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| Date: | 11 17 1912 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Menomonee Valley railroad yard looking northeast to 6th Street viaduct. The George Schulz box factory was on N. 5th Street and W. Clyb... |
| Date: | 08 06 1917 |
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| Description: | Chicago and North Western Railrod depot at the east end of Wisconsin Avenue. Caption on glass plate reads: "South end of Juneau Park extention [sic]... |
| Date: | 08 06 1917 |
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| Description: | Overlooking the Chicago and North Western railroad depot from Juneau Park bluff. Caption on glass plate reads: "Extention [sic] of Juneau Park, show... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of rows of finished tractors cover a yard outside Milwaukee Works. On the left is a water tower, and in the foreground are railroad tracks wi... |
| Date: | 02 28 1935 |
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| Description: | Railroad cars and tracks at the North Pier River Barge Terminal at or near the McCormick Works (factory). |
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| Description: | A wintery view of the Southern Wisconsin Railway Company car barn. |
| Date: | 1974 |
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| Description: | The remains of an ice rack used for refrigerated freight cars, located at the railroad yards on Regent Street and West Washington Avenue. |
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| Description: | The first depot built in Milwaukee, it served the Milwaukee & Waukesha Railroad which became the Milwaukee & Mississippi Railroad and eventually the Chicag... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Located in West Milwaukee. Trains, cars, tracks, and railroad buildings. The view is taken from the top of a building. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | West Milwaukee. Elevated view of tracks, trains, and buildings. A train roundhouse is located in the background. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Nighttime image of the Depot and yard. Back of station, tracks, and a couple of trains are visible, as well as some of the buildings of Milwaukee in the ba... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of large crowd gathered in a railroad yard. Men are gathered around a podium in the middle of the crowd. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of railroad yards with trains sitting on many of the tracks, with other tracks sitting empty. Steam is rising from trains in the background, ... |
| Date: | 01 18 1940 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of railroad yard, with engines and cars on some of the tracks. Smoke is billowing out from many of the engines, covering much of the yard. Bu... |
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| Description: | Front view of three trains in a snow-filled train yard. The middle train is an old-fashioned steam engine flanked by more modern trains. Three men are stan... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A man in a suit and hat is standing on the side of a train engine in a train yard. Railroad employees can be seen in and on the train, and a group of men a... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Milwaukee Electric Rapid Transit at 20-23rd Streets and St. Paul, looking southeast from a hillside. Snow is on the ground, the buildi... |
| Date: | 10 28 1938 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of railroad yard and railroads cars on Jones Island. On the right is a large derrick or crane, and in the background are a number of freighte... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Railroad engine on turntable at railroad yard. Possibly in Adams, Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | A Wisconsin Central Railroad locomotive with Engine #42 hauling lumber from Antigo Lumber Company. |
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