eight oxen pulling a wagon filled with logs. One man is standing by the side of the oxen, while three other men wearing large hats and an African... |
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| Description: | Three men are standing on the last railroad car which is carrying logs down a railroad track. Another set of tracks are running parallel on the left, and b... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a factory in Youngsville, with a railroad car and railroad tracks in front of it. In the background is a hill or mountain. |
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| Description: | A view of Campbell's Mill and the Water Street Bridge in the background on the right. There is a railroad car and several men driving horse-drawn wagons on... |
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