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Wisconsin Central Freight Cars

Date: 05 05 1897
Description: Elevated view of Wisconsin Central freight cars in a rural storage yard near Manitowoc.
Photograph

Train at Valders

Date: 1912
Description: A single passenger awaits the arrival of a train at the Valders station. The train, which is a mixed local on the Manitowoc line, is being pulled by Minnea...
Photograph

Manitowoc Railroad Yard

Date: 05 15 1897
Description: Elevated view of the Chicago & Northwestern Railway yards looking northwest. The elevator of the Northern Grain Company is in the middle distance.
Photograph

Factories in Manitowoc

Date: 1935
Description: An aerial view of numerous Manitowoc factories/industries.
Photograph

Rockwell Lime Quarry

Date: 1924
Description: View from low section of quarry towards the processing plant up a steep rise. Tracks for hauling limestone are on the left near small sheds and a marshy ar...
Postcard

Cereal Products Co.

Date: 1932
Description: Elevated view of the Cereal Products Co. plant, established 1847. Railroad tracks are along the shoreline in the foreground. Caption reads: "Cereal Product...
Postcard

Shipyards at Manitowoc

Date: 1930
Description: Photographic postcard view of the shipyards from across the river. Railroad tracks are in the foreground. Caption reads: "Shipyards at Manitowoc, Wis."
Postcard

Railroad Workers

Date: 1910
Description: View of railroad workers posing for a group portrait on the rails. Three men are standing on a handcar. They all are holding the implements they use in the...
Postcard

Trolley Wreck

Date: 12 22 1906
Description: Text on front reads: "Trolley Wreck at Reedsville, Dec. 22, 1906." A streetcar has rolled onto its side, off of the tracks. Several people are looking at t...

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